First Run DVD Update

We will have a World Premiere DVD Release and Signing of The Last Lullaby at Guiseppe's in Shreveport, Saturday October 17th from 2-4PM. The film on the 17th will sell for $20.

Then, the film will be available from the film's website (www.thelastlullaby.com) beginning October 19th. If you buy online, the film will also be $20. But, people could receive a 20%discount, depending on where we end up in our promotions.

Here are the various promotions (they have been going amazingly well since we first launched them twelve days ago. For instance, our Facebook group has gone from 1,262 members to 1,803 members.) Everyone in these respective groups will receive a coupon for a 20% discount on the DVD if before October 19th:

1. We grow our Twitter following to 500 people (we currently have 283 followers).

http://twitter.com/chaillotfilms

2. Grow our LULLABY monthly e-mail update list to 5,000 people (we currently have about 3,000 members).

Just send an e-mail to register@thelastlullaby.com

3. Grow our LULLABY blog to 50 followers (we currently have 25).

http://cahierspositif.blogspot.com/

These discounts will last for the first month of the film's release. In addition, people who buy the DVD during its first month in release will be entered into a drawing to win several film-related prizes.

Just a reminder, this will be a first run, limited edition DVD (in essence, a DVD of just the movie, but without any special features.)

Please keep spreading the word. You guys are the best.

Jeffrey

Calgary and MovieMaker

This weekend, LULLABY makes its Canadian Premiere in Calgary. We screen Sunday, September 27th at 7:15PM. For ticketing information, visit http://www.calgaryfilm.com/2009/schedule/film/1557/. Excited for the screening.

Also, as has been the case since the start of the year, my new entry for MovieMaker appeared today. The blog publishes every Friday. Here's today's: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/adventures_in_self_releasing_neoflix_the_last_lullaby_20090923/

Good times ahead.

J

Good Stuff

Lullaby's first DVD promotion an extraordinary success. Thank you everyone! 358 new members in our Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=36795896621&ref=ts) in the last three days. That's serious support.

Don't forget, still have a few other promotions:

http://cahierspositif.blogspot.com/2009/09/lullaby-promotions.html

And if the Facebook group gets to 2,000, it becomes a 25% discount.

Thanks, everyone, who spread the word, got their friends to join, etc. It's really nice looking on the group's page and seeing a bunch of new faces.

Peter Broderick

No one seems to be leading the charge as much as Peter Broderick. Think we're lucky to have people out there, recognizing some of the challenges facing independent film and coming up with some viable solutions:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/declaration_of_independence_the_ten_principles_of_hybrid_distribution/

Is it a bloodbath out there?

Strong piece. Not the most uplifting thing you'll read today but good food for thought:


http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/09/19/toronto_film_festival_winners_and_losers/

Lullaby Promotion(s)

All right, everyone. I need your help.

We are in the home stretch of The Last Lullaby. Very soon, we will be releasing the DVD, and I want to make sure that we maximize the opportunity. To this end, I have put together the following promotions. Everyone in these respective groups will receive a coupon for a 20% discount on the DVD if before the release:

1. We grow our Facebook group to 1,600 people (we currently have 1,262 members).

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1127106153&ref=name#/group.php?gid=36795896621&ref=ts


2. Grow our Twitter following to 500 people (we currently have 255 followers).

http://twitter.com/chaillotfilms

3. Grow our LULLABY monthly update list to 5,000 people (we currently have about 3,000 members).

Just send an e-mail to register@thelastlullaby.com

4. Grow our LULLABY blog to 50 followers (we currently have 13).

http://cahierspositif.blogspot.com/


I truly appreciate all of your amazing support! You guys are the best.

Ted Hope

Like this: http://www.indiewire.com/article/eugene_hernandez_diy_v._diwo/

Ted Hope and a few others really seem to be leading the way.

Tour; Calgary; Workshop

1. After 68 days in theaters, it looks like the theatrical part of our tour might be coming to an end. It's been great taking the movie on the road. And, I can't thank you all enough for your awesome support.

The Last Lullaby will continue to have a long life on DVD, and eventually, we hope, overseas, online, and on television.

2. We have just received an invitation to be a part of the 2009 Calgary International Film Festival (http://calgaryfilm.com/). Our film screens:

Sunday, September 27th at 7:15PM
http://www.calgaryfilm.com/2009/schedule/film/1557/

If any of you know people in Calgary, please encourage them to go and see the film. Or, if any of you have strong media contacts in the area, please let me know.

3. As a complement to my blog at MovieMaker, I have decided to offer my first ever Business of Film Workshop. It will be a 16-hour session September 12-13 at the Robinson Film Center in Shreveport. For more information, contact register@thelastlullaby.com.

