SHOOT's “Road To Oscar” series puts the spotlight on the producers, directors, documentarians, cinematographers, writers, editors, production designers, visual effects & animation supervisors & artists, composers and other artisans in the running during Academy season for Guild and Industry Awards along the Road to Oscar, right up to the Academy Awards.
Along the Road to Oscar SHOOT will cover the award season’s festival circuit (Venice, Toronto, Telluride, Palm Springs et al) and Guild & other industry Award Shows (including the ACE, ADG, Annie, ASC, CAS, CDG, DGA, PGA, SAG, VES and WGA Awards, BAFTA, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)--and their implications for the Oscar derby and what evolves into this year’s field of nominees and eventual winners. Extensive coverage--including the October preview feature. all of the Award Shows leading up to the Academy Awards and “The Road To Oscar” series-- provide insights into the artists and the artistry behind the latest crop of lauded films. artisans and Oscar-related news and information that we’ll be covering for the months leading up to the Academy Awards.
- Click Here for PDF of the 2022/2023 SHOOT "Road to Oscar" series calendar.
- Click Here to see digital version of past "Road to Oscar" features.
"FYC" Marketing Opportunities...
SHOOT Digital and Print Platforms provide an ideal environment in which to promote prior to nominations & then nominated films and artisans through final voting. Separately or in combination, each offers the ideal environment in which to promote your films and artisans to an audience of industry above-the-line and below-the-line decision-makers, including AMPAS and all major industry Guild members. The SHOOT audience includes creatives, executives, producers, directors, cinematographers, writers, editors, vfx artists & supervisors, composers & other music execs, production designers, etc.
Build Awards Season Momentum
While not every film may be in the running for an Oscar, there are still many good business reasons to promote them. There are many Guild and Industry award shows leading up to the Oscars that recognize award-worthy work that can set your film and talent apart from the crowd. SHOOT readers and followers are members of multiple guilds and unions. (Right now is also ideal timing for networks to promote their Shows and Programs to Guilds with television award categories.)
Judge Us By The Company(s) We Keep; Join the growing list of SHOOT "FYC" Advertisers...
A24 Films, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, Annapurna Pictures, Apple TV+, CBS Films, Disney, Dreamworks, ES Studios, Focus Features, HBO, HBO Max, HBO Studios, Hulu, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Marvel Studios, MGM/UAR, Miramax, Netflix, Open Road Films, Paramount Pictures, Peacock, Regency Films, Roadside Attractions, Searchlight Pictures, Sony Pictures, STYX Films, Summit Entertainment, Sundance Selects, Tristar, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and TWC are some of the studios and networks that have placed FYC marketing with SHOOT.
Some of the films promoted with SHOOT during the 2021/2022 Awards Season...
A Hero, Being The Ricardos, Belfast, CODA, Cyrano, Don't Look Up, Dune, Encanto, ENCOUИTƎЯ, House of Gucci, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Loki, Macbeth, Mary J. Blige's My Life, My Name Is Pauli Murray, Nightmare Alley, No Time To Die, Respect, The Boy from Medellín, The Power of the Dog, The French Dispatch, The Hand Of God, The Lost Daughter, The Tender Bar, The Velvet Underground, tick, tick...BOOM!, Uprising, Val, West Side Story.
Some of the Series promoted with SHOOT during the 2021 Awards Season...
Bel-Air, Flack, Girls5Eva, Harlem, Joe vs Carole, Loki, LuLa Rich, Only Murders in the Building, The Amber Ruffin Show, The Wheel Of Time, The Underground Railroad, Uprising, With Love
Some of the films promoted with SHOOT during the 2020/2021 Awards Season...
All In The Fight For Democracy, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Da 5 Bloods, Judas And The Black Messiah, Mank, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Nomadland, One Night In Miami, Promising Young Woman, Sound Of Metal, The Midnight Sky, The Trial Of The Chicago 7, The United States Of Billie Vs. Billie Holiday, The White Tiger, Time, Uncle Frank
Some of the films promoted with SHOOT during the 2019/2020 Awards Season...
Chasing Happiness, Dolemite Is My Name, Ford v Ferrari, Harriet, Honey Boy, I Lost My Body, Invisible Life, Joker, Les Misérables, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, One Child Nation, Rocketman, The Aeronauts, The Irishman, The Report, The Two Popes
Some of the films promoted with SHOOT during the 2018/2019 Awards Season...
2018/19: 22 July, A Quiet Place, A Star is Born, Avengers 300, BlackKklansman, Black Panther, Cold War, Crazy Rich Asians, First Man, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots, On the Basis of Sex, Roma, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Vice
FYC Marketing options include:
► SHOOT Magazine Print Issue with Bonus PDF version posted on SHOOTonline (50,000 unique monthly visitors) and Digital Distribution to 22,000 opt-in subscribers!
