Trailer for "LOGOS", a feature drama - some scenes shot on HV30, GL2

[toolbbm]

Hello fellow film makers!

I have been making this film for about ten years now, and it's finally finished! Please check out the trailer / fan page at www.facebook.com/LOGOSthefilm. I am applying to film festivals and am trying to market the film on my own. If you have ideas, or would like to help with publicity etc..., I am all ears. I would love to do an interview with a paper, blog, podcast, etc... I'll talk to anyone about the process I took, tools I used, things I've learned, or just about the weather. Your support and advice is greatly appreciated. Without the community on the HV20 forum, LOGOS would look infinitely worse and might have not seen the light of day.

Thank you!
Michael Sorokorensky

[mark84j]

Interesting. Though I don't see why it has to look so fuzzy and overly color graded. It's like everything was shot out of focus.

But this took 10 years to make? That's interesting. I'm a little confused though, did you start filming this 10 years ago or something?

[toolbbm]

Interesting. Though I don't see why it has to look so fuzzy and overly color graded. It's like everything was shot out of focus.

But this took 10 years to make? That's interesting. I'm a little confused though, did you start filming this 10 years ago or something?

Thank you so much for your feedback. Well, this is just a trailer, just a 2 minute sample from the "full feature" film. The actual movie is around 60 minutes long. I started shooting the film 10 years ago. Due to less than perfect production circumstances, as well as lack of assistance, I was left alone to finish the work. The old adage of "it takes ten times longer to fix in post what you can do right in production" is very much true here. I also had to animate and reshoot some scenes.

As for the color grading of the film, that is mostly intentional. A glow effect was used throughout, manual adjusted to reflect the mood of the scene and tailored to the source. The movie is meant to have a dreamy film noire quality a la Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Do you have any suggestions for me as to how to market the film or what to do with the finished product?

[liverpool 1]

Thought it was very interesting but could not watch 60 minutes of the above question from Mark over the colour grading, the story seems great and i understand your theory, but some scenes like what you have donewith the colour, then more serious part of the story nice plain old fashioned colour grading. but hey good job for posting and it looks kinda cool. To market the film is hard but maybe a local buisness that would back you finacially would be great! Try to create excitement with the local news paper, you know young film maker director how you dont need the biggest budget to make the best film, (full monty) england... Radio is a good tool, flyers loads of them...steve

[toolbbm]

Thought it was very interesting but could not watch 60 minutes of the above question from Mark over the colour grading, the story seems great and i understand your theory, but some scenes like what you have donewith the colour, then more serious part of the story nice plain old fashioned colour grading. but hey good job for posting and it looks kinda cool. To market the film is hard but maybe a local buisness that would back you finacially would be great! Try to create excitement with the local news paper, you know young film maker director how you dont need the biggest budget to make the best film, (full monty) england... Radio is a good tool, flyers loads of them...steve

Thank you liverpool 1. I was hoping you'd know how to get on the radio, or the local news? I mean it's not like I can just dump a bunch of flyers by my local WalMart and suddenly people will want to interview me... right ?

[liverpool 1]

Its all about getting in with certin people in and around the area, also get someone to ring up for you to the main people in the radio arena, explain that there is an up coming filming artist thats going to bring a name to the city your in, network big time around people that go into the radio center, you will be supprised who knows who...posters very near the radio center, posters are probably better than flyers actually, posters are very good if big enough, network network, spread the name, facebook you have, twitter, blog, have you a sponsor? that is essential... a buisnessman with loadsa money... good luck steve

[toolbbm]

Its all about getting in with certin people in and around the area, also get someone to ring up for you to the main people in the radio arena, explain that there is an up coming filming artist thats going to bring a name to the city your in, network big time around people that go into the radio center, you will be supprised who knows who...posters very near the radio center, posters are probably better than flyers actually, posters are very good if big enough, network network, spread the name, facebook you have, twitter, blog, have you a sponsor? that is essential... a buisnessman with loadsa money... good luck steve

Thank you for your feedback. I have updated the render--the settings I used made the trailer blury.

On the other hand, I was hoping to hear some specifics on video marketing. Of course "a businessman with loadsa money..." would be helpful, but where does one find such a person? And, sure I've been able to pull in almost 700 likes on the facebook fan page thus far, but I feel like I could do better. Are there online blogs or podcasts who would welcome rookie directors for an interview? Are there magazines I could send an email to proffering an interview? It seems resources for pulling in viewers aren't easily accessible for the poor, unknown filmmaker. Please reply with specifics--I know getting bought out by a major studio would help, and I know TV spots wouldn't hurt either, but I need something accessible for us HV20 types . If you have something that worked for you, please share. Thanks!

[cgbier]

TV spots on talk shows have to be bought. In our place it costs 600 bucks for an hour (44 minutes) in a weekly current issues show. You'll have to prepare the questions you want to be asked and a bunch clips to show in-between. Radio is about the same.

Newspapers? You'll have to call them up if they are interested in a feature with you. Most won't as features take away ad space, but you still can give it a try.

A good starter: Put your trailer up on more platforms than f/b. I couldn't watch it as I'm not signed up with Facebook (and never will). I bet I'm not the only one.

[toolbbm]

TV spots on talk shows have to be bought. In our place it costs 600 bucks for an hour (44 minutes) in a weekly current issues show. You'll have to prepare the questions you want to be asked and a bunch clips to show in-between. Radio is about the same.

Newspapers? You'll have to call them up if they are interested in a feature with you. Most won't as features take away ad space, but you still can give it a try.

A good starter: Put your trailer up on more platforms than f/b. I couldn't watch it as I'm not signed up with Facebook (and never will). I bet I'm not the only one.

Thank you. This definitely more along the lines of the kind of help I needed. Although, my trailer is up on youtube (and it's practically impossible to find it on there), vimeo, and on twitter. Also, the facebook fan page is completely open, so folks without a facebook account can go to it--I verified this. I am planning on buying up some domains, and of course I am considering various VOB distribution channels--good points as well. It's just that the world of film marketing seems so closed and elusive. I wouldn't know how to call up a tv talk show proposing that they give me an hour spot...Do I just google the number for say the Daily Show? And, no offense, but there is no way they'd let me on, not for 600 bucks, not for a 6000 bucks. Jon Stewart does not promote no-name films. So I am still perplexed what is the right marketing approach for someone with a tiny budget film. I have many friends in the music business, nobodies like myself, but even they can play live at a venue and attract attention that way. I can't find a place to play my film, outside of film festivals of course. Is this typical for new filmmakers?