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Five Ways to Make Your Film Trailer Stand Out from the Crowd

There are three essential elements to every successful film release campaign: a trailer, a logline, and a poster. These are the items that…

Jun 4, 2019

Five Ways to Make Your Film Trailer Stand Out from the Crowd

Jun 4, 2019

J. Brad Wilke

Five Ways to Make Your Film Trailer Stand Out from the Crowd

There are three essential elements to every successful film release campaign: a trailer, a logline, and a poster. These are the items that…

Jun 4, 2019

Five Ways to Make Your Film Trailer Stand Out from the Crowd

Jun 4, 2019

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Smarthouse Indie Film Marketing & Publicity

7 Tips for Pitching Your Film to the Media

Your film had a decent run on the festival circuit and now it’s time to release it on VOD. Maybe you snagged a distributor and their PR…

May 1, 2019

7 Tips for Pitching Your Film to the Media

May 1, 2019

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How to Make the Most of Your First Film Festival

Congratulations! You just received your first film festival acceptance email!

Apr 23, 2019

How to Make the Most of Your First Film Festival

Apr 23, 2019

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5 Rules for Crafting Loglines That Sell

Writing the perfect logline is a meticulous pursuit. Equal parts creative inspiration and fastidious editing, the logline, along with the…

Apr 11, 2019

5 Rules for Crafting Loglines That Sell

Apr 11, 2019

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Game of Thrones: The Art of the Pitch

What I learned about pitching an idea from Game of Thrones.

Apr 4, 2019

Game of Thrones: The Art of the Pitch

Apr 4, 2019

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Indie Film Hashtags

There are about 500 million tweets sent each day, which comes out to approximately 200 billion tweets per year. Instagram users post more…

Nov 26, 2018

Indie Film Hashtags

Nov 26, 2018

J. Brad Wilke

Networking for Indie Film Introverts

Most people have a love/hate relationship with networking events. We come up with any excuse we can to avoid making small talk and…

Sep 24, 2018

Networking for Indie Film Introverts

Sep 24, 2018

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Online Ad Budget Calculator

Almost all of our independent film clients have questions about the appropriate size of their respective digital advertising budgets. It’s…

Jul 24, 2018

Online Ad Budget Calculator

Jul 24, 2018

J. Brad Wilke

Driving iTunes Movie Pre-Orders with Facebook Ads

If you’re an independent filmmaker with a feature film that’s currently on the festival circuit, you’re probably already planning the…

Jan 26, 2018

Driving iTunes Movie Pre-Orders with Facebook Ads

Jan 26, 2018

J. Brad Wilke

J. Brad Wilke

@teamsmarthouse co-founder // @portlandfilm artistic director // Wonderstream founder // screenwriter & producer

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