2017/2018 Academy Season "For Your Consideration" Marketing

SHOOTonline.com & The SHOOT>e.dition Digital Platforms

SHOOT's Digital Platforms continue to be ideal for FYC Advertising.  Dec. 2015/Jan. 2016 Phase 1 FYC Banners, Interstitials & Custom Email Blasts included "Black Mass," "Brooklyn," "Bridge of Spies," "Creed," "In the Heart of the Sea," "Mad Max: Fury Road," "Room," "The Big Short".
SHOOT Magazine, ideal environment for FYC Ads

SHOOT's Dec. 2015 Issue "Road to Oscar" Series, Part 6 had director & cinematographer insights into "The Danish Girl," "Spotlight," "The Big Short," "Concussion," "Sicario" & "Bridge of Spies". (one of the FYC Ads in the issue was for “Spotlight”)
From SHOOT Magazine's Dec. 2015 Issue

Phase 1 FYC Ad for “The Big Short” appeared in SHOOT's Dec. 2015 Issue. The Jan./Feb. 2016 Issue (out 1/29) will publish the “Road to Oscar" Series, Part 12, offering ideal audience & environment for Phase 2 FYC Ads. (AD PDF files due 1/25)
Expect Top Director, Editor, Production Designer POV's
Martin Scorsese, Steve McQueen, David O. Russell, Jay Cassidy, Judy Becker, Jeffrey Karoff discussed their films last year with SHOOT and it's influential audience.  This kind of behind the scences perspective makes SHOOT the perfect environment for winning FYC campaigns on The Road To Oscar.
Awards Voters Appreciate the Deeper Understanding of Award Quality Filmmaking SHOOT Provides
Such as the in-depth behind the scenes insights into Beasts of the Southern Wild, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Asad, and ParaNorman.
Expect Indepth Reflections On And By Awards Shows Nominees
Stephen Frears, Joe Walker, Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Philippe Le Sourd, et al discussed their work
and collaborators last year with SHOOT and it's influential audience. This kind of behind the scences perspective makes SHOOT the perfect environment for winning FYC campaigns on The Road To Oscar.
Funny How The FYC Campaigns in SHOOT Lead To Noms & Wins Again & Again

You can't argue with success... SHOOT Digital and Print Platforms provide an ideal environment in which to promote prior to nominations to garner noms & then nominated films and artisans through final voting leads to wins.
Funny How The FYC Campaigns in SHOOT Lead To Noms & Wins Again & Again

You can't argue with success... SHOOT Digital and Print Platforms provide an ideal environment in which to promote prior to nominations to garner noms & then nominated films and artisans through final voting leads to wins.
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SHOOT's “Road To Oscar” series puts the spotlight on the producers, directors, documentarians, cinematographers, writers, editors, production designers, visual effects 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 (Toronto, Telluride, 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 2017/2018 "Road to Oscar" series schedule. 
Click Here to see digital version of past "Road to Oscar" features.
See below for more information on "The Road to Oscar" series.

2017/2018 "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 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.)  Click Here for information on SHOOT's EMMY Season FYC Marketing - updated info for 2018 coming soon.

Judge Us By The Company(s) We Keep; Join the growing list of SHOOT "FYC" Advertisers...
A24  Films, Amazon Studios, Annapurna Pictures, CBS Films, Dreamworks, ES Studios, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, HBO Studios, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Marvel Studios, Miramax, Netflix, Open Road Films, Paramount Pictures, Regency Films, Roadside Attractions, Sony Pictures, STYX Films, Summit Entertainment, Sundance Selects, Tristar, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. and TWC are some of the studios that have placed FYC marketing with SHOOT.

