Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:29 pm
Right now there isn't much we can do to get people hyped about Freeborn since casting and filming still haven't begun. Once Freeborn and other werewolf movies have release dates set, however, ET and other similar programs will discover it on their own.Excelsia wrote:But that still begs the question, what else can we come up with that hasn't already been mentioned that will get people like ET interested?
The only other aspect of Freeborn I could really imagine generating some anticipation would be the fact that Tim Albee is designing the werewolves. He isn't exactly a household name, but being the mastermind behind the one-man four-figure CGI movie, a lot of people within the entertainment industry should be familiar with his work. Like I said in a previous thread: I've seen what he could do with five thousand, so it should be really interesting to se what he can do with a few million.
In other words, Freeborn is the movie that people within the entertainment industry should be the most interested in.
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I wouldn't say there's so much an increase in interest in furries so much as there's a decrease in CBS's and MTV's ratings. Both networks seem convinced that people are more interested in half-a** freakshows than shows with, I dunno, plot, so whenever things look bad for them, they just move to slander furries, D&D players, or any other net-based culture they can get they can find.
But while I don't think a sudden interest in therians / furries will influence Freeborn, I can imagine that Freeborn will influence a sudden interest in therians / furries. Since casting calls still haven't begun, the only people any interested media outlets can turn to for info right now are the Brownriggs and Tim Albee. After that, the next step would be to talk to us, or at least to any members that Anthony attribute key ideas to (like Xodiac and I for the use of rubber ducks, or Figarou for the constant throwing of them). If they do decide to seek out pack members for info, one of the questions they'll be sure to ask will be how we found out about the Pack, in which case our therian or furry origins become apparent. That might, in turn, perk an interest in therians or furries in general.
Ultimately, I think the best marketing strategy would be to continue to say as little about the movie as possible; if curiosity is the movie's best selling point, best to keep it that way.
Remember the first teaser trailer for the Matrix? That was ingenious -- I'm convinced half the people went to see the movie on opening night just to find out what the Matrix was. Something like that could be a good way to market the pack: wait and see what the true werewolf experts have to offer.
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