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Promoting Yourself: Youtube

by Keifer Albin

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So everyone (yes, including you) has trouble getting the word out about their films. There are dreams of multi-million dollar contracts, and working with A-List stars, but the fact of the matter is those don’t come easily. It takes a lot of work and posturing to get those contracts lined up. Here’s where YouTube (www.youtube.com) comes in.

YouTube fills in that little area of filmmakers that haven’t been accepted into film festivals, and don’t already have distribution deals. YouTube allows you to freely promote your videos to the millions of people that visit YouTube daily. Here’s my ultimatum if you have a short film in the can take it right now and upload it to YouTube. Put the link in your email signature and spam the internet with it. I guarantee you you will be happy with the results.


Posted in General, How-To, promotion on June 11th, 2008

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