Some of the films that have been promoted with SHOOT during Phase I of the current Academy Season...
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, BABY DRIVER, BLADE RUNNER 2049, DARKEST HOUR, DETROIT, DUNKIRK, HOSTILES, IT, LADY BIRD, LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, MOLLY'S GAME, MUDBOUND, OKJA, PHANTOM THREAD, THE BIG SICK, VICTORIA & ABDUL, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, WONDER WOMAN

Some of the films that have been promoted with SHOOT during past Academy Seasons...
American Hustle, American Sniper, Argo, Arrival, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Black Mass, Boyhood, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Captain Philips, Cloud Atlas, Creed, Deadpool, Django Unchained, Exodus: Gods & Kings, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Fences, Finding Dory, Flight, Grand Budpest Hotel, Gravity, Hidden Figures, Hobbit: Battle of The Five Armies, Hugo, Inherent Vice, Inside Llewyn Davis, Inside Out, In the Heart of the Sea, Interstellar, Into the Woods, LA LA Land, Lincoln, Mad Max: Fury Road, Manchester by the Sea, Moana, Nebraska, Noah, Not Fade Away, Passengers, Rango, Rogue One, Room, Saving Mr. Banks, Selma, Silence, Silver Linings Playbook, Spotlight, Super 8, The Artist, The Big Short, The Dark Knight Rises, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hurt Locker, The Imitation Game, The Kings Speech, The Lego Movie, The Revenant, The Theory of Everything, TinTin, Wolf of Wall Street, Young Adult, Zero Dark Thirty, Zootopia. 

FYC Marketing options include:

►  SHOOT Magazine Print Issue (with bonus PDF version)
February 2018 Issue  (in readers hands week of 2/12)
This issue will have The Road to Oscar Part 14 Feature  perfect timing, audience and editorial environment for final Phase II push; issue timed to arrive before final voting which is 2/20-2/27.  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 on February 9, 2018 for additional readers to view/download.  SHOOT Magazine's highly targeted circulation includes 10,000 production/post industry executives & artisans and the PDF version will be emailed to the 28,000 opt-in subscribers of The SHOT>e.dition on 2/12.
Space Reservations: 1/31
AD PDF File Due:      2/2 (final Late material Extension: 2/5)  
 Click Here for Dec. 2016 Print Issue Road to Oscar Feature
Click Here for Oct/Nov 2016 Print Issue Road to Oscar Prequel feature
Click Here and  Click Here to see additional PDF reprints of past Print Issue versions of Road to Oscar Features.
 
►  SHOOTonline.com website
40,000+ unique visitors per month
7-day or 30-day runs can start any day of the month.  Digital File formats accepted:  JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, Flash,  HTML5, java script, and third-party tags.   When you purchase a SHOOTonline banner if runs on the Home Page and all pages throughout the site - and there are thousands of pages.  This is key because while thousands of users enter the site via the Home Page, thousands others enter through links in articles from one of our four email newsletters to they are entering the site on all diferent pages.
Banner sizes include regular & expandable banners, interstitials and non-standard formats.
Banner Sizes:
728x90, 300x250, 300x600, 468x60 (expandable banners, interstitials and other custom options available) 
**SHOOTonline is DFA and Jetpack certified**

►  The SHOOT>e.dition
Published every Friday, this weekly email newsletter goes to 28,000 opt-in subscribers.  You can provide banner/tags 2 days prior to start date. 
File formats accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif - max file size: 50K
Banner sizes include Top 468x60, Side 180x150, Skyscraper 180x600, Bottom 468x60 or 595 x 250
See SHOOT>e.dition samples: 
     Click Here to see web version of the Jan. 12, 2018 SHOOT>e.dition
     (banners for "Jane," All the Money in the World," "Baby Driver," "Okja"   
    Click Here to see web version of the Jan. 5, 2018 SHOOT>e.dition
     (banners for "Wonder Woman," "All the Money in the World," "Mudbound," "Baby Driver")
    Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 29 2017 SHOOT>e.dition
    (banners for "Dunkirk," "Baby Driver," IT", "Okja," "All the Money in the World")
    Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 15, 2017 SHOOT>e.dition
    (banners for "Lego Batman," "Hostiles," "Okja," "IT")
    Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 9, 2016 SHOOT>e.dition
   Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 2, 2016 SHOOT>e.dition
   Click Here to see web version of the Jan. 1, 2016 SHOOT>e.dition
   Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 25, 2015 SHOOT>e.dition
   Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 18, 2015 SHOOT>e.dition
   Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 11, 2015 SHOOT>e.dition
SHOOT>e.ditions during Academy Season:
Phase 1:
Oct.>e.ditions: 10/20, 10/27
Nov>e.ditions: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
Dec>e.ditions: 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 12/29
Jan.>e.ditions: 1/5, 1/12, 1/19
Oscar Nominations voting opens on 1/5​
Oscar Nominations voting closes on 1/12
Oscar Nominatons announced on 1/23
Phase 2:
Jan.>e.ditions: 1/26
Feb>e.ditions: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23
Oscar Final voting opens on 2/20
Oscar Final voting closes on 2/27

