Spring is just around the corner! This month we’re taking advantage of social media holidays, exploring the world of AI, how to utilize film festivals, a little Saturday Night Fever and more. We hope to see you at our April session!
Email us at wiftmarketingcircle@gmail.com if there’s anything in particular you’d like us to cover next month.
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20 Quintessential Feminist Movies You Need to See at Least Once
Make sure you are up on films that are critical to women being seen in films of worth. To present our best selves. Look these over and if you have some to add, email them to us (wiftmarketingcircle@gmail.com) and we will send out a full list next month.
March Marketing Session - AI & the Film Industry
"What it will do is level the playing field financially." This week Christine proposes that instead of fighting new technologies like AI (artificial intelligence), industries like the film industry and so many others, see how we can adjust and use it to our advantage. Christine walks through how the AI can be used by screenwriters, actors, directors, producers and others, and what it will mean for the film industry. The good and the bad.
You'll hear Christine refer to the AI app she believes is the future, ChatGPT. https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt
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April Marketing Session - Attending Film Festivals for Your Own Self-Promotion
Wednesday, April 19, 5PM EST - REGISTER BELOW
Don’t think you need to have a finished project to attend a film festival! If you DO, that’s great, but film festivals can be so much more for you. Select a film festival or two to attend over the next six months that would fit well with your genre, or you think would attract the people you want in your posse. It’s a great place to network, information gather, watch other films, or even just get some inspiration! Christine will talk about volunteer options, how to make it worthwhile and more.
REGISTER NOW
When: Apr 19, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYoc-yopzguGtJhiGLKMELnhgqiZ-oLBzbR
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
May Social Media Holidays
Each month presents different opportunities for posting content that will help you grow your presence. For all of you in the film industry be sure and take a special look at May 4th & May 30th! Take a look at the list and see if you can authentically use any of these to connect to something you’re working on.
May 1 - May Day #MayDay
May 1 - 👩💻 International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
May 4 - 💫 Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou
May 4 - International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 5 - ⌨️ World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 6 - National Space Day (First Friday in May) #SpaceDay
May 7 - 🤣 World Laughter Day #LaughterDay #WorldLaughterDay
May 8 - 👩👧👦 Mother's Day (Second Sunday in May) #MothersDay
May 9 - 🇪🇺 Europe Day #EuropeDay
May 9 - Teacher Appreciation Day #TeacherAppreciationDay
May 11 - National Receptionist Day (Second Wednesday in May) #NationalReceptionistDay
May 12 - National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
May 15 - 👨👩👦 International Day of Families #FamilyDay
May 16 - 🌳 Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT
May 20 - 🚴♀️ National Bike to Work Day (Third Friday in May) #BTWD
May 20 - 🦁 Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 21 - 🗒 National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
May 24 - 🗺 National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
May 28 - 🍔 National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
May 29 - 📎 National Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
May 30 - 🎨 National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
May 31 - 🙂 National Smile Day #SmileDay
May 31 - 🚭 World No Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
Have them From Hello
There are some, me among them, who consider this opening sequence to Saturday Night Fever one of the best ever made. We are entertained by it and we learn more about the character and what he cares about than any dialog could create. Besides, his walk to the beat insists you move along with him. Opening sequences. What’s your favorite? Post it and say why. Commenting on industry examples makes you relevant.
People Doing it Well
We recently had an amazing strategic session with Sweta Keswani, who happens to be an actor, model and producer. I think her website is perfect. Especially her ‘About Me’ section where she tells the story of who she is. Fabulous! — Christine
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Christine’s Monthly Review
Many of you may know that Christine is also Hollister from Screen Thoughts. You can read her latest review of The Quiet Girl, below.
MOVIE REVIEW: THE QUIET GIRL
The gentle giant of a man, who says this to quiet Cait toward the end of The Quiet Girl, speaks almost as little as she does as the story unfolds. But he communicates in so many other ways. When he quietly places a cookie on the table next to her after barely speaking to her since she arrived. When he looks at her, or encourages her to run as fast as she can.
There is collective grief throughout this film that will break your heart and at the same time give you hope about our most precious commodity; our resilience. I've never used the word resilience as an attribute in a film in all these years I've been a reviewer. And, we are the worse for it. It's such a wonderful emotion to call upon when you need it. We all have it. Deep inside us when we want to call it to the surface rather than wallow in self-pity or sadness. I allow sadness in my life from the few minutes before the sun reaches the horizon, until darkness falls. It's my favorite time of day to be still and to think about what a lucky girl I am. Stillness and resilience is all you need to watch for as the stunning countryside unfolds and the decent, caring, and damaged souls find hope and love with each other in this extraordinary film.
My last review was for Women Talking, where I harped on the fact that you have to wait for the film to play out, perhaps longer than you are used to waiting for plot development. And, then I go to The Quiet Girl, and I can't help but smile because if I didn't learn the lesson in Women Talking, I certainly learned it in The Quiet Girl. Sit back. Take in the scenery and the subtle movement and quiet murmuring of a small, but oh so talented cast that will show you the sights you surely would have missed if they played it out any faster.
The film is based on an award-winning short story from 2015 by Claire Keegan, who (note to self) should be checked out to see what else we can read of hers, because she is clearly a sister of Frank McCourt, by another mother. Sad story. Told without shame or pity, but simply with honest recollection of how it was, or would have been.
But it is the direction that should be called to center stage. And, the cinematography. Colm Bairead directed, and is known for some Irish films including Idir Dha Struth (from Frank O'Connor) and the cinematography is from Kate McCullough, who you will remember from Normal People. And, her approach to The Quiet Girl mirrors her earlier work. In fact, Daisy Edgar-Jones, from Normal People, could be a younger version of Catherine Clinch, who debuts as Cait, and will surely have a fine future in film if she wants it.
I send you to this film sure that while you might not walk out of the theater with a bounce in your step, you will have a lot of thoughts about speaking less and watching more because, like me, you will not want to be one of the people who 'missed an opportunity to say nothing.'
--Hollister
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