[Hidden-announce] This Saturday, April 12-- Join Us for Our Next Event--Valleywood II, Program 2, Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter Daniel Giat

[Claudia Gere]

JOIN US FOR VALLEYWOOD II: 2nd Program for Celebrating the Digital Arts in
the Pioneer Valley

 

EMMY-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER DANIEL GIAT PRESENTING

 

DATE: Saturday, April 12

 

TIME: 2 - 3:30 p.m.

 

LOCATION: Jones Library, 43 Amity Street, Amherst, Mass.

 

COST: $10 for the public; $8 Chamber members

 

REFRESHMENTS: Snacks provided by The Black Sheep Deli, The Loose Goose Café,
and Rao's

 

Daniel Giat, who wrote the Emmy Award-winning television movie Bury My Heart
at Wounded Knee, will discuss "Why You Hated That Last Movie You Saw" at 2
p.m. on Saturday, April 12 in the Jones Library, Amherst, Mass. as part of
Valleywood II - a celebration of the digital arts in the Pioneer Valley. 

 

Giat's screenplay for Path to War -- a movie about former President Lyndon
Johnson and the Vietnam War, which aired on HBO in 2002 – was also nominated
for an Emmy. He has written for HBO since 1995.

 

Giat will discuss the potential power of movie-watching and why some movies
work well while others do not. He notes that "while the rules of drama apply
in all forms of storytelling, the near dream-state of movie-watching in a
darkened theater with no interruptions can induce in the audience a uniquely
powerful emotional identification with the characters on screen and their
dramatic dilemmas. They can, but rarely do."

 

His talk, with accompanying film clips, will address the concept of a
"character's conscious desire and unconscious need, aiding the audience in
understanding why one movie works and another doesn't."

 

Giat has taught screenwriting at Mt. Holyoke College and lectures at Amherst
College. Outside of his work and family he says his "great passion is
community theater," and he recently appeared in the LSSE production of The
Music Man.

 

VALLEYWOOD II is planned as an ongoing series of afternoon weekend lectures
by regional writers, screenwriters, film-makers, animators, special effects,
sound and others who are developing content for Hollywood, television and a
wide range of mobile devices - all of whom fit into what is commonly called
the "digital economy" or "new media." The aim is to schedule one,
mid-afternoon lecture per month during the school year on either a Saturday
or Sunday in the lower level large meeting room of the Jones Library, or
other locations in Amherst to be announced.

 

Valleywood II is being sponsored by the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce and
Reader to Reader Inc., with support from the Amherst Town Manager Larry
Shaffer, A - Z International Associates and many other organizations. The
opening program on March 8 featured author John Katzenbach and was highly
received.

 

PR patrons include ACTV, Amherst Leisure Services and Supplemental Education
(LSSE), Choreographic Design, Franklin County Chamber of Commerce,
Hidden-Tech, the National Writers Union western Massachusetts local, the
Regional Technology Corporation, and the Western Massachusetts Small
Business Development Center, among others. 

 

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