Distributor Gives Away Marketing Budget In Comp'

Film Distributor Gives Away Marketing Budget In Competition

A terrifying horror film is the focus of an unusual and unprecedented marketing directive. Local film promoter Ant Timpson will be giving away the marketing budget of [REC] 2, the sequel to last years acclaimed horror hit [REC].

The film [REC] 2, fresh from its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival will be released in select New Zealand cinemas on Friday 13th of November.



Jill Macnab, the Marketing Manager from Vendetta Films approached Timpson about the possibility of [REC] 2 achieving a limited theatrical release with little to no marketing spend for the film. 



Timpson accepted the challenge.



"Vendetta had a few thousand to release the film, which basically meant a couple of newspaper ads and a tiny radio campaign. With that spend on traditional media, you'd be lucky to even alert the films core fanbase. I suggested we simply giveaway the marketing budget as a prize to whoever creates the most "Buzz" about the films upcoming November 13th release. Instead of using static old media, I thought it'd be fun to see some innovative creative people (designers, media students, film fans, show-offs) think outside the box and raise awareness for the film in surprising and entertaining ways online and offline. We've also made all the marketing materials available for anyone to download and use. At present my bad photoshop of the John Key as a zombie is in the lead to win five thousand dollars cash. It'd be a sad indictment on NZ's creative contingent if that won!"



The unusual competition runs for four weeks and is open to everyone. More information and some background can be found at the website. Twitterers can alert people to their work by tagging tweets with #rec2nz.

 Cinemas wishing to board the [REC] 2 train and book the horror hit can contact Timpson. 


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