Small news: my stop motion horror short got into a regional film festival in Utah this October. Small screening room, a Q&A afterward, and apparently a mountain view from the lobby. I have never presented anything in person. Any advice for a first timer?
Presenting my stop motion short at a small regional festival in Utah this October
StopMotionMortisCreatorOriginal post#1 FestBeatFionaPress#2 Congratulations! Regional festivals are the best rooms. The audience is locals who came on purpose. Bring postcards with your name and where to watch your work, and talk to the volunteers. They know everyone.
ReelRotScriptsCreator#3 Have a thirty second answer ready for 'what inspired this.' Everyone asks, and everyone freezes the first time.
PracticalFXPaulaCreator#4 Bring one puppet or prop if you can travel with it. People will crowd around it after the screening. Handmade things are magnets.
StopMotionMortisCreator#5 Bring one puppet or prop
The main character is eight inches tall and fits in a lunchbox. She is coming.
Wendigo_WatcherFan#6 If you get a free afternoon, the canyons in October are stunning. Bring a jacket, it gets cold fast after sunset.
NightSoilPicturesCreator#7 Practical note: confirm the screening format a week out and bring a backup file on two drives. Every small festival has a projector story.
HauntedMicTalksCreator#8 Would love to have you on the podcast afterward to talk about making horror at twelve frames a second.
GhoulFridayFan#9 Rooting for you. Post a photo of the lunchbox puppet in the lobby.
StopMotionMortisCreator#10 Thanks, everyone. Postcards ordered, two drives packed, thirty second answer rehearsed in the mirror. The puppet is less nervous than I am.
TheNightDeskStaffMod#11 Love this. Keeping venue details out of the thread on purpose. If you are nearby and want to say hi, use DMs.