We are currently working on an exciting competition and will be seeking Makeup artists to get involved. The competition, when confirmed, will provide an opportunity to work with one of the worlds top directors, for makeup artists based in the UK. More details will be released when the competition goes live.
To find out first about the competition, showcase yourself and network with Producers, Directors and Production Professionals… sign up now for an 8 week free trial premium membership to One Fat Cigar click on the following link.
Since our launch we’ve been doing pretty well! Lot’s of sign-ups to the website, lot’s of great movie projects, and lot’s of improvements!
We want more people on the site to help build a great community, so for a limited time only, we’re going to be giving away 8 weeks of free premium membership to One Fat Cigar.com so that you can try out the site. We reserve the right to remove this at any time, so sign-up, upload your CV, showreel, movie projects and start apply for vacancies or network with your fellow film makers now while there’s time!
Post roles for your films using talented film makers like you, cast your movies using actors on the site, and get involved in any competitions we have and there are a few great opportunities coming up, but more about that later!
Here’s what Pinewood Studios published about us on their website
One Fat Cigar is a brand new movie website connecting people who love film, to people who make films. It is a “Facebook for Film” meets IMDB. One Fat Cigar offers the unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes on movie productions as they happen, instead of waiting for the DVD– in real time- updated by the film makers themselves, and not by third party researchers.
One Fat Cigar’s ambition is to have the latest hot content first, before anyone else – from both independent and major productions, as well as smaller short films, and television series – providing the perfect marketing tool for film makers.
Go behind the scenes on international movie productions from Day 1 of script to the final day of post-production, and follow the making of the movie as it happens. Filmmakers and their crew, actors, support and marketing staff are able to provide a film production diary and video blog through the film, thus, providing a unique insight into the film making process. This might include on-set interviews, action sequences, stunts, trailers, location scouting, casting auditions, and regular video blogs from members of the crew from the Director and The Cinematographer to the Cast and the Set Designers. All the time the production is building and growing a dedicated fan base of followers.
This is a first for a website – where Producers can develop and market their productions first-hand, creating an intimate bond between the Producer, Director, Actor or Crew member and their audience – while maintaining a level of privacy for the individuals concerned. This is the first site where film lovers can understand the thought processes behind the production, and find out more about the personal side of film making, before the PR and gloss associated with the release of the film.
Film makers and Casting Directors can even cast and crew their project through the site, recruiting new talent, with or without agents, and giving the film lover a fantastic opportunity to see as each project adds new members through pre-production, shooting and post.
The site already has a growing fan base and reputation, with hundreds of members already signed up to its Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/onefatcigar)
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
