Author Archives: Frederick Greene

About Frederick Greene

Entertainment Copywriter & Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA Dept. of Theater, Film & Television. I teach a graduate seminar in new movie marketing, which focuses on the history, contemporary practice and likely future of a/v advertising for motion picture entertainment.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING TRAILER: Marketing a Joss Whedon-Shakespeare Adaptation

Assuming that revered filmmaker Joss Whedon approved the trailer for his latest challenge and achievement– adapting the Bard’s Much Ado About Nothing to a contemporary setting and medium– I was interested to examine the marketing decisions he authorized. That the … Continue reading

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BEST AND WORST MARKETED MOVIES OF 2013? — Easy to say; hard to prove

COULD THIS TRAILER (#4) HAVE CHANGED THE OPENING WEEKEND OF THE LONE RANGER? Scott Mendelson, a Forbes.com entertainment marketing blogger, recently posted his assessment of the best and worst marketed films of 2013. (See article here.) It’s the kind of … Continue reading

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YOU’RE NEXT TRAILER: Irony, Mystery, Interpellation

Made in 2011 and screened for festival audiences that year, You’re Next, directed by Adam Wingard from a script by Simon Barrett, is that rare, lucky horror film, plucked from obscurity and given a big-budget, full-press campaign by major studio, … Continue reading

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