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Fandomonium
in Tampa Bay Event and Film Festival 001
01. Introduction
02. The
Journey into fandom begins
03. The
story of the swag bag
04. Role
call
05. Independent
film screening
06. Interviews
07. Photography
shoot, closing and event score card
Fandomonium
in Tampa Bay 001
Sunday, June 22, 2014
The story of the swag bag
Two days before, on Friday the 20th, I spent a great deal of time at my
local Walmart looking for a large bag with 
which
I could carry the things that I acquired at film festivals.
This had been an ongoing problem over the years covering film festivals,
where independent filmmakers sold things from tables, but there was nothing
to carry all of the swag in. Why the organizers could never manage
to provide swag bags (even plastic bags from a store
would be fine!) at local film festivals was beyond me, and the fact was
that by NOT providing swag bags, they were hurting sales of anything being
marketed and sold there. This time, however, I planned on buying my own
swag bag to bring, as I had a long list of independent film DVD’s
to buy, as well as anything else that I was interested in.
I used to think that I knew where everything at Walmart was, because I
love that store and buy a lot of things there. I was wrong. Finding a
sachel swag bag was a bitch, even after asking associates who pointed
me to backpacks and computer cases, which were hardly ideal (although
a backpack might work, and I DO need a new computer case, since the one
which I use for my laptop is worn out, literally). I ended up getting
a large paper bag from the kiddie party section near the greeting cards.
I finally found what I was looking for, though, ironically, as I was checking
out, as they had those large collapsible canvas cloth shopping bags at
the front of the store. So, I ended up ditching the overpriced paper bag
with handles at the register and bought a nice cloth bag with handles
for a few dollars more (NOTE: Recently, I discovered
that stores such as Barnes and Noble had more expensive
Messenger Bags, normally used for books, which are vastly
superior swag bags, as they are built of superior materials such as leather,
and have flaps which help contain the items carried in them. They also
have straps. They are priced reasonably, too, at around $50.00, although
it is over five times what I paid for my Walmart swag bag. I will be investing
in one of those, soon. Hey, I don't know everything, and I am learning.
Also, I will still be investing in Tampa Bay Film branded
swag bags which I can hand out at film festivals and events,
which will be given to people with Tampa Bay Film cards and other swag
already in them. I may even order ones branded and customized specifically
for events, which will make them collector's items). Score!
I was now ready to buy stuff at the event.
Regardless of the preparation that I did, however, there is still the
issue that these film festivals and events don’t have swag bags,
and this is inexcusable when they have tables peddling wares. My
film festivals and events will all have swag bags, and those swag bags
will be branded with the event name and web site URL (I would
imagine that you could order them off of something like Café Press,
even. I mean, come on, plastic bags are cheap, even with a printed logo
on them! A paper bag with hemp rope handles like you get at some clothing
stores would even work, as long as you did not try to smoke the rope!).
Still, I have plans. I was not able to do it for this event, but I am
going to invest in thousands of Tampa Bay Film branded swag bags to hand
out at future film festivals and events. It’s the least that I could
do, and it is excellent promotion; instead of just handing out cards,
give out useful things that people will not throw away or forget with
branding on them. Perfect!
So, did I get good use of my nice, big swag bag? Well....... Read on for
that. In short, you could say yes.
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