Live Link to your FYC site is embed in PDF version of your Ad! When you run a print Ad, the PDF version of your Ad will run with live link to your FYC site in the PDF version of the issue that will be posted on SHOOTonline.com for 50,000 unique monthly visitors to view/download. SHOOT Magazine's highly targeted print issue circulation includes over 9,000 production/post industry executives & artisans and the PDF version will be emailed to the 22,000 opt-in subscribers of The SHOOT>e.dition email newsletter. SHOOT also promotes each PDF version with a banner Ad in the SHOOT>e.dition for six weeks after the issue is published.
Click Here for Print Issue Ad Rates
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Click Here to see PDF version of 2021/2022 Season's FYC Issue One
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue
Click Here to see PDF version of 2021/2022 Season's FYC Issue Two
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue
Click Here to see PDF version of 2021/2022 Season's FYC Issue Three
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue
Click Here to see PDF version of 2020/2021 Season's FYC Issue One
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue
Click Here to see PDF version of 2020/2021 Season's FYC Issue Two
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue
Click Here to see PDF version of 2020/2021 Season's FYC Issue Three
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SHOOT Magazine FYC Print/PDF Issues coming up...
Nov/Dec 2022 "FYC Phase 1" Issue #1 (Print Issue + PDF version with Digital Distribution)
(PDF Issue posted online 11/11, Print Issue out & Issue email alert sent on 11/14
This issue will have Special Road to Oscar & Guild/Academy Awards Preview features + other Awards Season content - important issue timed to familiarize the industry with your films & TV programs and gain exposure for them early in the Season.
Bonus Distribution: SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event 11/17, DGA NYC
Final Space Reservations by 11/1
Final Ad PDF Files Due by 11/4
Jan 2023 "FYC Phase 1" Issue # 2 (PDF Issue with Digital Distribution)
(PDF Issue posted online 1/6, Print Issue out & Issue email alert sent on 1/9
This issue will have the Road to Oscar, Part 8 feature plus other Awards Season content - an important issue specifically timed to keep your films, documentaries & programs top of mind before & during nominations voting 1/12-1/17.
Final Space Reservations by 12/23
Final Ad PDF Files Due by 12/30
Feb/Marc 2023 "FYC Phase 2" Issue (All PDF/ Digital - fantastic extra digital distribution)
(PDF Issue posted online 2/20, Print Issue out & Issue email alert sent on 2/20)
This issue will have the Road to Oscar, Part 14 feature plus other Awards Season content - an important issue specifically timed after nominations are out to keep your films, documentaries & programs top of mind before & during final voting 3/2-3/7.
Final Space Reservations by 2/7
Final Ad PDF Files Due:by2/10 (final extension: 2/14)
► SHOOTonline.com website
The deal cornerstone for your campaign!
Highly targeted production/post industry website with 50,000+ unique visitors per month.
Click Here for SHOOT Digital Ad Rates
Click Here for SHOOT Digital Ad Specs
Major Benefits to FYC Advertising on SHOOTonline
#1 When you purchase a banner it runs on the Home Page and all pages throughout the site - and there are thousands of them--a key benefit as while thousands of users enter the site via the Home Page, thousands others enter through links in articles from one of our 3 email newsletters so they are entering the site on all different pages and your banner will be wherever that is!
#2 Banners also rotate up & down on pages where there are multiple slots of your size. Sometimes it will be on top of page, sometimes middle or bottom and even sometimes will be in multiple slots on the same page; always while appearing on all different pages at the same time.
#3 Mobile Friendly! you'll be able to provide additional size banners for mobile at no extra cost so your banners appear perfectly on all mobile devices!
Banner sizes include regular & expandable banners, interstitials and non-standard formats. 7-day to 30-day runs can start any day of the month.
Traditional Sizes
Billboard:970x250 Large Leaderboard:970x90 Leaderboard: 728x90
Side Half Pg:300x600 Med Rec: 300x250 Mid Horiz:468x60
Biggest/Splashiest High Visibility Sizes:
>Wallpaper/Skins: 1110x250 with right & left 300x1250s
Wraps all around top and sides of site.
>Interstitial: 600x500 up to 800x550
First thing users see when they go to the site, it opens on black background.
>Floor/Catfisher: 970x90
Sits right above bottom of screen---as readers scroll down, banner remains there so it's always seen.
>Expanding Large Leaderboard
970x90 expands to 970x415
Click Here for a few samples of above special sizes.
Click Here Digital Banner Specs - Files accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, Flash, HTML5, javascript, and third party serving. SHOOTonline is DFA and Jetpack certified.
► The SHOOT>e.dition email newsletter
Published every Friday to 22,000 opt-in subscribers, containing abstracts/links to all of the articles, columns, interviews, videos published on SHOOTonline.com & releases published on the SPW during the previous week. Great addition to SHOOTonline.com banner advertising - as readers of the >e.dition click back and forth to the site they will see your site banners that appear on the Home Page and all throughout the site.
File formats: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif - max file size: 100K. Banners/tracking tags can be provided 2 days prior to start date.
Banner sizes include Top Leaderboard 468x60, Side 180x150, Skyscraper 180x600, Bottom 468x60 & 595x250
SHOOT>e.dition dates...
