FILMMORTAL.COM

Filmmortal is a revolutionary marketplace for indie filmmakers and advertisers to bid on each other’s proposals. Being aspiring filmmakers ourselves our main goal is to help talented filmmakers and future Cannes, Sundance or even Oscar darlings - get funding for their dream projects (both movies and TV shows). Some of the best films and shows of our times were indie projects; being rejected by major studios and later on gaining cult and even pop-culture status!

Previously, these kinds of deals were done behind closed doors; between privileged ad agencies and major movie studios. Filmmortal makes the entire process simple, transparent and fast (both parties being notified in the inboxes or on their Blackberry’s whenever a new project is listed; or whenever their proposals are bid on or finalized).

Receive finalized scripts and new products directly to your Inbox or Blackberry’s! Advertisers get a chance to place or integrate their products in upcoming movies and shows; this could be in the form of the product being shown or used in the movie during emotionally engaging scenes, or perhaps even integrated into the storyline. LIVE bidding system using advanced Ajax + Unix backend, making it faster than eBay. There is also the possibility of barter arrangements between the two parties where the advertisers provide things like crew transport, hotel stays, catering, props, equipment etc. in exchange for having their products placed in the project. Filmmakers register and list finalized or re-prod. scripts etc. and advertisers bid on them, to meet their budget requirements. Advertisers can create proposals and have filmmakers bid in a reverse system as well.

Technology: AJAX, Javascript, PHP5, MySQL database, UNIX Hosting. CSS based website design, intuitive user interface. Filmmortal uses state-of-the-art, automated auction mechanism; which has been under development and code testing for the past year. With quick bid placement (no page refresh – making it faster than eBay!), automatic notification systems to both parties, secure escrow and payment solution via PayPal, functionalities to easily embed screenshots, scripts, trailers, behind the screen footage, storyboards in each proposal; make contacts, view credentials etc.

For film buffs we have a special section called "BRANDSPOTTERS" which is a massive database of every product placement in every film from 2000-2009. They can do a live Ajax search using either film or brand and it will show what film or what brand was featured in what movie. Anything we’ve missed our BRANDSPOTTERS can “suggest or add”. Top BRANDSPOTTERS will have the chance to be in upcoming movies, receive special edition DVD’s, attend premieres, film festival screenings etc. This will also be embedded in user’s Facebook profiles thus creating a viral marketing tool.

We already have over 50 ad agencies already signed up for our private beta (pre-launch) and some very talented filmmakers. Filmmortal is currently in talks with Miramax studios and 3 of the top ad agencies from New York for a strategic partnership.