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With the Guild & Academy Awards Season approaching, SHOOT^® is pleased to announce its upcoming Awards coverage and 2022/2023 16-week "Road to Oscar" Series" with a special preview feature published on  November 11 on SHOOTonline.com with links to it going out in the SHOOT >e.dition & SHOOT Dailies email newsletters. The "Road to Guild Awards & Oscar" Series will then run weekly starting November 18 through the Academy Awards.  Installments will be published on SHOOTonline with links to them going out in the SHOOT Dailies and SHOOT>e.dition email newsletters.  Three of the installments will also be published in SHOOT Magazine's Print & PDF Issues.  The special annual "Road to Oscar" series places a spotlight on the producers, directors, documentarians, cinematographers, editors, production designers, visual effects supervisors, composers and other artisans in the running for Academy Awards. Each feature explores the backstories, creative challenges and collaborative relationships experienced by notable artisans generating Oscar buzz.  Along the Road to Oscar SHOOT will cover the award season’s festival circuit (Venice, Toronto, Telluride, Palm Springs et al) and Guild & other industry Award Shows (including the  ACE, ADG, Annie, ASC, CAS, CDG, DGA, PGA, SAG, VES and WGA Awards, BAFTA, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)–and their implications for the Oscar derby and what evolves into this year’s field of nominees and eventual winners. Extensive coverage–including the preview feature. all of the Award Shows leading up to the Academy Awards and “The Road To Oscar” series– provide insights into the artists and the artistry behind the latest crop of lauded films. artisans and Oscar-related news and information that we’ll be covering for the months leading up to the Academy Awards.

• Click Here for PDF of the 2022/2023 SHOOT "Road to Oscar" series calendar. 
• Click Here to see digital version of past "Road to Oscar" features.

SHOOT Digital and Print Platforms provide an ideal  environment in which to promote prior to nominations & then nominated films and artisans through final voting.  Separately or in combination, each offers the ideal environment in which to promote your films, programs and artisans to an audience of  industry Above-the-Line and Below-the-Line decision-makers, including AMPAS and all major industry Guild members.  The SHOOT audience includes creatives, executives, producers, directors, cinematographers, writers, editors, vfx and animation artists & supervisors, composers & other music execs, production designers, etc.  

Build Awards Season Momentum
SHOOT's FYC opportuninities are available now through the Guild Awards and Academy Awards.  Start early to familiarize our audience with what you'll be soon asking them to vote for.  SHOOT readers and followers are members of multiple guilds and unions.  

Join the growing list of SHOOT "FYC" Advertisers…
A24  Films, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, Annapurna Pictures, Apple TV+, CBS Films, Disney, Dreamworks, ES Studios, Focus Features, HBO, HBO Max, HBO Studios, Hulu, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Marvel Studios, MGM/UAR, Miramax, Netflix, Open Road Films, Paramount Pictures, Peacock, Regency Films, Roadside Attractions, Searchlight Pictures, Sony Pictures, STYX Films, Summit Entertainment, Sundance Selects, Tristar, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and TWC.

Some of the films promoted with SHOOT during the 2021/2022 Awards Season…
A Hero, Being The Ricardos, Belfast, CODA, Cyrano, Don't Look Up, Dune, Encanto, ENCOUИTƎЯ, House of Gucci, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Loki, Macbeth, Mary J. Blige's My Life, My Name Is Pauli Murray, Nightmare Alley, No Time To Die, Respect, The Boy from Medellín​, The Power of the Dog, The French Dispatch, The Hand Of God, The Lost Daughter, The Tender Bar, The Velvet Underground, tick, tick…BOOM!, Uprising, Val, West Side Story.

Some of the Series promoted with SHOOT during the 2021 Awards Season…
Bel-Air, Flack, Girls5Eva, Harlem, Joe vs Carole, Loki, LuLa Rich, Only Murders in the Building, The Amber Ruffin Show, The Wheel Of Time, The Underground Railroad, Uprising, With Love
 

"FYC" Marketing Opportunities…

►  SHOOTonline.com website
The deal cornerstone for your campaign! Highly targeted production/post industry website with 50,000+ unique visitors per month.  

