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lokidokiliteratureclub · 5 years

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Frostbitten (Chapter One)

Loki x Reader

Prologue

Y/N L/N is a child of a Jotun and an Asgardian. She spends her life hidden in the dungeons of Asgard, with no one to talk to other than one of the princes- a man who seems completely incapable of leaving her alone and entirely unable to give up on helping her. Y/N and Loki Odinson have always been inseparable, it seems- even when there is a cell wall, or a village, or an entire kingdom between them.

Even when he disappears, even when you run away, and even when his world falls apart; you are inseparable.

Oh lordy the first part of this fic got waaayy more attention than I was expecting If you want to be added for tags in this series, leave a comment or send me an ask, and I’ll add you for the coming parts. Thanks so much for reading!!

P.S.: This part is not action-filled or anything. The interesting stuff starts the next part.

P.P.S: Normally I don’t update this quickly- I just wasn’t doing anything else today.

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Twelve Years Later

Loki Odinson has not been down in the dungeons for two months. That's two months of being alone. Two months of not speaking. Two months of you wondering what's wrong on the surface. Three times so far you've gotten too close to the barrier. Those three times are hardened burns on your blue arms. Small welts on your soft palms. Scratches on your bare knees. The lady who brings you food in the morning noticed the wounds but said nothing- simply laying a tub of ice on the table next to a soft washcloth.

The fact that they actually gave you an unassembled ice pack for your injuries makes you want to laugh. It sounds like something you’d tell Loki about. You add it silently to the list of things you’ll tell him when he comes back.

If he comes back.

Loki has left before- usually with a warning, though. Usually only for a week. It has been eight.

One day he’s sitting outside your cell, applauding you on how far you’ve advanced in magic and droning on about how he wishes he could see you without the yellow film between you- maybe even touch you. Shake your hand. Touch your shoulder. Things that people can do when they’re not imprisoned under a giant castle or unable to control whose arm they freeze off. One day, you two are dreaming of what could be, completely absorbed in each other's thoughts and words, and the next, the inseparable become separated.

And even though it’s possible that he left you by choice, you’re more worried for him than you are about yourself.

"Hey, Njord," you speak aloud, targeting one of the head guards on patrol. He doesn't stop to look at you, not even shifting from his position outside your cell. "Hey, Njord," you say, louder. "What's the buzz? How's the royal family?"

Njord heaves an annoyed sigh but doesn't respond. You scoot closer to the barrier so that you and the guard are only really about a foot apart.

"Hey, Njord,"

He makes a huffing noise.

"I'd like a book. Or a cup of tea. Is that arrangeable?" You tilt your head, fiddling with a couple spare strands of hair. "Your beard looks rather nice today. Very clean."

Njord gives a slight swell of pride and raises a hand to caress his beard, but then he realizes he doesn't have a beard. His face falls. He looks sad. You almost feel bad, but you don’t. So you laugh.

"Don't tease him, he lost the beard in a bet," says Lady Sif, descending into the prison in a bit of haste and sparing you a quick glance. "Haven't you anything else to do, prisoner?"

You shrug, rolling onto your back and staring at the ceiling. "I'm a twenty-two-y-year-old Jotun-Asgardian hybrid in prison, whose only companion has been inexplicably absent for two months. Njord won't get me books. I haven't seen the light of day in fourteen years. I have literally nothing to think about and nothing to do, so no."

"Njord, get her a book or two so she'll quit talking," Sif grumbles, and footsteps let you know that he is leaving.

You roll onto your stomach, staring out at her. She's dismounting a shield and removing a sword from one of the upper shelves of the guard's stock. She's a bit flimsy with the weapons from what you can see, but Loki had insisted that she showed promise in the combat field. More than meets the eye, you suppose.

You watch her fasten the shield to her arm and prop yourself up on your elbows. "Will you be joining the staff down here?"

