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If you scroll down on Bridgett's site, there is a photo of the back of Eric as he talks to Anthony Hopkins and Martin Kove.

www.babydollriley.net/filmography.htm

From the Film-Coop blog (click the thumbnail for the full text):

technorati.com/blogs/filmcoop.wordpress.com

The text: Viral Buzz
http://filmcoop.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/viral-buzz/
I’m in the final stages of post production on a feature film, Bare Knuckles. Eric Etebari, our director, and I are preparing our plan for launch, premiere, marketing and ultimate sale of the film. During this process we have noticed that the way films are released has changed drastically in the past few years. It’s all about the internet and two very powerful words, Viral Buzz.

Let’s face it, with the advent of Tivo and the next generation of video and HD recorders not many folks watch commercials on TV anymore. We’ve evolved into a society of content demanding, time crunched, media savvy multitaskers.

Traditional methods of “announcing” new releases has been overshadowed by clever internet campaigns that involve and include the viewers. Did any of you receive a personalized phone message from Samuel Jackson inviting you to head directly to the nearest theater to see Snakes on a Plane? Or how about an email with video attached that featured images of your friends in the Wedding Crashers trailer. The Simpson’s Movie hit consumers by dressing up 7-11 stores to look like Quick E Marts and used the web to sound out the call for free slurpees’ on release day.

Variety Online “Among the major studios, the average cost of marketing a domestic release was $35.9 million in 2007. That’s only an average, meaning event pics cost much more. That’s a far cry from 1995, when “Toy Story” was the most advertised film of the year, with a marketing budget of around $35 million.”

But spending lots of money doesn’t always guarantee reaching your intended market. Billboards, commercials and print ads are targeted to a more general audience while web and viral campaigns can be more effective due to precise delivery to special interest groups.

As independent filmmakers we don’t have expansive budgets for marketing and promotions but we have an edge because we are closer to our viewers. We’ve asked them what they want and now we are keen to deliver. Since shooting Bare Knuckles last summer we have held our cards close to our chest. We’ve been careful not to leak the story, release any video or photos and it has caused a minor uproar. Our fans want proof that this film even exists. They challenged us with the theory that it must be terrible since we didn’t show it off… or that we haven’t finished it yet… or that there never really was a film.

Truth is, we wanted to cause a big sensation with a stealth delivery of a knock out hit. Kinda like a sucker punch to the doubtful few. I hope our plan works and fans flock to the theaters clamoring for tickets to the show.

For those of you who are waiting patiently for the release of Bare Knuckles, hold on tight cause we have a few surprises ahead that will send you to the ropes.


5 days ago

Bare Knuckles website:

bareknucklesthemovie.com/


It is only the bare bones front page. The links lead nowhere.


Also, info on the fighters has been posted on the BK Film Co-op site:

filmco-op.com/bareknuckles_fighters.htm