• Click Here for SHOOT Digital Ad Rates
• Click Here for SHOOT Digital Ad Specs

Major Benefits to FYC Advertising on SHOOTonline

1. When you purchase a banner it runs on the Home Page and all pages throughout the site – and there are thousands of them–a key benefit as while thousands of users enter the site via the Home Page, thousands others enter through links in articles from one of our 3 email newsletters so they are entering the site on all different pages and your banner will be wherever that is! 
2. Banners also rotate up & down on pages where there are multiple slots of your size. Sometimes it will be on top of page, sometimes middle or bottom and even sometimes will be in multiple slots on the same page; always while appearing on all different pages at the same time.
3. Mobile Friendly! you'll be able to provide additional size banners for mobile at no extra cost so your banners appear perfectly on all mobile devices!
4. Banner sizes include regular & expandable banners, interstitials and non-standard formats. 7-day to 30-day runs can start any day of the month. 

Traditional Sizes

• Billboard:970×250    Large Leaderboard:970×90    Leaderboard: 728×90
• Side Half Pg:300×600   Med Rec: 300×250   Mid Horiz:468×60

Biggest/Splashiest High Visibility Sizes:

• Wallpaper/Skins: 1110×250 with right & left 300x1250s  Wraps all around top and sides of site.
• Interstitial: 600×500 up to 800×550  First thing users see when they go to the site, it opens on black background.
• Sticky Floor: 970×90   Sits right above bottom of screen—as readers scroll down, banner remains there so it's always seen.
• Expanding Large Leaderboard  970×90 expands to 970×415

Click Here for a few samples of above special sizes.
Click Here Digital Banner Specs – Files accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, Flash, HTML5, javascript, and third party serving. SHOOTonline is DFA and Jetpack certified.

►  SHOOT Magazine Print Issue with Bonus PDF version & Digital Distribution

Issues are posted on SHOOTonline for 50,000 unique monthly visitors to view/download, emailed to 22,000 subscribers and mailed to 9,000 readers
Live Link to your FYC site is embed in PDF version of your Ad! SHOOT promotes each PDF version with a banner Ad in the SHOOT>e.dition for six weeks after the issue is published.

• Click Here for Print Issue Ad Rates
• Click Here for Print Issue Ad Specs

Reserve Space in the following upcoming issues…

Nov/Dec 2022 "FYC Phase 1" Issue #1
(Print Issue + PDF version with Digital Distribution)
This issue will have Special Road to Oscar & Guild/Academy Awards Preview features + other Awards Season content – important issue timed to familiarize the industry with your films & TV programs and gain exposure for them early in the Season.
Ad Deadlines:
Final Space Reservations by 11/1
Final Ad PDF Files Due by 11/4 
Distribution:
PDF Issue posted online 11/11
Print Issue out & Issue email alert sent on 11/14 
Bonus: Copies to be given out at SHOOT's New Directors Showcase Event at the DGA in NYC on 11/17

Jan/Feb 2023 "FYC Phase 1" Issue # 2 
(PDF Issue with Digital Distribution)
This issue will have the Road to Oscar, Part 8 feature plus other Awards Season content – an important issue specifically timed to keep your films, documentaries & programs top of mind before & during nominations voting 1/12-1/17.

Ad Deadlines:

1. Final Space Reservations by 12/23
2. Final Ad PDF Files Due by 12/30

Distribution:
PDF Issue posted online 1/6
Print Issue out & Issue email alert sent on 1/9

March 2023 "FYC Phase 2" Issue
(Print Issue + PDF version with Digital Distribution)
This issue will have the Road to Oscar, Part 14 feature plus other Awards Season content – an important issue specifically timed after nominations are out to keep your films, documentaries & programs top of mind before & during final voting 3/2-3/7.
Deadlines:

1. Final Space Reservations by 2/3
2. Final Ad PDF Files Due:by2/10

Distribution:
PDF Issue posted online 2/17
Print Issue out & Issue email alert sent on 2/20

Samples of Past SHOOT Magazine Issues...

