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EVENT INFORMATION
Event Name: SCFEO August Film Mixer/Reception
Event Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Event Time: 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
Event Location: University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
Event Address: USF
Selby Auditorium
8350 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Event Description: Don’t miss this one! Come hear and learn about the “virtual” future of film and television production … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k

Can Sarasota County lay claim to a healthy share of this revolutionary, expanding business model of production? Will “real locations” become less and less a part of the movies and television programs you watch, without you even knowing it? How much is real and how much is illusion over greenscreen?

Darren Frankel, President - Stargate Studios
( http://www.stargatestudios.net/page.php?section=4 ) will be our special guest, hosted by University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided, and you’ll have the opportunity to hear from the President of one of the world’s leading digital effects companies, whose credits include HEROES, 24, GREY’S ANATOMY, UGLY BETTY, ER, CSI NYC, DEFYING GRAVITY, TRAUMA, and many others!

Pre-Registration $10.00, At the door $12.00
Pre-Registration deadline is August 12th.

-Students may attend for $8.00. Pre-register with "student" indicated in the comment section. Payment Not Required Online for Students.
Students must have ID and pay at the door.
Contact: Tina Shumway