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Filmmaking,

Get Your Short Film Seen - BAFTA + Shooting People

BAFTA, Shooting People present…
Short Sighted! Get Your Short Film Seen by the People who Matter
BAFTA and Shooting People present their flagship day-long Short Sighted!. If you’re a filmmaker, making your short film is only half the battle. Short Sighted! is the essential programme to help you plan an effective distribution and exhibition strategy in the digital age.

Three sessions will cover:
• benefits of a strong festival run and useful online tools for planning festival strategy;
• tips on selecting and making the most of a relationship with a sales agent;
• how and when to put your film online;
• key digital distribution and VOD players;
• revenue streams in online distribution;
• rise of piracy, and the advent of the Free model;
• using the internet to develop and source an audience for your work; and
• future trends in short film distribution including working with brands to produce and exhibit new work.

Previous speakers include reps from British Council, regional screen agencies, MySpace, YouTube, MOFILM, Encounters Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, The Times BFI London Film Festival, Lifesize Pictures, Shorts International, Future Shorts, Babelgum, Current TV and many more.

BAFTA, SHOOTING PEOPLE: Short Sighted!

For more information visit:
http://shootingpeople.org/shortsighted/
When:
9:30 am, Saturday, Feb 6 2010