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Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 5:34 PM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
WTF Is Up With This Film Festival Schedule And Switch Branding?
@#$@#$&&#$ RICK DANFORD! Great promotion and marketing of your film festival! His latest film festival schedule pisses me off! I called him TWICE in the last month about the next Ladies Of The Night film festival on June 6 (which he told me about a few months ago, with Roderick securing the venue at USF and the date set), and he didn't bother calling me back. Then, I go onto his Enigma Films web site, and I see this teeny, tiny, easy-to-miss link on his news section for something called "Dark Delights" (Rick, please stop using Myspace for your film festival "web sites". Myspace is full of malware, and I am rarely on it- those freebie web 2.0 networking sites SUCK, and are no substitute for a real web site; you get what you pay for, and the credibility usually goes with your investment.), and any legitimate business should focus on professional web site, as well as professional maketing (I suppose it is ok to maintain an annex presence on such sites if you have the professional web site already covered). When are you people going to learn that if it is worth doing, it is worth investing money and effort into? Start by building real web sites for your film festivals! At least Rick has a web site for Enigma, and one for the Halloween Horror Picture Show film festival). What's this? A debut on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 4 days from now? The Beach Theater, 45 miles away over the Skyway? THANKS FOR THE HEADS-UP! I can't cover that, without any warning, and my June 6 calendar RSVP is now useless. I also cannot cover June 5. What's this? Friday, June 5, at 11PM? 11PM? A cash bar for a film festival? Who drinks at a film festival? I certainly don't- I don't drink at all, as I like to stay sharp. Count me out................ what happened to USF, Ladies Of The Night 2, and June 6?!?!?
......... 6:10 PM - Ok, it just so happens that my friend, actress, model, acting instructor, and entertainment industry expert Sarah Bray (The lead in Chris Wood's latest short Tampa film Spaventare) called me mid-blog post, just now (and so did another actress, Daliah, looking for head shot photography services during my thirty minute talk with Sarah- and yes, another head shot shoot booked). I told Sarah what I was venting about on my blog, and we discussed it. I'm sending her and her friend to cover it, instead, but I can't do it. It'll work for me quite well, however, because Sarah is very smart, and very witty, having worked, and thrived, in the competitive Hollywood film industry (she is also on my "It List" for this year, which should be posted here tomorrow night- I was writing it last night, but ran out of time this morning). I also consider her to be a better writer than I am. So, Danford, if I finally get a hold of you, can you get them on your list?
This is turning out to be a crappy year for Tampa film festivals, and it looks like, while Tampa Bay Film will have coverage, that there is a good chance that I physically won't be able to attend any due to scheduling conflicts, and a lack of film festivals in general. At least I have one of my best people on this one, which almost fell through the cracks. Delegation is the key, people.
I pretty much wrote off the large Tampa film festivals this year, because of the multi-day and multi-venue schedules (I've since come up with a strategy to cover these festivals), opting to cover the smaller Tampa film festivals, which seem to be vanishing. Next year, we will be covering the Gasparilla International Film Festival, LIGLFF/ CLIP (Is this the same film festival? Maybe we'll cover it/ them, or maybe not, since I really don't understand gay and lesbian cinema, and don't see the point of one which exists to show such specialized films. Are there really enough gay and lesbian movies to support a film festival dedicated to that genre, or do they show other types of movies?), the Sunscreen Film Festival (I've heard through my contacts that several modeling scams attended this year, and I find that unacceptable, but, hey, they can't control who attends their film festival. My models will be there next year to counter the modeling scams and show people the light; I'll attend with a team from Tampa Bay Film, and I'll send in a team from Tampa Bay Modeling and Tampa Bay Acting. Regarding my film festivals, I would never allow unethical people to promote their services at any event of mine, because I would be responsible. Ugh, modeling scams - opportunistic bastards! These modeling scams have been getting very aggressive in their marketing lately, and I see it as a sign of desperation over of all the money that they are losing because of my modeling resource sites.), Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, the Motion Film Festival (I was going to attend this year, but something came up), and others that may occur. This may be a slow year for Tampa film festivals and film festival coverage, but we'll be able to use the downtime to assemble some highly organized resources, and cover everything starting next year. The reviews will be accessible on Tampa Bay Film annex site Tampa Film Review, published on Tampa Bay Film, and referenced from the Tampa Film Blog and my other web site resources (as well as the two brand-new Tampa film support web sites that I will be obtaining this summer, which will make an armada of six Tampa film-relevant sites; I'll be adding three more Tampa film festival sites next year, and that will make a fleet of NINE Tampa film-relevant sites- Yes, I am very serious about Tampa indie film). We'll also be covering my own Tampa film festivals, which should start debuting and running late next year. With, or without, the cooperation of these film festival organizers, we will be covering Tampa film festivals, and we will be giving them fair reviews. If you don't want to have a review of your film festival done, just don't bother having one. The Tampa film scene deserves to know what is going on, and how well things are being done. They deserve to know if a film festival (or any film festival, regardless of name, done by a particular film festival organizer), is worth their time to attend. Filmmakers also deserve to know if a film festival is worth submitting to and supporting. In the grand scheme of things, however, film festival solutions are coming. I have four Tampa film festival properties in development with my event planning and stage production companies, and my film festivals will set the standard for which all film festivals will be judged by.
