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People
love movies and the movie making process.
Show
your support for the arts.
Local,
National, and International press coverage.
High
visibility before thousands of prospective customers and clients.
Worldwide
exposure from our website.
Publicity
to future entertainment industry professionals, and the general
movie going public through
our workshops, competitions, and festival.
According
to a recent study, 56% of those with an interest in the Arts say
they would "Almost always"
or "Frequently" buy a product sponsoring Arts or
Cultural events over one that does not. (source:
Performance Research)
With
minor exceptions, Erie's theaters virtually ignore foreign,
independent, and
documentary
films despite the fact that there is a large art and cultural
community
in Erie County, which seems to demand independent film.
Over
the years we have seen both the attendance and support of the
local Erie
community
grow substantially from only 1,500 attendees of our inaugural
festival
in
2002 to almost 4,000 in 2006. This is a considerable increase in a
short time
period
and certainly indicates an interest, demand, and need for
independent
film
to be offered to the people of Erie on a regular weekly basis.
In
a cooperative effort with The Roadhouse Theatre for Contemporary
Art, the
Great
Lakes Film Association will offer alternative cinema allowing the
Erie
public
a chance to see these movies locally, instead of traveling to
Pittsburgh
and
Cleveland as they would have to do normally.
On-going
analysis and evaluation of results take place on a weekly basis,
providing directors withmportant feedback. Weekly Operations
Management meetings are held to review attendance patterns
against budget and attendance demographics with a view to closely
monitoring how the
theatre
is tracking against its set financial and community objectives.
These weekly meetings analyze
attendance patterns, cash flow, and community participation for
the week, Wednesday thru Saturday.
In
tandem with the review of past attendance and analysis of future
attendance (e.g. advance bookings
for schools and attendance projections for new films) is a
fundamental part of the financial
planning process. These ‘feed forward’ controls enable changes
to be made quickly if indicators
show that a film is not performing to expectation or performing
above expectations.
Because
of the tight margins and the numerous external factors which can
impact on theater program
revenues and attendance, constant feedback and feed forward
controls are an integral part of
the Association’s planning.
Like
any plan, the Great Lakes Film Association evaluation plan is a
working process which is constantly
being fine-tuned to ensure the desired outcomes are being met.
The
Great Lakes Film Association was the first to host a film
festival, world wide, to be
on the cutting edge of film presentation, completely utilizing the
DLP™ technology by
Texas Instruments.
Our
association believes that in the near future filmmakers and
movie-goers alike will not
only want such technology, but will demand the DLP™ technology,
and that is why
we are bringing it to the filmmakers and the public now.
Sex
Film & Filmmakers Demographics
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Past
Sponsors and Supporters
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InFocus
General
Electric Corporation
Velocity.Nebt/Softek
Calamari’s
Squid row
Arby's
Restaurant
Erie
Arts Council
Moonsense
Café
GoErie.com
Edinboro
University of PA
Edinboro
Giant Eagle
Coca-Cola
Hershey
Grise
Audio Visual
Dave
Hallman Chevrolet
Froggy
94 Radio
Poppa
Ropp’s Video
Variety
WICU
TV12
Ferraro
Ford
Raven
Sound
The
Non-profit Partnership
Glass
Growers Gallery
Erie
Gay News
Logistics
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And Many More...
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Summit
Film Lab
Eastman
Kodak
PA
Film Commission
35
WSEE-TV
Erie
Times News
Visceral
Films
Analog
Digital International
Screen
Actors Guild
Computer
Videomaker
The
Independent Magazine
Film
Festival Today
Withoutabox.com
Filmmakers
Alliance
Focal
Press
Good
Resolutions
Civic
Coordinating Committee
Progeny
Corporation
Dovetail
Gallery
Mercyhurst
Culledge
Bertrands
French Bistro
Urraro Gallery
Sherlocks
& Park Place
PNC
Bank
The
Cellblock
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