Need a Distributor/Sales Agent for your movie?

Posted by Ross on February 5th, 2010

Hi Guys- we’ve been really busy in the background…

Just to let you know that we’ve had some exciting initial conversations with distributors/sales agents who are interested in finding out about the best feature films on our site. We want to be able to go back to them and say, features x,y,z are really exciting and worth a look.

Why they like it is because all the info is in one place and they can simply short list the films they want to follow and look at.

We are, of course, happy to oblige!

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO…
Here’s what we need from you guys to help you get distributor/sales agent interest…

1. Some video blogs about your projects during the production process
2. Some interesting and exciting behind the scenes footage
3. A trailer that really sells the movie
4. All the cast and crew to be attached to the project and a synopsis that sells it!
5. Get your friends and family signed up to support your project and spread the word – the more fans, the more interest from them!

HOW WE’RE GOING TO HELP YOU…
From our side we’ve already made improvements to project searching – you can now find and sort everything really easily and find out which stage of production, type of project it is and who’s involved.

The projects are also available for anyone to find – rather than being just closed to the OFC membership – this means you can point anyone you want to your OFC project profile and they’ll be able to see everything. . They’ll still have to sign in to become a fan though!

We’ve also indexed the projects on google so that google can find them, so traffic will start increasing for your projects and the public will begin viewing your films as they rise more on the google rankings. This will take a little time, but great video content again is crucial here!

COMING SOON…
Improvements to come in the next few weeks to help you get them excited…

1. Get the newsfeed up and running for projects
2. Start to begin promoting video blogs across the site
3. Integrate jobs into projects so that you can begin to cast and crew them

The more of your films we have up there with great quality content the bigger the groundswell and the more distributors that will be interested.

We can’t go back to them without your help on this, so please get behind us so that we can help you!

Any questions do drop us a line! team@onefatcigar.com

Good luck!

Ross and Craig,
Co-Founders, One Fat Cigar.com

Things to do…

To register now go to: 8 weeks free premium membership


44 feature films at various stages of development on the site!

Posted by Ross on February 5th, 2010

Great news is that in our first three weeks there have been 44 feature films uploaded onto the site… many of which are seeking to recruit crew and cast – even if they don’t post a job many are still seeking talent on the site!

We have, of course, only just started and there will be lot improvements as more members sign up!

For now, there are a couple of links that will help you -

Actor Jobs – to find our latest film castings

Movie Jobs – to find our latest film crew positions


Updates/Fixes and Improvements

Posted by Ross on January 20th, 2010

Hi Guys,

Thanks to all of 600+ of you who signed up to the site since we opened last week – the site is really coming together. There are now a staggering 61 movie projects on the site at various stages of production – many of whom are seeking talent for their productions.

We’ve made some big changes overnight and the site is looking really good.

Here’s a quick summary of the main improvements:

1. Talent Searching – a massive improvement was uploaded last night, now it should be much easier to find who you’re looking for!
2. Video Encoded – we put up some big fixes over the weekend so this should be working much better now
3. Homepage – Up-coming jobs are now displayed on your personal homepage as well as all the latest movie projects that people are working on (and hopefully will be posting jobs for!)

Do check in to your account to have a look – we hope you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Here’s the quick link to the site http://bit.ly/7en53d

TO DO:
Next steps are to work on the Projects section and Jobs which will now be receiving some attention.

Thanks for your support, please continue to help us grow the site and make it a really good place for you to promote your work and meet others film makers. Every single person on the site matters to it’s success, so the more we have the better :)

As always feel free to give us feedback we can’t make OFC what you want it to be without it!!!

With best wishes

Craig and Ross,
Co-Founders One Fat Cigar.com
http://bit.ly/7en53d