I gave the last Ladies Of The Night Film Festival a good review, I think. Oh, and Danford, what's up with the 2009 Halloween Horror Picture Show? Are you going to have one this year, and if so, are you going to allow the Gasparilla International Film Festival to jack your branding? Last year, there was only a Gasparilla Film Festival banner (the producing sponsor, I suppose- are they buying up all the smaller film festivals? If so, NOT GOOD! Gasparilla will not buy my film festivals out, because I'm not selling), and no Halloween Horror Picture Show branding that I could find! Check out my review for Halloween Horror Picture Show 2008 for more. Hmmmmmm..... Halloween Horror Picture Show 2009.... You know, if Danford decides to give up (and I am against him giving up on something with so much promise), and he doesn't do one this year, I'm going to give it one hell of a write up. I'll even review it. I'll get together with some models and some of my other friends, and we'll have our own Halloween Horror Picture Show 2009. I'll review that. And no, most of you can't come. It's invitation only; a private parody of an extinct film festival, if you will. Hmmmmm.... I may be onto something here. Maybe we can spoof the Tampa Film Review, too, now that it is over, and it's a failure. I can get a small group of Tampa entertainment industry experts together with models, actors, and talent, and do private "Tampa Film Review" film festivals (I already have the site, too!). We can then review indie films and our own film festival viewing parties, and make it a monthly get-together. Ahem, that's invitation only, too, and not a public gathering; we won't market it, and most of you can read about them after they happen. At any rate, I may be onto something. I will have to consider it.
God. I'm going to acquire a reputation as a complainer. Whatever. If people in the Tampa film scene would do things right, they may find that I wouldn't complain so much. Hey, I'm the outspoken one, the one who doesn't play those fake politics, and who writes what I am thinking. I'm being real, and you always know who you are dealing with when it comes to me. Don't worry about me, though. Worry about the thousands of others who come to the conclusions that I do on their own, who aren't obvious because they don't write and they don't publish web sites, and who remain unseen as they tell their friends what they think. Those people won't complain, at least as far as you can see, but they will vote with their feet and stay away, and that should be what you should be concerned about. Please take my criticism as constructive, as it is not my intention to attack, or to trash, anyone. In this case, I am extremely frustrated with all of this, and the lack of communication is simply inexcusable. I actively look for film festival information and indie film information, and if I can't find it, how in the hell is your target audience, who isn't quite as good using the Internet, supposed to? Get the word out, and let me do my job. The reality of the situation is that, ultimately, I am very supportive. Just give me something worth supporting, and market it properly.
It's now 6:50 PM. My phone quit ringing for now. It's time to run into Brandon and get some errands done. Later tonight, I will finish composing the Tampa Film Blog post that I started last night, and will then work on Independent Modeling. Tomorrow, it's mothers day, and later, I am planning on checking out the new Star Trek with some model friends. Oh, and I have some shoots on Monday, too, and another television interview to do later this week (I need to call the reporter back on Monday). Gotta run. Lates.
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