filmmaking.net | resources and community for independent filmmakers (movies filmmaking independent production filmmaker film moviemaking rec.arts.movies.production FAQ alt.movies.independent Internet Filmmaker's FAQ best film schools, film books) HHH - Hand Held Hollywood Using Social Media Creatively to Promote a Film | The Indie Times Bryden McGrath (@Bryden13 on Twitter) wrote an excellent post entitled “44 Ways ‘The Hunger Games’ Social Media Campaign Increased the Movie’s Odds of Success.” He broke up the article by social media platform: Facebook, Google Plus, YouTube, Tumblr and Twitter with a note about the film’s success on Pinterest without an official account on the site. I agree with Bryden that some of the strategies are “nothing short of brilliant.” Especially interesting is the use of the novel’s characters and situations to create more fan involvement (Full disclosure: I have not read any of “The Hunger Games” trilogy. What is perhaps the most important point of the article, in my opinion, is that different strategies are used on the different sites. Now the truth is that there is no way of knowing whether all this social media activity encouraged film attendance by people who were not already excited to see the film. What is the takeaway for artists from Bryden’s article?
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