Distributing as a Student/Graduate/Freelancer

  • Maddy Flaherty

    Member
    1 March 2021 at 2:22 pm

    Back in May 2020 I had finished my final University Short Film, ‘Would You?’ and posted it onto Youtube. Having put so much effort and work into it I wanted to push it out further then I had with my previous ones and one way I did that was with https://filmfreeway.com/festivals I entered my short film into a tone of free/really cheap festivals and hoped for the best! I entered around 30 categories within 24 festivals and came out with 7 Laurels from ‘official selection’ to ‘finalist’. Doing this did help push out my film a bit more and made people notice it more purely because it had Laurels on it.

    If you do get any Laurels 100% put them on your posters and thumbnails because it presents a look that makes people want to click on your short film, poster, link etc. Will help push people to watch it.

    • Adam Harcourt

      Member
      1 March 2021 at 10:32 pm

      I agree! Getting your work out via film festivals is a really awesome way you can go beyond posting your short film online.

  • Maddy Flaherty

    Member
    1 March 2021 at 2:50 pm

    There are some easy and FREE platforms that you can post your content onto and then share a link to your friends/family/social medias etc. for them to watch.

    The one I’ve found most useful for video content is Youtube. You can receive a lot of engagement from it, likes, comments and you can even view the watch time on your videos which can give you some insight into whether you really grabbed the viewers attention enough to get them to watch all the way to the end.

    A downside perhaps is that you don’t gain any profit from Youtube unless you are monetized through Youtube, a process that has its own criteria and set up. Yet, even if you don’t want to release the finished product onto Youtube it’s a perfect, free marketing tool for teasers and trailers!

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