The SHOOT® 2018/2019 9th Annual 15-week "Road to Oscar" Series will kick off with a special Prequel feature, directors profiles and Cinematographers feature on October 26th with Part 1 following on November 9th. This special series will shine a spotlight on the producers, directors, documentarians, cinematographers, editors, production designers, visual effects supervisors, composers and other artisans generating buzz to be in the running for Academy Awards and for the Guild and Industry Awards leading up to them.  SHOOT's pre-Academy Season coverage sets the stage for the series with coverage of the festival circuit (Venice, Toronto, Telluride, et al). SHOOT will report on all of the industry and Guild Awards competitions leading up to--and the implications they carry for--the Oscars®(including the ACE, ADG, Annie, ASC, CAS, CDG, Critics Choice, DGA, PGA, SAG, VES and WGA Awards, BAFTA, Golden Globes®, Independent Spirit Awards.) We’ll interview and profile assorted artists and production execs, gaining insights into the challenges they faced. Preview articles will include assessments of Oscar prospects for nominees, as well as a look at trends in this year’s competition. For all Academy Season Awards Shows deadlines, updates, & contact information Click Here for SHOOT's Awards Shows Timelines. 

The Road to Oscar series will be published weekly - for 15 weeks - through the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 appearing on all SHOOT digital and print platforms, including SHOOTonline (website with 40,000 unique visitors,) The SHOOT Dailies (daily email newsletter) and The SHOOT>e.dition (weekly email newspub every Friday).  The Prequel, Parts 6 and 14 of the series will also appear in SHOOT Magazine Print Issue and PDF versions. Nominations coverage will be published on January 22nd and the Scientific & Technical Awards will be covered on February 9th.  Final coverage will appear on SHOOTonline immediately following the Academy Awards covering the winners that are televised the evening of February 24 4th. 
Click Here for the 2018/2019 "Road to Oscar" Series Schedule
Click Here to see the digital versions of past "Road to Oscar" Series weekly installments that were published on SHOOTonline.com

2018/2019 "FYC" Advertising 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 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, editors, vfx artists & supervisors, composers & other music execs, production designers, etc. 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 award shows leading up to the Oscars that recognize award-worthy work that can set your film, show, and talent apart from the crowd.

Join the growing list of SHOOT "FYC" Advertisers; past Academy Season FYC advertisers include...
A24  Films, Amazon Studios, Annapurna Pictures, CBS Films, Dreamworks, ES Studios, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, HBO Studios, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Marvel Studios, Miramax, National Geographic, 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 and Warner Bros.

SHOOT's High-profile 2018/2019 FYC Advertising options include...

  • SHOOT Magazine Print Issues (with bonus PDF version)

SHOOT Magazine's highly targeted circulation includes 10,000 production/post industry executives & artisans. When you place a print Ad, the PDF version runs with live link to film's FYC site at no extra charge in PDF version of the issue that is posted on our site for additional readers to view/download.  We heavily promote the PDF version with Ads for six weeks in our SHOOT>e.dition email newsletter and we will email the PDF Issue to the 28,000 opt-in subscribers of The SHOOT>e.dition email newsletter to bring even more attention to the print advertisers.
Click Here to see print version of one of last Season's Road to Oscar features. 

  • October/November Issue (out 10/26)

This issue will have  SHOOT's special annual "The Road to Oscar "Prequel Feature as well as leading directors, producers & cinematographers section, ideal for early promotion of films.

Space Reservations: 10/15
Ad PDF File Due:     10/19 (final extension: 10/22) 

This issue will have Bonus Distribution at:

  • ICG Emerging Cinematographer Awards
  • American Film Market (AFM) / Location Expo
  • PGA Produced By New York

 

  • December/January Issue (out 12/14)

This issue will have The Road to Oscar Part 6 Feature; an important issue timed to keep
your films top-of-mind just before nominations voting opens on 1/7 (closes 1/14)
Space Reservaions:  12/3
Ad PDF File Due:     12/7 (final Late material Extension: 12/10)

  • February Issue  (out 2/8)

This issue will have The Road to Oscar Part 14 Feature  perfect issue for final phase II push;
issue timed to arrive before final voting which is 2/12-2/19
Space Reservations: 1/22
AD PDF File Due:      1/25 (final Late material Extension: 1/28)    

  • SHOOTonline.com

40,000+ unique visitors per month.  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.  7-day or 30-day runs can start any day.  Digital File formats accepted:  JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, Flash,  HTML5, java script, and third-party tags.  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 email newsletter

28,000 opt-in subscribers every Friday
Published every Friday, this weekly email newsletter goes to 28,000 opt-in subscribers.  You can provide banner/tags the day before. File formats accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif.   
Banner sizes include Top 468x60, Side 180x150, Skyscraper 180x600, Bottom 468x60 or 595x250
See SHOOT>e.dition samples:
    Click Here to see web version of the Jan. 12, 2018 SHOOT>e.dition     
    Click Here to see web version of the Jan. 5, 2018 SHOOT>e.dition     
    Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 29 2017 SHOOT>e.dition  
    Click Here to see web version of the Dec. 15, 2017 SHOOT>e.dition

SHOOT>e.ditions during 2018/2019 Academy Season:
Phase 1 >e.dition dates:
Oct.>e.ditions: 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, special Directors >e.dition on 10/29
Nov>e.ditions: 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30
Dec>e.ditions: 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28
Jan.>e.ditions: 1/4, 1/11
Oscar Nominations voting opens on 1/7
Oscar Nominations voting closes on 1/14
Oscar Nominatons announced on 1/22
Phase 2:
Jan.>e.ditions: 1/18, 1/25
Feb>e.ditions: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15
Oscar Final voting opens on 2/12
Oscar Final voting closes on 2/19

  • The SHOOT Dailies

Email newsletter published daily Monday-Friday to 3,500 opt in subscribers. Great add-on buy.
File formats accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif.  Banner sizes include 728x90, 180x150, 468x60
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. Provide Image/HTML ready to go or provide image & copy and SHOOT can build the HTML for you. Hugely popular for FYC messages/screening invitations.
Click on name of film to see web version of just some of the SHOOT Custom Email Blasts from the 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 for additional SHOOT FYC Marketing information
  • Click Here to contact SHOOT Publisher for FYC Advertising Rates for SHOOT Magazine, The SHOOT>e.dition, SHOOT Dailies and SHOOT Custom email blasts.
  • Click Here for SHOOT Magazine Ad Sizes/Specs
  • Click Here for SHOOTonline Banner specs

About SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline
SHOOT® Magazine and SHOOTonline® are the leading publication and website for entertainment and commercials motion picture production & postproduction; edited for agency, movie & studio creative and production executives, executives at commercial and entertainment production/post companies, TV/Online/Mobile networks, brand marketer production executives, independent filmmakers and artisans including directors, cinematographers, editors, colorists, vfx supervisors/artists/animators, composers, sound designers & mixers. Through its "News" and "ScreenWork" sections, "Columns" and in-depth "Features", SHOOT publishes timely news, relevant information and a behind-the-scenes look at the best new work, profiles/interviews with industry news makers, film festival, award shows and industry events. In addition, SHOOT reports on the latest cinematography, post & editing technology and equipment. If the work involves advertising or entertainment motion picture content that consumers view on a screen---a TV screen, Cinema screen, Computer screen, Mobile screen or Game screen, SHOOT is searching out who's doing the most innovative work and what's coming next. For further information please visit www.SHOOTonline.com®

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