At the November 7th, AFM seminar, Scoring High: Optimizing Test Screenings as a Research Tool, a panel consisting of DGA Board Member Donald Petrie (Welcome to Mooseport, Miss Congeniality); DGA Director-member Catherine Hardwicke, (Lords of Dogtown, Thirteen); OTX Executive Vice President Kevin Goetz; Producer Michael London (Sideways, Thirteen); former Paramount Classics Co-President Ruth Vitale; and moderator/DGA Director-member Elias Merhige, (Suspect Zero, Shadow of the Vampire) conducted a candid discussion of how best to take advantage of test screenings as a tool to both fine-tune a film's story and its marketing campaign.
The November 11th AFI Fest seminar “A Conversation with Penelope Spheeris” featured Spheeris speaking about her new film The Kid and I with its star Eric Gores and moderator/DGA Director-member Patty Jenkins (Monster).
