Marketing is mostly different from the forms of writing we have used thus far in class. There is more of a need to be completely direct with what you are saying. For the screenwriting portion,  we were able to draw out some things and make a few subtleties. This is not say we did, but it was an option. With marketing, we only had a small amount of space on a paper or small amount of time in a video to get peoples attentions and make them want to come see the movie. We had to get the message across in as few words as possible. It was also different compared to filmmaking, also. When making a film, it was a mattter of showing things more than telling them. With marketing, it is completely the opposite. We have to tell everything, because there is no time to show.  In comparison with a regular paper, the marketing section is like writing a thesis statement or paragraph, and then stopping. There is no room for finesse or style. There is only room for the point of the message.

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