She sends you a pointed glare. "No. I'll be joining the staff up there." Sif nods toward the stairs leading out of the dungeons and grabs a sword sheath from another shelf, attempting to fasten that on as well.

"Joining the army? How patriotic."

She ignores you, sheaths the sword, and heads back up.

"Hm." You exhale. "Rude."

Moments later, Njord arrives back in your cell, stepping through the energy barrier like it’s not even there. He drops a single hardcover down in front of you, then strides back out and resumes his post. The book is long- which is probably what Njord was going for when he found it. It’ll take you especially long since you really have only known how to read for three years- courtesy of Loki, of course. The gift of literacy is one of the many you’ve received from him. Hopefully, it can save you from dying of boredom or worry while you wonder where the hel he is.

The first thing you notice when you look at the book is that it’s completely tattered- sometimes with entire pages missing out of it. The pages that remain are yellowed and reek of a musty, almost moldy smell. You wrinkle your nose, looking back to Njord.

“Where did you get this?” you ask, shaking your head.

Njord finally gives in and responds with a grain of salt: “The book cart outside the dungeon. Last one.”

There’s no book cart outside the dungeon. They keep the area empty to ensure there aren’t any messages being passed between the outside world and the world down here.

Could Loki be trying to... no. Well, maybe. Maybe he’s banned from the dungeons. Maybe this is his only way to contact. Maybe he hasn’t abandoned you, and he’s been trying to contact all this time. The thought of it gives you the tiniest shard of hope.

You look back down at the book, then very carefully open it. The title is Where You Will and it appears to be romantic fiction. A picture of a girl and a boy are drawn next to each other, the boy wrapping the girl in a shawl. There’s a smeared fingerprint beside the title, and a small note is written in the margin in sloppy, rushed lettering.

I’m cold.

You frown, moving your thumb over the words.

That turned out to be exactly what you needed to do.

In the places where your finger met the page, you see pieces of discoloration. Your heart starts to beat a bit faster, twisting in your chest. You press your entire palm to the page for a moment and then lift it.

It’s a drawing of a snake and beside it a lightly sketched snowflake.

Ok, this is definitely Loki. And unless he’s communicating with another Jotun prisoner who happens to be able to read and happens to have the audacity to ask a guard for books, the message in this book is for you.

You turn the page and grip the side of the book, spilling frost over the surface of the parchment. There are no notes- instead, there are very slight, nearly hidden underlines under some letters. You read over them, putting them together in your head.

y o u n e e d T o l e a V e

And then you flip the page, giving it the same treatment.

c o l d Is t h e a B s e n c e o f e n E r g y

Then the next page.

t r Y t o d I S s a p e a r

Then,

I w I l l f i n d y o u w H e r e v e r y o u a r e - L

You flip to the next page, and then the next, and the next, until you’re absolutely positive that you’ve seen every message.

If this is Loki, which it has to be, how long have the books been there? Weeks? A month? How old is this message? And why should you hide?

Cold is the absence of energy.

You at least know what that means. The barrier is pure energy. Loki seems to be implying that you can freeze it, or suck all the juice out of it, or something similar. He clearly thinks you’re more powerful than you are. Not a surprise. That’s kind of his signature move: overestimating you.

It’s charming in a disappointing way.

Your lips curve into a smile, but it fades into a frown at the thought that whatever Loki is trying to get you away from you cannot escape. You might never see him again. That’s a bit of a dark thought. To never see his sculpted face or charming smile, his dark hair or bright eyes- it leaves a sort of hole in your chest.

You can’t ever see him again. But can you talk to him? There’s no invisible ink for you to use, but...

You squeeze your eyes shut, wincing, and then bite roughly down on the inside of your cheek until you taste blood. You slip a finger inside your mouth and, using the same communication strategy Loki did, wipe a faint smear of blue over letters on the page, spelling out what you want him to see.

You set down the book and stand up, moving toward the small bed in the back of the cell. Your fear moves through your body and crystalizes on the floor, leaving a trail of ice in your wake.

