Portfolio Center Portfolio Center Blog: That's a Wrap: Packaging & Marketing Film Work | Feb 21st @ 4pm
Films are about the final product. In addition to what's being seen and heard on screen, your films are also being evaluated on how they are presented. Whether it is assembling your reel, developing a website or designing a film's marketing materials the output must be a professional representation.
We'll show examples and have several local film professionals & film festival organizers comment on what sells and what doesn't. This session takes place in conjunction with Production Week (pdf); a handful of sessions designed to help you (the student filmmaker) better pitch, produce and package your film work to attract the attention of crew & film festivals. This event is open to all current students and alumni.
Our guests: Mike McNamara, Co-Director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival; Annie Porter, Producer for Image Union; Dixon Galvez-Searle, Editor for Screen Magazine; Joanna Mackenzie with the Chicago International Documentary Festival; and Kimberly McArthur, Publicity and PR expert with Edelman PR (and formerly the Chicago Latino Film Festival)
All student and alumni filmmakers are welcome to attend and to bring copies of their marketing materials (stills, DVD covers, headshots, etc.). We will be able to show and discuss web-based reels as well.
The discussion begins at 4pm in "the HUB" of the 1104 S Wabash Bldg.