The screening was a bonafide success.
We had a great turn out of over 200 people with awesome feed back.
It was well worth the effort to promote the screening through our network party.
As I thought, the event would be exactly what you make it.
There was very little help from staff to generate and manage the crowd but we were able to get everyone in just before the film began.
There were chuckles and laughter from beginning to end.
I stood in the back of the room mostly so I can see the audience's reaction to everything that was happening on screen and would honestly say people were fully engaged in the story and fate of our four main characters.
As the feeling of accomplishment
began to subside towards the end of the evening, I realized that my work had just begun. Yes, we have proven that the film plays well to an audience but now we have to convince distributors that this film is a gamble worth taking.One of the main problems we may face is that because there is not exactly a mold built for this type of film, we must create new marketing ideas to help in that process and thus grow an audience. The traditional title, style and marketing may not apply to this particular project (eg. they call African American films - Urban films).
So the question is, "What if my story has African American leads and is set in the suburbs. Is it still an Urban film?" I believe the audience will take to the notion that there is diversity in our lives therefore there should be diversity in our stories, ideas and films.
"15 Mins. Of Fame" is an Urban/Suburban comedy.
