After winning several awards at various film festivals, including being short listed for IFP’s Gotham Audience Award, independent filmmaker Gary King’s crowd-funded musical How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song will be available for worldwide digital release today (read our review here). To celebrate the arrival on iTunes we have an exclusive clip from the film to share with our readers. The film centers around struggling song writer Joe Schermann, who when given an opportunity to write an off-Broadway show is forced into a difficult situation about artistic integrity. Unsure whether to cast his love interest Evey (Cristina Rose) or his creative muse Summer (Debbie Williams) puts Joe in a difficult situation, which is exemplified in the clip below.
Keeping in spirit with the socially minded force that pushed this independent musical into existence, director Gary King and his cast will be doing a live tweet-a-long for the film where viewers can ask questions and comment in real time. It’s creative thinking like this and clever uses of social media/crowd-funding techniques that keep the independent cinema scene alive and breathing. How Do you Write a Joe Schermann Song and the filmmaker Gary King are great examples of how you can effectively be proactive in independent cinema to finding your audience and engaging them. Check out details below.
How Do you Write a Joe Schermann Song is available through digital platforms, including iTunes, or Blu-Ray special edition.