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Very Positive Reactions to Hunger Games Movie from Press Screening! Tribeca: Film Panel Sees Twitter as Promotional, Distribution Platform. Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival Kevin Smith's "Red State" NEW YORK -- Now that movies are being distributed digitally through Facebook, with Warner Bros. recently starting to offer such titles as The Dark Knight and Inception, Hollywood will also eye other social media platforms, such as Twitter, for digital distribution.

That was one prediction, offered by Paramount Digital Entertainment president Tom Lesinski, at a panel entitled "Digital by Design" that took place as part of the Tribeca Film Festival here Tuesday. "I think the social media sites as real destinations for video consumption" will come into focus, Lesinski said when asked about predictions for the near future. He pointed to a recent app that his studio offered on Facebook that allowed consumers to download a recent Jackass film. "It's going to happen on places like Twitter," he predicted. Smith has 1.8 million followers on Twitter, he pointed out. Paranormal Activity. How the #BullyMovie Twitter Campaign Triumphed Over the MPAA. How do you promote a movie that attempts to give a voice to the voiceless? This is the challenge that fell upon the makers and distributors of Bully, a documentary on childhood bullying that will hit theaters nationwide on Friday. The film's path to theaters is a rocky one.

Initially released for a limited audience on March 30, the documentary was slapped with an R-rating for strong language by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The appeal was denied, effectively blocking the film's opportunity to reach its true audience of middle and high schoolers. More theaters reserve seats for tweeters.

Correction: This story was updated to reflect that Writers' Theatre in Glencoe, Ill., does not have a "tweet seats" section.

As the cast and crew hurried to prepare for their 7:30 p.m. curtain call in Connecticut's Norma Terris Theater last month, patrons filled the house and prepared to get lost in the production of Hello! My Baby. For some, that meant powering on their smartphones and iPads and telling all of their Twitter followers about the musical with the hashtag #hmbmusical. A growing number of theaters and performing groups across the country are setting aside "tweet seats," in-house seats for patrons to live-tweet during performances, including the Carolina Ballet in Raleigh, N.C., and the Dayton Opera in Dayton, Ohio.

Rick Dildine, the executive director for Shakespeare Festival St. Should Movie Theaters Make ‘Tweet Seats’ At Movie Screenings? Girl kicked out for texting leaves theater angry message. The Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Austin has long been known as a mecca for savvy moviegoers (or hipsters, however you want to call it), and one thing savvy moviegoers (and Latvians) hate is people talking or texting during the movie.

As per theater policy, a girl was recently kicked out of the Alamo without refund for texting after she’d already been warned twice (no word on what movie it was). On her way home, the girl left the theater an angry voicemail message, saying “I’ve texted in all the other theaters in Austin, and no one ever gave a f*ck.” Alamo CEO Tim League correctly recognized this as perhaps the best free advertisement for his theater one could provide, and put it in the above video, which will now play at Alamo theaters as part of the “Don’t Talk or Text” PSA that runs before their movies.

“I will never be comin’ back to your ‘Alamo Drafthouse’ or whatever. I’d rather go to a reglear theater, where people are actually polite.” [AlamoDrafthouse, Picture source] Home. Matthew Mills (MatthewMills. Matthew C. Mills is an Emmy and Webby Award-Winning Director/Executive Producer with well over 600 credits in film, television, Internet and interactive content. After a variety of staff jobs at cable networks, Matthew founded the Space Station and opened up an office in the heart of Brooklyn, New York's vibrant Park Slope neighborhood.

The Space Station team focuses on long and short content, remaining screen agnostic. Twitter Reviews 'The Hunger Games' in 140 Characters or Less. How 'Titanic 3D' Will Have an Awesomely Social Premiere [EXCLUSIVE] James Cameron's historic blockbuster Titanic will be re-released next month, but its 3D big-screen presentation isn't the only modern twist.

The film's March 27 premiere in London will also feature a possibly unprecedented level of social integration. 2012 Film Panels. Social Media Marketing in the Movie Industry. Hey Guerilleros, it’s time for another post!

Yay!! Sorry we haven’t posted anything in such a long time, but you know how it is when you get busy; all the side projects get put on hold. However, we’ve been working on some fantastic new projects that will certainly be responsible for some fantastic future articles. Horror Movie Goodness. THR's Social Media Poll: How Facebook and Twitter Impact the Entertainment Industry Gallery.

Mastering Film » What Social Media Really Means To The Film Industry. Photo by Adam Freeman Valentine’s Day 2005 was a momentous day in the history of cinema – a date overlooked by the moguls of Hollywood and the learned film scholars.

It was the day that the three co-founders of Youtube.com registered the URL at a website called whois.com. The launch of this social media website itself took a further six to eight months, and with it, YouTube has helped change the face of movie distribution. Social media has changed three main areas of the film industry. How Social Media Is Changing the Way Movies are Promoted.

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Big time.