Comments on: free movie tickets

By: Andr

Andr — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:56:41 +0000

Free tickets rock of course.
But I could not agree more with you Kevin, start early and release often.
Giving away free tickets when the movie is done does not do much to create an acctuall connection with the bloggers.
Blogging as far as I see it is an relationship.
Something that grows into something wow hopefully.
Like me always looking for Stormhoek wine in the stores, even though I live in Sweden and Stormhoek have probably never been imported here.
I say free tickets rock.
But what if the bloggers acctually get to decide the ending.
Or create the website.
Or write a scene in collaboration with the script writer.
Or see the movie a month earlier then everyone else.
Something real.
Something big.
Something that’s acctually worth talking about.
What would happen then?
*I’m acctually working on something like this, something big, something that hopefully will rock your world*
Andr

By: Andr

Andr — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:56:41 +0000

By: Andr

Andr — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:56:41 +0000

By: Andr

Andr — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:56:41 +0000

By: Phil Dale

Phil Dale — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:28:05 +0000

That’s brilliant thanks.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:06:03 +0000

Phil, this is a really good demographic survey: http://www.blogads.com/survey/blog_reader_survey.html

By: Phil Dale

Phil Dale — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:56:12 +0000

Snakes on a plane, and Dukes of Hazard are not great examples. I would argue that Blogging would be the worst sort of marketing for these films.
Lets face it, the vast majority of people who would like and enjoy ‘snakes on a plane’, are not the sort that are going to be reading and writing blogs.
Where as Hallam Foe is far more likely to appeal to the blogging community.
Hugh your an ad man, what’s the average demographic for bloggers?

By: Kevin Dugan

Kevin Dugan — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:29:23 +0000

That's a solid list. Thanks. I love this line: "Give it time to seep into the Zeitgeist, like absinthe on a sugar cube." And we can add the train wreck known as "The Dukes of Hazzard" to our examples of what not to do. http://tinyurl.com/z2tjo

By: Hugh MacLeod

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:24:25 +0000

Agreed, Kevin: my main mantra for movie blogging is "Start Early": http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000509.html

By: Kevin Dugan

Kevin Dugan — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:17:49 +0000

Hugh — Movie buzz tends to generate well before the red carpet is rolled out. You’d be better off sending them a link to a special-access, first viewing of a trailer.
Consider the ill-fated, poorly named, Snakes on a Plane. It already has a Wikipedia entry dedicated to this meme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_on_a_plane
This movie is sunk and hasn’t even hit theaters.
You SHOULD engage bloggers, and can still invite them to the premiere. But I’d give them the ability to talk about the movie earlier.

By: Hugh MacLeod

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:34:33 +0000

Mack, if 10,000 bloggers wanted tickets, I’d be utterly delighted. Whether it took 2 days or 6 months, I wouldn’t care.

By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:22:21 +0000

What about, instead of a set number of tickets, what about giving out as many as possible to bloggers, but only for a set amount of time. Like for the first 2 weeks (or first month, whatever), give out as many tickets to bloggers as you have requests. The idea being, get the bloggers out to the movie as soon as it comes out, then immediately blogging about it. This would go a long way toward creating the initial positive WOM that every successful movie needs. Also, the bloggers would realize that if they wanted to see the movie for free, it would have to be at the start.
Also, what about only inviting bloggers to the premiere? Not sure if this is something the studio would want to do, but would certainly help with WOM, and should generate some buzz in the media.

By: Barry Dorrans

Barry Dorrans — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:48:02 +0000

Marketing by guilt again?
I have to admit I will look for Stormhoek wine because I’ve met you and Nick, and I had a free bottle. (Now if they could get the reds in waitrose then I would get more of it), however a movie is a one time deal. You might have fun convincing people about this simply because you don’t get repeat business.

By: Piaras Kelly

Piaras Kelly — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:46:01 +0000

Definitely agree. At the Irish Blog Awards, V for Vendetta tickets were given away as part of a raffle from the tickets stubs all attendees were given. It was a great way to get people talking about the movie at the event itself, talking about the giveaway online and then the movie itself after the people had seen it.
People’s decision mking process when deciding whether to see a movie or not often depends on word-of-mouth because there are so many movies out there. This is a bog standard tactic that companies should be using to promote their movies. It doesn’t matter whether they’re bloggers or not. If they happen to blog, then it’s a bonus because more buzz will be built up about it.