TORONTO — Farewell to live test screening?
FilmFunds has unveiled a mobile social marketing app at the Toronto International Film Festival to help producers green-light films.
The web and mobile tool will enable film producers to access a database of 60 million moviegoers to crowd-source opinion on a potential project well before it goes to cameras and velvet ropes are raised for a movie release.
“It offers a barometer and helps move content through the pipeline by creating an audience for it, giving millions of entertainment fans a stronger emotional connection by letting them become part of the creative process,” FilmFunds co-founder Shelly Palmer explained.
The mobile app uses search and video recognition technology to allow users to assess movie content by snapping a photo of a video trailer, for example, and then receiving information about the content.
FilmFunds said the mobile app can measure audience reaction to real-time facial reactions and emotions during test previews.
FilmFunds is demonstrating the new technology to industry players at Bell Lightbox throughout the festival’s September 8 to 18 run.
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