You repeat your list of things to remember, your list of things you’ve been told, as you lie down, coaxing yourself into sleep.

You are going to be okay, and nothing can stop that from being so. Not the princes. Not the armies. Not the guards or the walls or the bars that hold you in. Not the ice in your blood or the dark in your eyes. You are safe. You will always be safe. You are not a monster. You are not alone. You can control yourself. I will watch over you.

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Loki Odinson has not been down to the dungeons in two months. That’s two months of wondering what could be going wrong. That’s two months of hoping you know he hasn’t abandoned you. That’s three attempts at contact, this last one being the most obvious. Writing in a book with ink that can only be seen in the cold. He just has to hope you ask for books, and hope the guards comply.

He does not enjoy being apart from you, and even though he was fully aware that it was going to be hard- suddenly not having you in his life, that is- he could not have anticipated just how hard it was. He actually spoke to his brother, for Odin’s sake. That wasn’t even the hardest task of them all.

You are an echo inside his mind. A song that plays over and over and over, no matter how infuriating it can be. Every time he thinks he can think about something else, you creep back into his mind and he becomes restless again. He buries his head in his hands and tries not to rip out every strand of hair, failing not to picture the worst that could happen if you aren’t prepared. If he can’t get you out of the castle before something.. before it happens. And it’s happening.

When he sees that the book is gone from the cart, his heart nearly stops. He takes a deep breath, puts on a scowl, and confronts an annoyed Njord as he exits the dungeons.

“Hey, Njord,” he speaks, trying his best to sound uninterested. “Where’s my book?”

Njord stiffens at the sound of Loki’s cold voice and turns deftly toward him. “Your book, your highness?”

“I left it on the cart outside.” He signals to the empty cart, and Njord goes a shade whiter. “You were on guard, yes?”

“The book was yours, sir?”

“Did you give it to someone else?”

“One of the prisoners, sir. Forgive me, I thought it to be meant for-” he breaks off, noticing Loki’s disinterest in the conversation. “I’ll retrieve it at once.”

Moments later, he returns, grasping the book in his hands. He holds it out to Loki, and the prince swiftly takes it from him, huffing to keep from bursting into tears. Njord looks like he might go into cardiac arrest, on the other hand, so Loki adds: “If the prisoners are in need of some form of entertainment, I’ll gather a collection of books personally.”

Njord nods, swallowing. “Yes, sir.”

“Don’t do it again.”

“Of course not, sir.”

“Good,” Loki turns on his heel, away from the guard. “Oh, and your beard is looking swell today, Njord.”

He strides, perhaps a bit too quickly, over to the library, and drops the book on the table, flipping to the opening page. It’s empty. But turn another, and smears of blue appear, clouding over certain letters. Loki’s pulse quickens. He finds his grip tightening on the table as he strings the words together.

I m n O t t h a t s t r o n g

an awful lie, followed by

w h a t a m I h I d i n g f r o M

Loki exhales and rips the pages from the book, shoving them into his pocket and throwing the damaged copy aside. He’s moving to another shelf, reaching for a book to reply with when his eye catches that of his mother as she passes by. Her shoulder brushes gently against his as she moves to stand next to him, staring over the sea of books along the shelves.

“You’re stressed,” she comments, looking over him. “Is something bothering you?”

“No, no, nothing,” he mutters in return. Frigga looks at him skeptically. “I promise, mother. It’s just that I’m a bit-”

“Don’t lie to me, dear,” she interrupts, reaching into her pocket. Loki’s eyes follow her hand, and she sets a small key on the shelf in front of him, smiling slightly. “It’s perfectly alright to worry about someone. Especially when that person may be in danger.”

She knows.

Loki just stares, first at the key, then at his mother. He opens his mouth and then closes it, and then says: “How long have you...”

“How could I not?” She finishes for him. “Your eyes light up when you speak of someone you care about.”

There’s a heavy silence.

“Thank you,” he says.

