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RSS:- Here’s what you risk when you delay audience engagement… May 17, 2012 ADM
- How to bounce back from a failed Kickstarter campaign? May 16, 2012 ADM
- PMD Proverbs | Do NOT crowdfund for your entire budget! May 15, 2012 ADM
- Social media is the new AM radio… May 14, 2012 ADM
- Go analog…mainly because it’s better than digital… May 13, 2012 ADM
- What do you look for in a workshop? May 11, 2012 ADM
- Things you need to be doing every day as an independent filmmaker… May 10, 2012 ADM
- The curse of too much free time… May 9, 2012 ADM
- Increasing the threshold for Facebook likes… May 8, 2012 ADM
- It’s all about the story and the dialogues, timeless elements which don’t change… May 7, 2012 ADM
Tag Archives: film
It’s all about the story and the dialogues, timeless elements which don’t change…
There are timeless elements about the cinematic craft which never change, no matter the season, no matter the hippest trend. When it comes to the movie business, everything almost always tracks back to the twin fundamentals of story and dialogue. … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Blogging, PMD-For-Hire, Script
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Moral of the story: always attend the cocktail party!
A cute anecdote I often like to relate during presentations deals with the delicious unpredictability of Hollywood. It’s somewhat of a cautionary tale, one indies would derive a ton of inspiration from, giving them hope that anything can happen at … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Behind-The-Scenes, Blogging, DVD, Live Events, PR
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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#BlogSomething2012 | Finishing the paso doble…so how do you get them to finally sit and watch your movie?!
Lest you think we marketing folk engage in all of this derring-do to no particular end — that we perform it strictly to tickle our always-be-researching, information-addled minds – rest assured there is indeed a purpose to all of our … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Amazon, Audience, Blogging, Community, DIY, Hulu, IndieFlix, iTunes, Live Events, Netflix, PMD-For-Hire, PR, Press, Trailers, VOD
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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#BlogSomething2012 | They’re aware, they’re interested. But how to make them true blue?
So you shot a movie…bravo. So you’ve got people possibly interested in watching it and getting more involved with all the activities surrounding your film…wicked. So you’ve even garnered a few tweets and received several emails from people interested in … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Audience, Blogging, Cinefist.tv, Community, Hulu, Netflix, PMD-For-Hire, Rants
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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#BlogSomething2012 | How to convert your film’s possibly-maybe fans into true fans?
All you independent filmmakers out there reading this, it’s for a reality check… With more than 45,000 independent films and documentaries being produced in the industry every year, only 800 films have the privilege of embarking upon the festival circuit…200 … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Audience, Blogging, Community
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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#BlogSomething2012 | How do you grow your audience, get more people to find you, and become interested in you?
For the remainder of this week Ill be participating in the #BlogSomething2012 challenge, a nifty call to action spearheaded recently by mega-marketer Christopher S. Penn of Marketing Over Coffee and many other places both online and off. For five consecutive … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Amazon, Audience, Blogging, Community, Documentary, Film Festivals, Hulu, Live Events, Netflix, Phonecalls, PMD-For-Hire, PR, Press, VOD
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, hot docs, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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PMD Proverbs | You can’t polish a turd!
Here’s the thing, kids…this incessant raft of also-ran indies we’ve been seeing so far in 2012 – which some say will clock in at close to 45,000 titles – the majority of them…? Turds all. Turds = poorly-scripted narratives with … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Audience, Blogging, Community, Curate-A-Film, Curation, Distribution, DIY, Rants
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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PMDs = “indie Viagra”
PMDs just might help ya get lucky… Well, not that sort of luck, smut breath, but the kind which creates better odds for the arrival of luck as an indie filmmaker, specifically that related to your film and its overall … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Blogging, PMD-For-Hire
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, bomb it, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, john j wall, john wall, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, review, reviews, selling your film without selling your soul, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, think outside the box office, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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What are the essential skills required to become a Producer of Marketing and Distribution?
I’m often asked – both by film industry professionals and non-film people alike – what are some of the essential skills required to become a practicing PMD. For those of my readers who know and have met me in person, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Blogging, PMD-For-Hire
Tagged actor, actress, adam daniel mezei, adamdanielmezei.com, christopher penn, derek sivers, distribution, facebook, festivals, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, film reviews, film specific, filmmaker, filmmaking, films, google, google plus, independent, independent film, independent films, indie, indies, internet marketing, jon reiss, linked in, linkedin, managing the grey, marketing, marketing over coffee, mezei, mitch joel, pinterest, player, players, pmd, pmd-for-hire, pmdforhire.com, pmding, podcast, podcasting, pr, producer, producer of marketing and distribution, production, public relations, radio show, review, reviews, six pixels of separation, stacey parks, tiff, toronto international film festival, toronto tiff, twist image, twitter
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#BlogSomething2012 | Stark raving mad: turning your eager viewers into film evangelists…
Congratulations! You made it. You’ve reached the end of #BlogSomething2012 for this week only (more content coming soon!). For those of you who toughed it out with a smile, good on you! It was fun reading over the educational posts … Continue reading →