The Wild West of Film: Best Practices for Your EPK and the Literary Pitch

In the indie world, you'll have to wear many hats - one of them being acting as your own publicist. The Wild West of Film: Best Practices for Your EPK and The Literary Pitch is Chapter 12 of The Wild West of Film, the full book on techniques for emerging new media formats. With this chapter, you'll learn how to develop a smart, salient electronic press kit and literary pitch, both of which will help to get you noticed.Award winning filmmaker and web series creator Otessa Marie Ghadar has been breaking ground in new media since 2007 and is widely praised for her pioneer work in the web series format. Her book, The Wild West of Film, takes readers step by step through the script-to-screen process. It focuses on specifics of the "small screen," including short form script-writing and story structure, budgeting and breakdowns, post-production for online viewing, self-distribution, best practices for social media, film festival lists & strategies, and more. Whether film and web rookies or seasoned veterans, The Wild West of Film provides practical insight and technical knowledge useful for successfully navigating the post-Internet world.