“Don’t thank me until after you find what you’re looking for,” she replies.

Then she turns, and she’s gone.

Loki picks up the key, leaves the books, and rushes to his room to prepare for the worst.

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katekvne-blog · 7 years

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Nightingale

Clay is haunted by the bloodied sight of Jeff. (HE WHO LIVES) His worried mother brought back his medication just in case he needed it. Clay was adamant about taking it again and he went off to blow some steam to his childhood friend, reader’s and his safe haven. Angst and Fluff ensues. Watch me add Jeff in everything jk

Everyday, I think about how traumatizing and devastating it is for Clay for being the one to find one of his close friends dead and then barely a month after the girl he loves is well you know. But enough with that! In this fic no one is dead.

Warnings: mention of the accident

A/N: This fic is based on Demi Lovato’s Nightingale, hence, the title. I hope you guys like it. Excuse my terrible attempt at writing a kissing scene.

“Clay, honey, dinner is ready!” Hearing his name being called, he grudgingly sat up knowing that if he don’t move he won’t hear the end of it from his mom. He stood in front of a full length mirror checking if something was amiss before running down the stairs when he heard his name being called the second time.He sat in front of his mom while his dad sat beside him. Both of them looking at each other then to Clay who sent them both a questioning look. His mother placed an orange cylindrical bottle in front of him, looking him dead in the eye.

“I don’t need it anymore! I’m fine!” Clay exclaimed. Shifting his gaze disbelievingly from his mom and dad.

“We know but just in case. What you went through…..I..I can’t even imagine how traumatizing that is.” His mom softly said.

“Of course, you can’t!” Clay snapped, leaning back, wide eyed at his own explosion. He stood up muttering that he’s heading out for some air. His parents called out him but their voices fell on deaf ears. Clay took his bike with him dead set on one destination, a safe haven he shared with his childhood friend, y/n.

You sat in front of your desk constantly refreshing your twitter for some update. Last night, Jessica hosted a party at her home which did not end badly as Jeff Atkins got into an accident. This shook up the students at liberty high considering he’s one of the most popular and well liked jock. Everyone in the facebook group was relieved when some of his friends announced that he is stable, he’s not yet awoken but it’s better than him being dead. However, what concerns you currently the most is your childhood friend, Clay who apparently was the first person at the site of accident. Aside from that, he had not been responding to any of your calls. You dropped by earlier his house but no one seems to be present so you just left. While you continue to stalk on twitter for updates, the sound of screeching sound followed by smashing into something caught your attention. When you looked out the window you saw Clay put on the hood of his hoodie and rode away again not even bothering to pick up the garbage can he smashed into.

“Mom, I’ll just go out for a bit.” You yelled already halfway out of the door, not even waiting for a response. You ran towards a nearby playground where you found him sitting on the swing, his face illuminated only by the moonlight. Still, you caught each other’s eyes and determined, you walked towards the other swing beside him.

“How’d you know I’ll be here?”

“I grew up with you….and I just saw you smacked down that garbage can.I figured you’d go here.” you mumbled looking down the dirt as you lightly push yourself back. “You don’t have to talk if you’re not ready just don’t push me away.” Moments engulfed in comfortable silence passed with only the creaking of the swing making a sound. Slowly, he turned towards you and you grazed the ground with your feet to stop the swing from moving.

“I’m losing my shit…..” He trailed off, a pained expression graced his face. You held his hand gently stroking his shaking fingers with your thumb. “Is that ok?”

“Yes. It’s very human.” You assured him. He retrieved his hand and covered his face as he broke down crying. You quickly stood up and held him as he sobbed against your stomach. “You don’t have to be alone, Clay. I’m here.” you assured as you stroked his back.

“It’s just really stupid of him to do that.” he growled angrily. “I can’t sleep. I can’t get the image out of my mind.” he followed much more softly this time.

“……Come over just like old times! We could watch a movie, eat food or just stargaze? I dont know..” You leaned down so you were face to face. You shrugged and he looked at you incredulously for the inappropriate suggestion considering the topic at hand.

“Wha-”

“I mean while we wait for tomorrow….i could go with you to tell him that in his face since I heard he’s stable and in fact he woke up earlier.” In your attempt to avoid misunderstandings, you explained to him hastily your suggestion, an awkward smile still plastered on your face. Clay just stared at you some more and you just nodded in understanding his unsaid question. His mouth hung open and without another word, he engulfed you in an embrace.

“C’mon dork! Hopefully, food and movie will help you sleep tonight.” You sighed pulling him by the hand. He stopped momentarily and pulling you back into his arms again.

“Thank you, y/n….for being here. I don’t know what I’d do without you.” He said his hands slowly trailing upward your arms till they reached your cheeks. He closed his eyes and you followed his lead, he leaned in and you waited in anticipation. Fluttering your eyes open, you see him staring at you unsurely and asked….”Is…is it ok?”

“Good lord, Clay! You gotta know which cues to take.” You rolled your eyes. Stifling your laughter, you placed your arms around his neck and slowly pulled him in a chaste kiss under the pale moonlight.

“Ok…well, I’m taking that as my cue.” He said smiling awkwardly as he kissed you again. This time he entrapped your lower lip in his, slow and careful, almost as if he is scared he’ll break you. This time it lingered a little longer and for the first time in your life you could finally say that something felt perfectly and completely right.

“Make sure you let your mom know you’re here. I don’t want her to worry.” you said over your shoulder as you looked through the stacks of CDs you have. Suddenly, you felt arms around your waist, his chest slumped on your shoulder while his chin rested on your shoulder.

“Done. Let’s just watch this movie.” He said randomly picking up a CD. You pulled away from him to place the CD to the player.

Smiling, you turned to face him.”Even randomly, you were able to pick a sci-fi show. That’s a good one though.” You placed your arms on his neck and smiled pushing him backwards to lead him towards the bed carefully avoiding the bowl of popcorn.

“C’mon, scoot over nerd!” you said pushing him, the said bowl of popcorn now in his hand. You sat beside him, leaning your head on his shoulder. Silence befell you two as you continue to watch the film but, after awhile you felt him tensed up against you.

“He’ll be okay, Clay.” you mumbled as if a reminder for the two of you. Your eyes still glued to the screen when you felt him nod and you take his hand in yours intertwining your fingers. Snuggling up to each other’s arms throughout the night.

The next day you went to the hospital Jeff was confined in. Fortunately, he was awake when you arrived and was surrounded by his parents. He caught sight of the two of you and ushered you to come forward. He lifted his closed hand to brofist Clay but the action wasn’t reciprocated.

“I heard you were the one who found me?” he weakly asked. Clay nodded silently. “You saved my life, Jensen. Thank you and I see you made a lot of progress.” He weakly joked, his eyes nodding off to your and Clay’s hands.

“Why did you drive while you were drunk?” Simple and direct, Clay pressed.

“I wasn’t drunk. It was night and I didn’t really see any signs I forgot there was an intersection I didn’t get to slow down.” He explained. Clay looked at him silently for what felt like hours before lifting his closed hand and holding it out to the evidently tired boy. Jeff struggled to laugh, he bump his knuckles with Clay’s while the other held his side.

“We should probably go and let you rest now, Jeff.” You interjected nodding at him then at his parents before you and Clay left.

“You went and really did it. Couldn’t wait till he’s perfectly healthy?” You asked raising an eyebrow.

“He’ll live.” He said finally smiling. “And you and I.” He turned to you holding both your hands as he leaned in to give you a quick peck on the forehead. “We have a lot of things to talk about so, how about we meet up at Rosie’s later? I’ll just go home to take a quick bath.”

“I would love that. See you later, nerd.” You said kissing him on cheek before walking your own path. Needless to say, this is the start of something so beautiful and frankly, you couldn’t wait.

