Inviting feedback on mini site for our new short

Coffee Films · January 14, 2004, 08:09:13 AM

Dear All,

We at Coffee Films in the UK have just wrapped shooting on our new short How To Disappear Completely and are currently editing it for festival entries.

We have also opened a mini website to help promote and act as a kind of online press pack, and would appreciate any feedback or comments anyone may have; did you like the site? Did it load quickly? Did it give a good overview of the film? Does it need other stuff? Incidentally there are no clips online as yet but they will be added once editing has advanced some more.

The site;

http://www.coffeefilms.com/disappear

Any feedback is hugely appreciated at admin@coffeefilms.com

Cheers!

Steve Piper
Coffee Films

cron · January 14, 2004, 08:18:47 AM

http://www.xixax.com/viewforum.php?f=15&sid=f3cd7c625af189ca23107862b9636050

TheVoiceOfNick · January 14, 2004, 04:24:57 PM

I thought the site was really good. It has a complete history of your short film, and that's rare to find online. You've actually made it so people can become emotionally attached to the film without even seeing it yet. I'm interested in seeing it. PM me when you have it online so I can take a look.

billybrown · January 26, 2004, 07:12:42 PM

Quote from: Coffee FilmsDear All,

We at Coffee Films in the UK have just wrapped shooting on our new short How To Disappear Completely and are currently editing it for festival entries.

We have also opened a mini website to help promote and act as a kind of online press pack, and would appreciate any feedback or comments anyone may have; did you like the site? Did it load quickly? Did it give a good overview of the film? Does it need other stuff? Incidentally there are no clips online as yet but they will be added once editing has advanced some more.

The site;

http://www.coffeefilms.com/disappear

Any feedback is hugely appreciated at admin@coffeefilms.com

Cheers!

Steve Piper
Coffee Films

Did you have to clear the film's title with Radiohead and/or their record company?

Ghostboy · January 27, 2004, 01:31:19 AM

Nice site! Your whole two year curse sounds so familiar...it took me a year to get my own short off the ground, with just as many stops and starts. Be sure to let us know when you get some clips / trailer up.

TheVoiceOfNick · January 29, 2004, 06:16:17 PM

Quote from: billybrownDid you have to clear the film's title with Radiohead and/or their record company?

You can't copyright a name... even a song name. This is why you see many movies with the same titles over the years.

billybrown · January 30, 2004, 09:52:16 PM

Quote from: TheVoiceOfNick
Quote from: billybrownDid you have to clear the film's title with Radiohead and/or their record company?

You can't copyright a name... even a song name. This is why you see many movies with the same titles over the years.

So I could hypothetically title a film "Marilyn Monroe Blows Elvis" and not face any legal action?

Ghostboy · January 30, 2004, 10:41:29 PM

The only thing you'd have to worry about with that name is a defamation suit, and even that's probably not likely.

cine · January 31, 2004, 12:42:18 AM

But make a film called "Michael Jackson Blows Boys" and look out.

Coffee Films · January 31, 2004, 11:37:32 AM

Thanks to all for the continued feedback and debate!

As explained above we didn't have to clear anything with Radiohead, the phrase is used in the film and is very relevant to part of it, the writer was intitially keen to use the song on the soundtrack but we've ended up using something else that fit the whole thing a lot better.

Our next short, "Michael Jackson Blows Boys" can be seen...

Cheers,

Steve