Click Here to see PDF version of 2021/2022 Season's FYC Issue One 
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue

Click Here to see PDF version of 2021/2022 Season's FYC Issue Two 
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue

Click Here to see PDF version of 2021/2022 Season's FYC Issue Three   
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue

Click Here to see PDF version of 2020/2021 Season's FYC Issue One 
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue

Click Here to see PDF version of 2020/2021 Season's FYC Issue Two 
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue

Click Here to see PDF version of 2020/2021 Season's FYC Issue Three   
Click Here for Email Alert sent out about the issue
 

►  The SHOOT >e.dition email newsletter
Published every Friday to 22,000 opt-in subscribers, containing abstracts/links to all of the articles, columns, interviews, videos published on SHOOTonline.com & releases published on the SPW during the previous week.  Great addition to SHOOTonline.com banner advertising – as readers of the >e.dition click back and forth to the site they will see your site banners that appear on the Home Page and all throughout the site. 
File formats: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif – max file size: 100K. Banners/tracking tags can be provided 2 days prior to start date. 
Banner sizes include Top Leaderboard 468×60, Side 180×150, Skyscraper 180×600, Bottom 468×60 & 595×250

SHOOT>e.dition dates… Phase 1: 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9  12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13

1. Oscar Nominations voting 1/12-1/17
2. Oscar Nominatons announced on 1/24

Phase 2: 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3 

• Oscar Final voting 3/2-3/7

See web versions of a few SHOOT>e.ditions from the 2021/2022 Season: 1/28/22    1/14/22    1/7/22    12/17/21    12/3/21
See web versions of a few SHOOT>e.ditions from 2020/2021 Season: 4/16/21    3/5/21    1/15/21 
    

►  The SHOOT Dailies
Published daily Monday-Friday, the Dailies go to 3,500 opt-in subscribers, containing abstracts/links to all of the articles, columns, interviews, videos published on SHOOTonline.com & releases published on the SPW that day.
We recommend the Dailies for added reach in conjunction with a SHOOTonline.com or SHOOT>e.dition schedule; not as a stand-alone buy.
File formats accepted: JPEG, GIF, Animated Gif.  Banner sizes include 728×90, 180×150, 180×600- max file size: 100K. Banners/tracking tags can be provided Friday prior to start date. 

Here's sample of  the Dailies for week of 3/7/22
M-F: 3/7, 3/8, 3/9, 3/10, 3/11

Here's sample of the Dailies for week of  12/6/21
M/F: 12/6, 12/7, 12/8, 12/9, 12/10

►  SHOOT Custom Email Blasts
Click Here for Custom Email Blast Rates/Specs
You choose the date & time for your custom email blast to be sent out to SHOOT database of 40,000. Hugely popular for FYC messages/screening announcements.
To utilize SHOOT's Custom Email Blast Service there is a minimum buy requirement of a two-week banner on SHOOTonline.com.

Click on name of film to see web version of some of the SHOOT Custom Email Blasts from the last few Guild Awards/Academy Seasons:
2021/2022 Acadeny/Guild Season 

Films: A Hero, Being the Ricardos, Cryano, Don’t Look Up, Dune, Encanto, 
ENCOUИTƎЯ, House Of Gucci, Licorice Pizza, King Richard,
Mary J, Blige’s My Life, My Name Is Pauli Murray, Nightmare Alley,
No Time To Do, Respect, The Boy from Medellín​, The French Dispatch,
The Lost Daughter, The Power Of The Dog, The Tender Bar,
tick, tick..,BOOM! VAL, West Side Story

Series: Flack, Harlem, Joe vs Carole, Loki, LuLa Rich, Only Murders in the Building,
The Wheel Of Time, The Underground Railroad, Uprising, With Love

For more information, rates and space reservations, please contact SHOOT Publisher, Roberta Griefer at 203/227-1699, ext 701 or via email.

Visit SHOOT FYC Advertising Information Page

About SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline
SHOOT^® Magazine and SHOOTonline® are the leading publication and website for Film, TV & Commercial Production and Post; edited for agency, movie & studio creative and production executives, executives at commercial and entertainment production/post companies, TV/Online/Mobile networks, brand marketer production executives, independent filmmakers and artisans including producers/production execs, directors, cinematographers, editors, writers, colorists, production designers, art directors, vfx supervisors/artists/animators, composers, sound designers & mixers. Through its "News" and "ScreenWork" sections, "Columns" and in-depth "Features", SHOOT publishes timely news, relevant information and a behind-the-scenes look at the best new work, profiles/interviews with industry news makers, film festival, award shows and industry events. In addition, SHOOT reports on the latest cinematography, post & editing technology and equipment. If the work involves advertising or entertainment motion picture content that consumers view on a screen—a TV screen, Cinema screen, Computer screen, Mobile screen or Game screen, SHOOT is searching out who's doing the most innovative work and what's coming next. For further information please visit www.SHOOTonline.com^®

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