Competition – make a part of Stephen Gyllenhaal’s next film

Here’s an unusual twist on the “get a filmmaker to make us a commercial for free” fad that seems to be sweeping the marketing and PR business at the moment: create an infomercial for director Stephen Gyllenhaal’s next film! Here’s the lowdown from their press release: GRASSROOTS Director, Stephen Gyllenhaal is passionate about indie filmmaking…

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Reinvent a 1980s TV Commercial for Riunite and Win $10,000

In these uncertain economic times many companies have decided to ditch their expensive advertising agencies in favour of throwing out an open call to independent filmmakers to have a shot at producing a commercial for their product or service. While there have been distant murmurings of exploitation amongst the “glass half-empty crowd”, these competitions can be a great way…

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