Conversations
Community Conversation on Asian American Media, Present/Future Summit 2012
On March 11th 2012, at the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, participants ranging from YouTube stars to acclaimed academic voices discussed the future of media and the Asian American Media landscape.
- Executive Director of CAAM, Stephen Gong welcomes the Present/Future Summit audience and is followed by Karin Chien, an independent film producer, and Founder/President of dGenerate films who introduces the origins of the summit and how she started organizing it!
Questions about the future of film, TV, internet, distribution? Tweet with #pfsummit & we'll ask it our speakers today! festival.caamedia.org/30/guide/progr…- Participants engaged on Twitter, while we displayed a live twitter wall on the screen. The official hashtag: #pfsummit
- Gary Chou, from Union Square Ventures, kicks things off to explain the transition of old hierarchies to modern-day networks.
- Wendy Levy, strategist from Tomorrow Partners, follows up by stressing the importance of storytelling and finding your audience before networks.
Creative storytelling is one thing: who is doing creative networking for their stories? #pfsummit @twendywendy- Here is there Q&A with the audience!
- YouTube stars Wong Fu Productions, talks about their rise and challenges through YouTube and global online fame
- #pfsummit - wong fu predated YouTube and now they have over 1million subscribers wongfuproductions.com
- #pfsummit how to make a living as an internet producer? Have a store. @wongfupro not afraid to build a fan economy areyouaniceguy.com
- #pfsummit why @wongfupro successful? good stories that people care about. consistency, transparency, authenticity. Buzzwords with meaning.
- Anna Serrano (CFC Media Lab) follows Wong Fu, to discuss engagement storytelling and another level of the conservation - what are the ethical guidelines and rules around engagement?
