November 26-28, 2010

Programming

As of July 1, 2010 

The theme for this year is...

Beauty and the Beast...

Because Romance is Magic!

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• Science Fiction

• Panels:

  • The influences of classic tales had on Science Fiction's stories from the Golden Age

  • With Gene Therapy, next comes the Beast?

  • The Stockholm Syndrome - Belle?

• Media Room:

  • Classic Science Fiction movies that are related to the theme

    • The SyFy Channel's take on B&B

• Demonstrations:

  • Alien Make Up Demo (Bill Blair)

• Horror

• Panels:

  • What makes the Beast a scary figure in literature

  • Comparing the Wolf Man to the Beast

  • Dracula, King Kong, Macbeth and the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the common thread between them

  • Damsels in Distress or Why Me Syndrome?

• Media Room:

  • 'B' Classic Horror movies that are related to the theme

    • Hollywood's take on B&B, from classic to horror

    • Beauty and Beast through the Ages

• Demonstrations:

  • Make Up Demo - Bleeding It Right

  • Sword Play "For Real" and the Damage

• Fantasy

• Panels:

  • Fantasy as it relates to the theme

  • Fantasy Art Work that tells the story

  • Disney's view vs. the classic tale

  • Where is the beginning - Beauty and the Beast

  • Common Threads Through Time: The telling of B&B

• Media Room:

  • Classic Fantasy movies that are related to the theme

    • Television episodes and selected movies through the years

• Demonstrations:

  • Weapons Design and Building

  • Weaving Classes

  • Watching a creation come to life

• SteamPunk

• Panels:

  • Matching the Victorian period to the B&B theme

  • What makes SteamPunk unique

  • Creating your SteamPunk themed Technology

• Demonstrations:

  • Designing and Building SteamPunk Tools

• Anime

• Panels:

  • The influence that European stories have on Japanese anime.

  • Name the manga where the damsel is in distress

• Media Room:

  • Japanese anime storylines that have B&B influence on them

• CosPlaying/Costuming

• Panels:

  • Making it for beginners

  • What did I do right/wrong with this one?

  • Does the Costume make the person and why?

• Demonstrations:

  • Sewing for Real, making the stitch work for you

• Presentation:

  • Masquerade for All