11 Prompts Every Filmmaker Needs To Market and Promote Their Film

Your film deserves to be seen. Don’t have the budget to hire a top marketing firm? Use ChatGPT instead.

Here’s how:

Step 1: Set up your conversation with ChatGPT or other LLM to provide you with the strongest answers. (Do not skip this step!)

💡Start with this prompt:

Act as a top marketing firm that specializes in promoting documentary films to help filmmakers [insert your goal: get into a film festival, make $$$, secure distribution, win an Oscar…] I’d like you to work as my coach. I will ask you specific questions about marketing and promoting my film. Before we get started, please ask me any questions that are important for you to know about me and my film so that you can provide me with the most impactful advice. I’d like you to be friendly but harsh when needed. No extra chitchat. Take your time and think before answering.

Remember, these prompts are a jumping-off point to get you thinking. Set the stage, be specific, and seek input. Adapt the prompts and modify them to fit your needs. Then use AI’s responses as a starting point before refining and expanding.

11 Prompts To Market and Promote Your Film:

1. Develop a step-by-step plan for building an engaged community around my documentary on social media, specifically targeting [target audience.]

2. Outline a budget-friendly marketing plan for promoting my documentary, focusing on strategies that require minimal resources but have high impact. Include a list of unconventional marketing tactics that could create buzz around my documentary, even with a limited budget.

3. Outline the key talking points I should use when pitching my documentary to media outlets, focusing on its most compelling aspects.

4. Write a media pitch that emphasizes the unique angles of my documentary and why it’s newsworthy, tailored for journalists in relevant fields.

5. Create a promotional kit for my documentary that includes a press release, synopsis, key visuals, and filmmaker bio.

6. Suggest partnership opportunities with organizations or causes that could help increase the visibility of my documentary during the distribution process.

7. Draft a press release for my documentary that will capture the attention of journalists and media outlets, focusing on its unique story and relevance.

8. Explain how I can use AI to analyze audience feedback on my documentary and suggest ways to adjust my promotional strategies accordingly.

9. Suggest methods for gathering and analyzing feedback from viewers, and how I can use that information to refine my ongoing promotional strategies.

10. Based on the subject matter of my documentary, outline three key messages that will resonate with audiences and set my film apart.

11. Write a brief narrative that explains why my personal journey as a filmmaker adds a unique perspective to my documentary. (Don’t forget to add your writing sample and identify the tone or style you’d like)

Want more? These 11 are part of a running list I use myself and with clients. You can view the full list of 50 here. Add your own. And send me any you use and love that aren’t yet on the list! :)

Happy filmmaking!

Aubrey

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