{"id":136,"date":"2010-10-10T08:16:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T15:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2010-10-26T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T17:10:53","slug":"wca-2010-industry-forum-not-your-mamas-film-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/10\/wca-2010-industry-forum-not-your-mamas-film-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"WCA 2010 Industry Forum \u2013 Not Your Mama\u2019s Film Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/10\/wca-2010-industry-forum-not-your-mamas-film-industry\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div id=\"attachment_140\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WCA-program-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-140\" title=\"WCA program copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WCA-program-copy-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WCA-program-copy-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WCA-program-copy-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WCA-program-copy.jpg 1666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Your Mama&#39;s Film Industry<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every year the Women of Cinematic Arts puts on a killer conference with a line up of current power house players in the Industry. \u00a0On the whole, there are a ton of USC alumni and most encouraging &#8211; WOMEN in key creative roles. \u00a0Aside from hearing personal\u00a0anecdotes on blockbuster movies and shows, it is also a great forum to catch up with up-and-coming peers in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a volunteer for the WCA for the past four years and at every Forum as well. \u00a0I&#8217;m a bit of a junkie to these events. \u00a0But the value isn&#8217;t with the face time with these Industry elites &#8211; it&#8217;s really with the connection to the women in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The WCA is now about 700 members strong with a wide variety of people in various stages of their career. \u00a0From current students to working freelancers to young execs &#8211; We cover the spectrum. \u00a0And we also hire each other. \u00a0The Forum is always a great place to reconnect with old friends and new, and to seek out new opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>I have to quote one member &#8211; an old friend of mine whom I started film school with back in &#8217;05 &#8211; Kate Powers (MFA Screenwriting &#8217;07 &#8211; now a writer&#8217;s assistant on Breaking Bad). \u00a0Her thoughts on the Forum:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As I write this, I am sitting at my desk, doing the *exact job* I dreamed of<br \/>\nlanding when I started at USC &#8212; and I&#8217;m reasonably sure I couldn&#8217;t be here<br \/>\nwithout the guidance and lessons I&#8217;ve learned at these industry forums.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kate is super talented, and I know she is going to be writing in the room on a show in the next five years, for sure. \u00a0I&#8217;ve had the privilege to direct her work which always had witty dialogue and fun comedic action twists that keep audience engaged. \u00a0If not for the WCA &#8211; I might have lost touch with Kate.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was able to touch bases with people I haven&#8217;t seen in over a year &#8211; and in some cases over 5 years! \u00a0All dynamic women with a lot of new exciting projects or job opportunities before them. \u00a0Many women were exchanging cards and figuring out how they can help each other in their objectives. \u00a0That was when it occurred to me&#8230;the WCA had achieved it&#8217;s goal. \u00a0Women supporting women in this industry.<\/p>\n<p>I left yesterday feeling invigorated, as though I got a shot of adrenaline towards my goals. \u00a0The keynote speaker, Linda Woolverton, said you have to live your dream and every day work towards that goal no matter how discouraged or alone you may feel. \u00a0If you want to write &#8211; then write! \u00a0And as it turns out, most of the recent phenomenon &#8220;Alice in Wonderland&#8221; was written in the bathroom to avoid persistant animal distractions. \u00a0With organizations like the WCA, I feel a breath of relief, because it IS HARD and LONELY &#8211; but with them, that supposedly insurmountable mountain seems more like a challenging hike.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the volunteers and the School for all the hard work of putting on the Forum. \u00a0As always &#8211; top job ladies!<\/p>\n<div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p><a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=WCA+2010+Industry+Forum+%E2%80%93+Not+Your+Mama%E2%80%99s+Film+Industry+https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/?p=136\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" style=\"margin:0;\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=WCA+2010+Industry+Forum+%E2%80%93+Not+Your+Mama%E2%80%99s+Film+Industry+https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/?p=136\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year the Women of Cinematic Arts puts on a killer conference with a line up of current power house players in the Industry. \u00a0On the whole, there are a ton of USC alumni and most encouraging &#8211; WOMEN in key creative roles. \u00a0Aside from hearing personal\u00a0anecdotes on blockbuster movies and shows, it is also &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/10\/wca-2010-industry-forum-not-your-mamas-film-industry\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,13],"tags":[34,33,31,51,49,50,29],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press","category-screenwriting","tag-development","tag-inspiration","tag-tess-ortbals","tag-usc","tag-wca","tag-women-in-film","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mythmakersent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}