ACTORS! BRING YOUR HEAD SHOTS AND INFO WITH YOU FOR NETWORKING.
FILMMAKERS! PROMOTE! PROMOTE! PROMOTE!
EVERY FILMMAKER IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIS/HER OWN GUESTS. SNS USUALLY BOOKS ABOUT 5 - 7 FILMMAKERS PER NIGHT. IF EACH FILMMAKER DOES HIS/HER PART, THEN THE VENUE WILL PACK OUT, MORE PATRONS CAN WATCH YOUR FILMS, AND THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE IS IMPROVED. NOT TO MENTION A LOT MORE NETWORKING.
SUBMIT LINK TO FILM OR DROP OFF HARD COPY DVD OF FILM TO GIZZI'S CAFE LOUNGE FOR CONSIDERATION.
BRING HARD COPY OF DVD WITH YOU THE NIGHT OF THE SCREENINGS.
FOR NETWORKING PURPOSES, BRING POSTCARDS OR BUSINESS CARDS WITH YOUR INFORMATION INCLUDED. MANY FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE SCREENED WITH US HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE OF NOT BRINGING THESE THINGS, MAKING NETWORKING THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
BE PREPARED TO BE INTERVIEWED ON STAGE. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION. HAVE YOUR INFO READY TO BLURT OUT ON STAGE, (IE. WEBSITE, NEXT PROJECT, ETC.) IT HELPS PEOPLE STAY IN CONTACT WITH YOU EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO YOU AT THE VENUE.
MAKE SURE YOU TELL YOUR GUESTS TO ARRIVE EARLIER THEN THE START TIME, SO THAT EVERYONE IS SEATED AND READY FOR THE FILMS TO BEGIN WITH NO INTERRUPTIONS.
AT THE END OF THE SCREENING, PROMOTE! PROMOTE! PROMOTE! WE HAVE HAD MANY STRUGGLING ACTORS/ACTRESSES FIND WORK JUST BY TALKING TO FILMMAKERS AFTER THE SCREENING. SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE TO PROMOTE YOURSELF.
GIZZI'S LOUNGE HAS GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED THE SCREENINGS TO BE HELD THERE FREE OF CHARGE, SO PLEASE, EVERYONE, SUPPORT GIZZI'S BY PURCHASING THEIR AMAZING FOOD, DRINKS AND PASTRIES. GIZZI'S SERVES ALCOHOL TO THOSE 21+.