New MovieMaker entry, and some new pieces on Lullaby

Still contributing every Friday to MovieMaker. Here's today's entry:

http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/jeffrey_goodman_self_releasing_survey_20090901/

Also there have been a few new pieces on LULLABY that I wanted to include here:

http://www.sonic-cinema.com/film_reviews_individual/593/the-last-lullaby

http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2009/08/moon-in-gutter-q-with-director-jeffrey.html

http://www.vincekeenan.com/

This weekend, I hope to finally catch LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and maybe Anthony Mann's EL CID for the first time.

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Official Online Launch of Ben Lovett's Award-Winning Score

Tomorrow is an exciting day! It's the official online launch of Ben Lovett's Award-Winning Score for The Last Lullaby (Ben won Best Original Score at the 2009 Brooklyn International Film Festival.)

Beginning tomorrow, you will be able to purchase his awesome music in four places:

1. http://www.thelastlullaby.com/

You'll see a link at the very top of the home page. Click there, and it will allow you to purchase the CD. It's $8 + shipping from this site.

2. http://www.loverslabel.com/

You'll see the information right at the very top of Ben's home page. Click there, and it will allow you to purchase the CD. It's also $8 + shipping from this site.

3. Amazon

The score is $9.99 + shipping from this site.

4. iTunes

The score is also $9.99 + shipping from this site.

Ben is a great talent, and his music is really one of the very special parts of The Last Lullaby. As I mention in my liner notes to the CD, I suggest popping it in during a long drive (preferably at night) or one evening when you're in the silence of your own place. Oh, and of course, it makes the most excellent gift.

This CD release is an exciting part of the lead-up to the DVD release of The Last Lullaby. As soon as I have the exact date for the DVD, I'll let all of you know. But I expect it to be in the next four or five weeks. Just so you know, the DVD will be a limited edition version, containing the movie but no special features.

Keep spreading the word!

Great, New Piece on Lullaby

Just wanted to share:

http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2009/08/morality-has-sliding-scale.html

Some good things happening in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

J

Lullaby Hangs Out in Nola

After a great weekend of screenings/panel in New Orleans, the Zeitgeist Multi Disciplinary Arts Center (http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/) has decided to hold LULLABY over for another week. We play tonight at 7:30 and then August 16-20 at 9:30. Right on.

Also, I did my first ever remote Q&A Monday night with the Arena Theatre Film Club (http://www.arenatheater.org/FilmClub.htm) in Point Arena, CA. Was pretty awesome and a glimpse at what I'm sure will be more the norm as we move into the Skype Age.

Other things of interest:

a. Today's article in the NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/media/13independent.html?_r=1&emc=eta1)

b. Loved doing this weekend's panel on Louisiana independent filmmaking with Zach Godshall (LOW AND BEHOLD) and New Orleans filmmaker/publicist extraordinaire John Alfone. Probably the best panel I've been on yet. Would love to do it again somewhere.

Tour Update

We have just extended LULLABY for a second week at the Mos' Art in Florida. Starting Friday, LULLABY will playing at the following theaters:

8/7-8/13 Mos Art Theatre in Lake Park, FL http://www.mosarttheatre.com/Mosart_Theatre/Welcome.html (Lake Park is 12 miles from Palm Beach)
8/7-8/13 Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center in New Orleans http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/

In conjunction with the screenings in New Orleans, there will be a Louisiana independent filmmaking discussion at 5PM on Sunday, August 9th at the Zeitgeist. Zack Godshall, director of the Sundance 2007 feature LOW AND BEHOLD, and I will be discussing our experiences making independent films in Louisiana. John Alfone, New Orleans-based filmmaker, will be moderating the discussion. Can't wait. Should be one of the best panels I've done yet.

I can't thank you enough for your amazing support so far!

Want to receive LULLABY updates in your inbox, simply send an e-mail to register@thelastlullaby.com.

Lullaby Tour

We have just added two more dates to the tour:

7/31-8/6 Mos Art Theatre in Lake Park, FL http://www.mosarttheatre.com/Mosart_Theatre/Welcome.html (Lake Park is 12 miles from Palm Beach)

8/7-8/13 Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center in New Orleans http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the Florida screenings. But, I will be in New Orleans after the screenings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Also, in conjunction with the screenings in New Orleans, there will be a Louisiana independent filmmaking discussion at 5PM on Sunday, August 9th at the Zeitgeist.

New Orleans

Headed back to New Orleans this weekend. Lullaby will be screening as part of a film panel/screening showcasing Louisiana independent filmmaking. The event is at the Big Top Arts Space located at 1632 Clio Street and begins at 5PM on Saturday, July 18th.

It should be a very interesting day.