Twitter for Filmmakers

Posted on June 22, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

If you’re not on Twitter yet you may be rolling your eyes at yet another blog post about the most hyped technology since the battery powered dildo.

At first glance it seemed to me as a self inflected 1984. At second glance it seemed to me like a dream tool for a million wannabe Paris Hilton’s.

But, after creating our own Twitter Account (you are following us right?), we began to realize it may be a useful tool to reach a wider audience. While we are still exploring how best to use the service it does show potential beyond Facebook or MySpace.

The Project Twenty1 Blog’s article “Why every filmmaker needs Twitter” offers some insights on how filmmakers can use Twitter to make movies, network, and build an audience.

…Say you are a brilliant screen writer, you want to make a movie (or sign up for our 21-Day Filmmaking Competion) but you are at a total loss for cast and crew. We are encouraging you to put out your call for team members on Twitter and use “#p21? (minus the quotation marks) in your tweets. This is known as “hashtagging” and it’s a way that Twitter users (”Tweeps” or “Tweeple” if you’re feeling saucy, adventurous, and like using new geek lingo) to find folks at the same conferences or film festivals. Then you simply use www.search.twitter.com, plug in #p21 as your hashtag and read the tweets that it pulls. See what actors are looking for scripts, what crew are set except for a boom mike operator, etc. Get really creative: send a link to your clip reel along with a tweet hashtagged #p21 and everybody can see first hand what a great film maker/actor/DP/whatever you are!

— Project Twenty1 | Read The Full Article

— SlashFilm| List of Filmmakers on Twitter