►  The SHOOT Dailies
Published daily Monday-Friday, you can get banner to us the day before. This new email newsletter subscribers: 3,500. Great for making an added splash.
File formats accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif.  Banner sizes include 728x90, 180x150.
Click Here for 1/2/18 SHOOT Dailies sample
Click Here for 2/1/18 SHOOT Dailies sample
 

►  SHOOT Custom Email Blasts
   You choose the date & time for your custom email blast to be sent out to SHOOT database of 45,000. Hugely popular for FYC messages/screening announcements.
Click on name of film to see web version of just some of the SHOOT Custom Email Blasts from the current and last few Academy Seasons:
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 to request FYC Rates for SHOOT Magazine, The SHOOT>e.dition, SHOOT Dailies and SHOOT Custom email blasts.

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 13 or via email.

Annual Road to Oscar Series
SHOOT is pleased to present our Annual The Road to Oscar 15-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 on March 4th that are televised that evening. 

  • The Series will kick off with a special preview feature on October 27 and regular weekly installments will begin on November 17.  
  • All features will be published on SHOOTonline.com (website with 40,000 unique visitors,) The SHOOT Dailies (daily email newsletter,) and The SHOOT>e.dition (weekly email newsletter going to 28,000 opt-in subscribers every Friday.  
  • The Prequel, Parts 6 and 14 of the series will also appear in SHOOT Magazine (10,000 highly targeted print readers) PLUS PDF version of issue emailed to 28,000 SHOOT>e.dition email newsletter opt-in subscribers.  PDF version wil be posted on site for additional readers to view/download.

Here's a look at the 2017/2018 Road to Oscar Series schedule...

  • Prequel: Oct. 27 SHOOT Magazine & PDF version, SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies & The SHOOT>e.dition          
  • Part 1: Nov. 17 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition           
  • Part 2: Nov. 24 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition           
  • Part 3: Dec, 1 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition         
  • Part 4: Dec. 8  SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition        
  • Part 5: Dec. 15 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 6: Dec. 22 SHOOT Magazine & PDF version, SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 7: Dec. 29 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 8: Jan. 5 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 9: Jan. 12  SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 10:Jan. 19 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  •             Jan. 23 Nominations coverage: SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies and 1/26 SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 11:Jan. 26  SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition           
  • Part 12:Feb 2 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 13:Feb. 9  SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies. The SHOOT>e.dition 
  •            Feb. 10 Scientific & Technical Awards coverage:SHOOTonline,SHOOT Dailies & The 2/16  SHOOT>e.dition
  • Part 14:Feb. 16 SHOOT Magazine & PDF version, SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition         
  • Part 15 Feb. 23 SHOOTonline, SHOOT Dailies, The SHOOT>e.dition
  •             March 4 Awards Coverage:SHOOTonline on 3/4, SHOOT Dailies 3/5, SHOOT>e.dition on 3/9

Click Here to see the digital version of Road to Oscar features

SHOOT Marketing Links....
Click Here to request FYC Rates for SHOOT Magazine, The SHOOT>e.dition, SHOOT Dailies and SHOOT Custom email blasts.

Click Here for SHOOT Calendar of Industry Events, including Guild Awards and other Industry Awards leading up to and including the Academy Awards (submission, nomination announcements and Award Show dates)

Click Here for SHOOT overview information

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 13 or via email.
We look forward to working with you this Academy Season!