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GOTHAM CHOPRA
Photo by Cynthia Korman
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Creativity 3.0
Telling
Stories and Selling Books in the Digital Age
Do you want to enter the digital age, but can't totally
grasp how? Want to be more easily creative and to
express creativity in more of your life? Most of us
stick to a few familiar approaches that we trust:
brainstorming, working at our best time of day,
procrastinating until the pressure forces results. All
these are effective - but there is much more!
Being creative isn't just for the special, talented few
- nor is it limited to writing or art. This fun, highly
motivating session will give you ideas and tools to
rejuvenate your creative spirit, encourage your
self-expression and "think outside the box."
Topics include:
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Motion Comics will be the new billion dollar brands
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Can great stories and brands live side by side?
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I know where the next JK Rowling lurks
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Building a story around your story
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Understanding the marketplace
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Identifying your audience and giving them what they
need
Gotham Chopra
- Writer, Film-maker, Speaker is the co-founder
of Liquid Comics (formerly Virgin Comics and Virgin
Animation), a premiere entertainment company based in
Los Angeles and Bangalore India. As part of the company,
Gotham works with creators to develop graphic novels and
is also responsible for packaging and producing the
books as they evolve into games, films, and more. At
present Gotham is collaborating with notable talents
like John Woo, Guy Ritchie, Nic Cage, Hugh Jackman, John
Moore, Ed Burns and more as well as media companies like
Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal
Studios, Sony, Freemantle, Reliance, UTV and others.
Gotham is the author of four books, including the
graphic novels Bulletproof Monk for which he also
served along with John Woo as Executive Producer on the
feature film produced by MGM Studios (2003) and
The Sadhu which he is also currently adapting as a
feature film with the director Tarsem Singh. Formerly an
award winning journalist and documentary film-maker,
Gotham reported from countless warzones and has
interviewed a wide range of Global leaders – from
President Bush to the Dalai Lama. He also served as
researcher and lyrical advisor to Michael Jackson on the
multi-platinum albums Dangerous and HIStory.
More recently Gotham was integrally involved in the
formation of Current TV, co-founded by former
Vice-President Al Gore and launched in 20 million homes
in August of 2005. Gotham’s varied experience in
journalism, publishing, and entertainment had him
identified by Newsweek Magazine (March 04) as one
of the “most powerful and influential” South Asians
worth watching. At present, he is developing a
non-scripted television show Medicine Man (www.medicinemantv.com)
that is scheduled to launch in early 2010. He blogs
regularly at
www.intent.com
which he co-founded and thinks is “pretty awesome” as
well as
www.huffingtonpost.com.
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