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| Talking to students on the BA (Hons) Film Production at the University of Gloucestershire. Pictured with Course Leader, Freya Billington. |
As we've always
tried to keep our friends, followers and fans posted on what we get up to
behind-the-scenes on LIFE JUST IS, I thought it might be worth writing a quick
piece about the main LJI-related thing that's been keeping me busy over the
last month: going to Universities to talk about the making of LIFE JUST IS.
After the
publication of the DIRECTOR'S JOURNAL and SCRIPTBOOK in January, Roland and I decided it
might a good idea to start getting in touch with film courses up and down the
country. As a small, independent production, we always knew that a reasonable
percentage of our audience would be made up of aspiring filmmakers, and as a
film about recent graduates, the student and graduate market has always been of
interest to us. So going in to talk to students about the film seemed like both
a logical extension of our general aim to be as open as possible about the
making of the film, and a good way to hopefully drum up further interest in the
film and the books.
I suppose it
remains to be seen how successful the lecture tour is in terms of translation
to actual sales of DVDs and books, but it has been a lot fun. Plus, having a
classroom of students listen to you talking about your film seems like a much
more engaging and rewarding way to promote it than sticking up some Facebook
adverts.
Hopefully the
students have been enjoying the talks too. I've been honest and open in my sessions,
so with any luck it'll help them on their way to making their own first
features.
For anyone who's
interested in finding out more about our talks, or in arranging for us to come
and talk at your institution, feel free to drop us a line on
info*at*lifejustisfilm.com.
- Alex
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