Posters, Press & Party Plans

Today was spent on a critically important element often underworked by indie film producers - Marketing the Movie. Our Marketing & P/R Director Mandy Watters and I met all day with media outlets to set up the final ad blitz to promote the fast approaching "Beautiful Noise Live!" concert on April 1st at the Riverview H.S. Performing Arts Center. The concert, featuring film co-stars Danielle White, Chris McCarty & Jay White, promises to be a barnburner as they'll be performing songs from the movie before Jay's full-blown Neil Diamond Concert after intermission. The BN Concert Tour will play everywhere the movie is showcased...from Sarasota in April to Dublin and the UK in June to who knows where the rest of the year? The concert is a great way to expose the films' killer Soundtrack and gives me an added promotional feature to leverage. I think it helps set us apart from other indie feature films in a major league way...and helps us sell a ton of Soundtrack CD's and other movie-related merchandise.

A lot of time was also spent on Poster design for the film. I worked with BN Teammates Ryan Lebar & Ralph Barnette to develop a variety of posters that will be used on the international film festival circuit. It's a really important part of the process and I'm very happy with the first round of posters the guys and I came up with...with a big assist from our ace Production Consultant...veteran Hollywood producer Wendy Williams, a Suncoast resident when she isn't managing a crew of hundreds on a $100 million dollar film set somewhere in the world.

We're also hearing from a lot of Suncoast media outlets who just got word of our "Official Selection" to the Sarasota Film Festival and who want to do feature stories, preview the film and interview me and the stars of BN. Thank God Mandy is coordinating the media requests 'cause it's all coming at us now fast and furious...which is a good thing! I'm just grateful I found the perfect person to efficiently and professionally handle those critically important requests and relationships with the media. Mandy is a superstar addition to our BN Team.

We also met with the GM of the Ceviche Restaurant & Bar in downtown Sarasota to secure the entire 3rd floor of the hugely popular eatery and nightspot for our long-awaited World Premiere Party after the April 9 screenings. It's the perfect spot for Cast & Crew and our invited guests to gather after "Beautiful Noise" debuts on the big screen for the first time - and a great place to mingle with the growing legion of sponsors and fans of our indie production. I'm inviting everyone who attends the 7:00 & 9:15 screenings of BN on April 9th to join us at our otherwise private celebratory gathering at Ceviche to hang with the Cast & Crew all night. Live band, good food and drink, and a night we'll remember the rest of our lives. It's all part of the process of indie filmmaking. Work Hard...Play Hard...then crank it up again and start pre-production on the next movie this summer. I can't wait...

I love the marketing side of the movie biz. It's such a kick to see so many people and numerous Suncoast media organizations get so excited about "Beautiful Noise"... even though at this point they're reacting to my endless amount of enthusiasm for what my BN Team created and the overall potential of the film. Soon everyone will be able to see what the excitement is all about and whether the movie can live up to all the hype.

I'm a Believer that it will.

ST