DIY Filmmakers: Publicity + Marketing Seminar January 6, 2009

American Cinematheque Presents:

PUBLICITY & MARKETING BASICS FOR FILMMAKERS
(180 min.)

Learn how to professionally represent your film with printed and digital materials at film festivals to press and potential buyers and what you need to create a successful campaign. How to interact with press, create a press kit, a poster, using the internet/social networking sites and more. Plus, hear directly from the journalists in a mini-panel with special guest journalists who cover the festival circuit Anne Thompson (Variety Columnist ("On Hollywood") and Online Deputy Editor) and Film Critic Robert Koehler (Variety, Cinema Scope, Cineaste). Bring your materials for in class evaluation by publicist and marketing professional Margot Gerber & Special Guests.

Official Website: http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2009/Egyptian/specialevent_JAN_ET_2009.htm#MARKETING%20&%20PUBLICITY%20SEMINAR: