Chapter 9: You Don’t Know Your Own Talents
Chapter 9: You Don’t Know Your Own Talents
By the time night fell, Hawk had finished exploring the outdoor exhibition area of the film festival and returned to Main Street.
Apart from the 30-plus business cards Brandon collected, there was little to show for their efforts.
This was Hawk’s first time attending a film festival, and it wasn’t what he had envisioned. The small production teams in the outdoor exhibition area were poorer than expected, with wallets as dry as their expressions.
Brandon asked, “What’s next?”
“Let’s hit the cinemas, gather more data, and talk to people from the participating crews.” Hawk included Brandon in his plan because he might come in handy. “Didn’t you say you know people on the organizing committee? Tomorrow, can you try to get a list of all the films in the festival? Also, see if you can dig up last year’s sales data.”
Brandon hesitated before answering, “I’ll give it a shot.”
They visited five cinemas, collecting a pile of film brochures, and even watched two movies. However, the films were so bad that they left before either screening ended.
Eventually, they arrived at the Big Salt Lake Cinema near the community, where several people were handing out flyers to passersby, trying to attract them to watch a movie.