The Blair Witch Project - Ep04 - Promotion
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Our final episode covers The Blair Witch Project’s wide public release and the groundbreaking promotional campaign that followed. It was the first “viral marketing” case of its kind, permanently changing the course of movie advertising for the social media age. Our story concludes with the minting of a new genre: found footage.
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This episode covers the premiere of The Blair Witch Project at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999. We start with the acceptance phone call that every budding filmmaker dream of receiving, building to the anticipated opening night screening and the financial record-breaking overnight sale that...
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