{"id":16,"date":"2024-10-17T16:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/sam\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:07:46","slug":"programs-guests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/sam\/programs-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs and Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-overline has-base-white-color has-text-color\">Panel Descriptions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-overline has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0f31bc7ccdc0c95c895990a0183e3eaa\">11:30\u201312:30 <strong>Storytelling in Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diego Luna<\/strong> (Chicano artist, local Chicano activist) hosts professional wrestlers <strong>Gran Jaguar<\/strong> and <strong>Nightmare Azteca<\/strong> in a discussion on the importance of lucha libre\/wrestling in culture through storytelling. Panelists will discuss the behind-the-scenes operations of storytelling for lucha libre on TV, including the maximum fight for honor known as Luchas de Apuestas (\u201cBet Matches\u201d)! <em>The Theater, Comic-Con Museum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-overline has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ecb37026197032e4869c7278f36a902\">12:30\u20131:30 <strong>Storytelling Sound and Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dive into the world of music for film, television, and beyond in this behind-the-scenes panel featuring composers and songwriters! Learn how music shapes the story to move the plot forward, evoke emotions in the audience, further character development, and more. Featuring composer <strong>George Streicher<\/strong> (<em>Music for Halloween Night<\/em>), composer <strong>James Burkholder<\/strong> (<em>Shelby Oaks<\/em>), co-composer <strong>Matthew Feder<\/strong> (<em>Asteroid<\/em>), songwriter\/co-creator\/executive producer <strong>Michelle Lewis<\/strong> (<em>Kindergarten: The Musical<\/em>), and composer <strong>Youssef Guezoum<\/strong> (<em>Power Rangers, Deep State, Monsters, The Board, Promise<\/em>). 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From hiding behind the sofa as a young Doctor Who fan to writing for classic Doctors and inventing new Who monsters, Joshua will focus on the nuts and bolts of writing for audio, plus tips and tricks for building stories within the worlds of Doctor Who, and beyond. <em>The Theater, Comic-Con Museum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-overline has-brand-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d0ce7532814ff11fc4be29c34881450b\">2:30\u20133:30 <strong>Science in Storytelling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Science fiction often walks a fine line between imagination and reality. 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