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Michael Botu

Sessions in which Michael Botu attends

Saturday 13 February, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
Guest of Honor- GoH

Yoshi Vu

Keynote speaker
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
Media

Video production isn’t just for the pros with high end equipment and software anymore. There is a lot you can do on a budget if you are willing to put in a little work. Come get some tips from people who make it happen.

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
WritingScienceHistory

A recent text analysis by AI found a subtle pattern in stories collected from around the world and in hundreds of languages. This supports my observation that the structures of theater, traditional and modern, from Japanese Noh plays and Chinese operas to the Hollywood 3-Act screenplay, as well as Freitag's Pyramid, and the 7-sentence fairy tale (the basis for all Pixar films) all describe the same basic pattern of rising and falling tension: the secret structure of all stories.

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 3 hours
MasqueradeCostuming
8:00 PM
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
WritingHistory

In all of our fictional worlds, there is some way that the world came into being. And then, there is the way the denizens of that world believe that they came into being. From the creation of gods to the way people explain their world without them we will examine how to create truths and fallacies that make your world more compelling and relatable.