Phase 1: 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13
Oscar Nominations voting 1/12-1/17
Oscar Nominatons announced on 1/24
Phase 2: 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3
Oscar Final voting 3/2-3/7
See web versions of a few SHOOT>e.ditions from the 2021/2022 Season:
1/28/22 1/14/22 1/7/22 12/17/21 12/3/21
See web versions of a few SHOOT>e.ditions from 2020/2021 Season:
4/16/21 3/5/21 1/15/21
► The SHOOT Dailies
Published daily Monday-Friday, the Dailies go to 3,500 opt-in subscribers, containing abstracts/links to all of the articles, columns, interviews, videos published on SHOOTonline.com & releases published on the SPW that day.
We recommend the Dailies for added reach in conjunction with a SHOOTonline.com or SHOOT>e.dition schedule; not as a stand-alone buy.
File formats accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif. Banner sizes include 728x90, 180x150, 180x600- max file size: 100K. Banners/tracking tags can be provided Friday prior to start date.
Here's sample of the Dailies for week of 3/7/22
M-F: 3/7, 3/8, 3/9, 3/10, 3/11
Here's sample of the Dailies for week of 12/6/21
M/F: 12/6, 12/7, 12/8, 12/9, 12/10
► SHOOT Custom Email Blasts
Click Here for Custom Email Blast Rates/Specs
You choose the date & time for your custom email blast to be sent out to SHOOT database of 40,000. Hugely popular for FYC messages/screening announcements.
To utilize SHOOT's Custom Email Blast Service there is a minimum buy requirement of a two-week banner on SHOOTonline.com.
Click on name of film to see web version of some of the SHOOT Custom Email Blasts from the last few Guild Awards/Academy Seasons:
2021/2022 Acadeny/Guild Season
Films:
A Hero, Being the Ricardos, Cryano, Don’t Look Up, Dune, Encanto,
ENCOUИTƎЯ, House Of Gucci, Licorice Pizza, King Richard,
Mary J, Blige’s My Life, My Name Is Pauli Murray, Nightmare Alley,
No Time To Do, Respect, The Boy from Medellín, The French Dispatch,
The Lost Daughter, The Power Of The Dog, The Tender Bar,
tick, tick..,BOOM! VAL, West Side Story
Series:
Flack, Harlem, Joe vs Carole, Loki, LuLa Rich, Only Murders in the Building,
The Wheel Of Time, The Underground Railroad, Uprising, With Love
Past Seasons...
All In The Fight For Democracy Borat, Subsequent Moviefilm Da 5 Bloods
Judas And The Black Messiah Mank Mulan Nomadland White Tiger
My Octopus Teacher On the Rocks One Night In Miami Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal The Midnight Sky The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Uncle Frank
The Irishman Honey Boy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Ford v Ferrari Fleabag
Joker Marriage Story Joker The Report The Irishman Little Women
The Two Popes I Lost My Body Modern Love First Man Cold War A Star is Born
Roma Black Panther BlackKklansman A Quiet Place Green Book Lady Bird
All the Money in the World Mudbound Okja Dunkirk Wonder Woman
The Big Sick Darkest Hour LA LA Land Manchester by the Sea
Hidden Figures Zootopia Fences Arrival Deadpool The Big Short
Bridge of Spies The Revenant
SHOOT Marketing Links....
Click Here for SHOOT Magazine Ad Sizes/Specs
(When you place a print Ad, the PDF version runs with live link to FYC site at no extra charge in PDF version of the issue that is posted on our site for readers to view/download.)
Click Here for SHOOTonline Banner specs
For more information, rates and space reservations, please contact SHOOT Publisher, Roberta Griefer at 203/227-1699, ext 701 or via email.
Annual Road to Oscar Series
SHOOT is pleased to present our Annual The Road to Oscar 16-week Series leading up to the Academy Awards. We’ll talk to Producers, Directors, Cinematographers, Writers, Editors, Production Designers, Visual Effects and Music & Sound artists, gaining insights into the challenges they faced on their Guild and Oscar-nominated films. Preview articles: assessments of Oscar prospects for nominees, as well as a look at trends in this year’s competition. Coverage of the winners will appear on SHOOTonline immediately following the Academy Awards. All installments will be published on SHOOTonline.com (website with 50,000 unique visitors,) The SHOOT Dailies (daily email newsletter,) and The SHOOT>e.dition (weekly email newsletter going to 22,000 opt-in subscribers every Friday. Several parts will also apper in SHOOT Magazine (9,000+ highly targeted print readers) PLUS PDF version of issue emailed to 22,000 SHOOT>e.dition email newsletter opt-in subscribers. PDF version wil be posted on site for additional readers to view/download. SHOOT will promote the PDF version with a banner Ad on the SHOOT>e.dition for 6 weeks after the issue is published to bring extra attentio to the print advertisers.
For more information, rates and space reservations, please contact SHOOT Publisher, Roberta Griefer at 203/227-1699, ext 701 or via email.
We look forward to working with you this Guild & Academy Season!