Screening ideas ...
Well done ... you've completed your film but how can you share your masterpiece with the world? A good way to start is with a premiere.
Venue
Publicity
Festivals & Competitions
Video on Demand
Online
You will need to assess how much money you have to spend and cut your cloth accordingly. It's worth budgeting for a screening when you initially put all your plans together but a premiere can be achieved on a budget.
Venue
If you organise the use of a projector, screen, speakers and a laptop you can arrange to hold a premiere in a variety of locations fairly cheaply. VOMO can assist you with any screening equipment so check out the Filmbank details on this website. Meanwhile, here are some ideas of where to hold your film premiere:
- Your house
- Youth groups
- Town and village halls
- Club houses
- Schools
If you can afford to splash out you might want to consider hiring the local cinema or a theatre with a projection screen. This will work out a lot more expensive so make sure you budget for this early on and apply for any funding well in advance.
Here are a few professional venue suggestions:
- Galashiels - Pavilion Cinema
- Melrose - Wynd Theatre
- Hawick - Heart of Hawick
- Selkirk - Bowhill Theatre
- Peebles - Eastgate Theatre
- Coldingham - Public Hall
- Berwick - The Maltings
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Publicity
Wherever you choose to premiere your film you will need to promote the occasion to ensure the event is well attended. This can partly be achieved through colourful posters and invitations. Try and create your material as professionally as possible. This is because people will judge the quality of your film by the quality of your advertising so make a good impression.
Research your audience and work out exactly who will potentially want to come and see your film then place your advertising accordingly to hit just the right mix. You can add information to your website if you have one or how about some viral marketing. This is where you send a promotional email to all your family and friends and then ask them to pass it on to their contacts and so on.
It's also worth sending a press release to the local paper along with some of the photos you took whilst filming but make sure they are good quality. Before you write your press release think of a good angle to make the newspaper want to publish your story. For example, you might have a local celebrity coming along to your premiere, several young people may have completed their youth achievement awards whilst working on the film or your production company might be tackling a very topical issue.
You might like to speak to the Scottish Borders branch of Dialogue Youth. They can help you promote your film through their regular Radio Borders show "Wired" as well as their page "YOB" in the Southern Reporter.
Whatever methods you choose make sure the following details are clear. The name of your film, your production company, the premiere date, time and venue as well as where to book tickets if applicable. You may also need to include your funder's logos and if your film is not suitable for younger children it is important to mention this on all your material.
Check the handy links on the right for more help.
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Festivals & Competitions
Why not consider entering your film into some festivals and competitions? You will need to check out all the entry requirements like length, genre and format so it's a good idea to know what festivals you would like to enter before you shoot.
VOMO organise an annual film festival where you get to see your film played on the Pavilion Cinema's digital screen. Its a fantastic event which plays to a packed out cinema. Look out for news of our next festival and how you can take part.
First Light Movies & Virgin Media Video on Demand
First Light Movies have teamed up with Virgin Media and Film Flex. This means that many of the films funded by First Light can now be watched through Virgin's video on demand by potentially thousands of people.
Click on the links to the right.
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Online
Why not upload your film to one of the video hosting websites like You Tube or BBC Blast. Your movie could be seen by thousands of people all around the world but you will need to check out the upload guidelines for each website. The following links will help you.
Check out our section on "compression" in "Post Production" to make sure you know how to produce your film in the correct upload format.
Check the handy links on the right for more help.
What are you waiting for ... now you can start planning your next successful film project!
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