How do you market a porno film?

re: How do you market a porno film?

Andy Knell — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:46:43 GMT

To answer the original question - the best way to promote a porno film is by getting people to the cinema under false pretences - straight forward rom com angle should do it - people watch get shocked and go tell their friends about it. The papers and TV pick up the story and the subsequent PR activity does the rest. You get the coverage by the media the film was seeking, but at a knock-down price.

re: How do you market a porno film?

Dan Leahul — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:49:11 GMT

Thought you might enjoy this quote from Seth Rogan: "People have been banning our posters and the Saw V poster they're fine with - literally a guy with a dead person's face cut off and strapped to his face, and no one has a prob with him."

re: How do you market a porno film?

Gordon Macmillan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:28:04 GMT

True and clerks II was good. I saw this on TV last night it was certainly running with the Porno word and all on Sky One in Prison Break and i even stopped Sky + and watched. I guess it would run on Channel 4 without incident as well.

re: How do you market a porno film?

Ross Mc Currach — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:58:04 GMT

If its as funny as clerks who cares if its a marketing disaster, it'll sell by the best marketing, word of mouth.

re: How do you market a porno film?

Amod Munga — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:01:36 GMT

I don't get it. We're cool with news footage of people blowing themselves up, war footage, televised boxing matches (all without a parental-guidance filter) and other forms of socially-sanctioned violence but when it comes to sex, people go all NIMBY ("Not In My Back Yard").

How did these mother grundies make it to this planet? Immaculate conception? Did they spring fully-formed from a sunflower? Methinks these folk should rather just hide under the bed and dream of the world that was - where sex was something that only happened on the odd dreaded weekend when Father was absolutely sure there wasn't a foxhunt or a ball to attend and slavery was a rather effective way of getting things done.

re: How do you market a porno film?

Jacquie Bowser — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:49:39 GMT

I think the ads won't have as much restriction as in the US but you'll get old Mrs Smith from down the street penning a letter of complaint for sure.

re: How do you market a porno film?

Jeremy Jarrett — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:32:27 GMT

After the storm that is Brand & Ross i can see the Daily Mail brigade taking exception to the title & concept (along with the god squad)... but hey, whats in a joke anyway...

oh yeah!! a bandwagon to jump on for people with nothing better to do with their time.