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Can you promote on r/Filmmakers?
No rule mentions promotion None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own.
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Filmmakers, directors, cinematographers, editors, vfx gurus, composers, sound people, grips, electrics, and more meet to share their work, tips, tutorials, and experiences. A place where professionals and amateurs alike unite to discuss the field and help each other.
All 6 rules of r/Filmmakers
- Do Not Be Rude, Impolite, or Disrespectful
- Rule 2: Creative Posts Need Submission Statement
If you are seeking advice or feedback, explain what you need help with (lighting/audio/editing/etc.) Be specific. If not seeking advice, provide insight on how your film was made. You can detail lighting setups, explain how a complex shot was achieved, or go over setbacks that hit production and what you did to overcome them. Submission statements must be at least 100 characters in length and be submitted within 30 minutes. Posting your film or page for views or subscriptions is not allowed. - Rule 3: No Travel or V-Log videos allowed
- Rule 4: All Posts must be flair'd
- Rule 5: Do Not Advocate or Offer Piracy
Requesting pirated content will result in the removal of the offending post or comment. Continued solicitation will result in a ban. Offering or linking to pirated content will result in an immediate ban. - GenAI is not allowed, but AI Tools are. AI text is allowed in limited cases.
You may not post work containing Generative AI elements (Midjourney, Neo, Dall-E, etc.). You may use and demonstrate the use of AI assisted tools (ie magic masking, upscalers, audio cleanup etc.) so long as they are used in service of human-generated artwork. AI Communication, like post bodies or comments composed using ChatGPT are allowed only in very reasonable cases, such as the need for someone to translate their thoughts into another language. Abuse of AI assisted communication will result
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