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Creating an Amazing Website to Promote Your Film or Video

If you’re putting the finishing touches on a film or video project, you’re going to need a proper website to help promote it. With all that hard work you’ve put into it, the last step is sometimes one that can trip people up. You really shouldn’t overlook your website though, it’s such a huge part of helping to promote and showcase what you’ve accomplished.

With the right website, you can make a great first impression, let people view trailers or behind-the-scenes information, keep people up-to-date with the latest news with a great-looking blog, even manage your Film Festival entries. There’s a lot that what website can accomplish and picking the right one is a crucial part of the process. Hopefully, by the end of this article, you will have all the information that you need to create an amazing website to help promote your latest masterpiece.

Fortunately, you’ve got a few options for making a film or video promotion website.

What’s the Best Way to Create a Film or Video Promotion Website?

Well, there are a lot of different ways to go about this. You can select a free setup, using something like Wix or SquareSpace. Those platforms offer free versions or paid versions to help get you up and running. Unfortunately, you sort of get what you pay for. Using Wix, SquareSpace, WordPress.com or any other free platform will make it pretty difficult to get the flexibility and features that you need to set up a really great promotional tool to help showcase what you’ve made. Personally, I think a self hosted WordPress.org website is a better way to go about things because it ends up being a cheaper option compared to a premium page builder setup like Wix or Squarespace.

Selecting a Web Hosting Company

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But, again, whatever host you want to use can work great.

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Here’s where it gets fun.

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Cinerama

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Silver Screen is specifically made for filmmakers and production companies, actors and directors, cinematographers and anyone else who wants premium quality seem to promote film and video content. This template gives you a lot of spectacular features to that help you effortlessly showcase any project. There are a variety of distinct homepages and a large set of portfolio styles, you’ll be able to promote any type of project and shine the spotlight right way.

That’s just a small sample of the wide variety of themes out there that might work to help promote your contact. We have a large selection of WordPress video themes that might interest you, though I don’t think that you need to completely lock yourself into a I think that describes itself as being made for video. That’s because it’s easy enough to take any existing WordPress theme and either embed or so your content in any blog post. So, you may be interested in this collection of personal blog WordPress themes. There’s a large selection of them to help give you as many options as you possibly can.

By selecting the right WordPress theme, you can highlight your film, promote it and showcase all the information you want to showcase in a fast loading, mobile friendly, well organized and well-designed manner. Basically, any of these themes will give you a professional-looking site quickly and efficiently. Best of all, you won’t have to spend thousands of dollars to make it happen.

Share the Latest News and Information

One small thing that I think you should absolutely keep in mind, adding an email registration form to your site. By building your email list, you can start to find a lot of people who are interested in knowing more about your film and directly keep them up-to-date when you make a new post, post a new image or upload the latest cut of the trailer. Many WordPress themes include this feature, so look for one with contact form 7 support. If you fall in love with a different theme that doesn’t have it, there are several different free plugins that can work just as well.

By creating a blog and updating it regularly, you can really engage with people who sign up for your newsletter. It’s always a good idea to just ask for the email, rather than all of the contact information that a person might have. Keeping it as simple as possible, that’s going to get people to sign up more often than not.

Add Some Testimonials

Testimonials are always a great way to build up the excitement for your project. Even if you’re film hasn’t come out yet, I’m certain that you can find a few people who are wildly excited about the prospect of seeing it. These testimonials put a personal touch on what it is you’re bringing into the world. They can give a lot of information about you’re film and build engagement and excitement. So, you should also attempt to select WordPress game that has testimonials built-in. Again, there are custom post types that are available in plugin form to you add testimonials. How you go about it is up to you.

Self Hosted vs Embedded Videos

Let’s talk about trailers. You’re probably going to want to have one on your website because it is probably the most important way to help promote a film or video. People are going to want to see what you have created and giving them a really nice look what you have created is a great way to build pause.

The choice between self hosting a video and embedding it from a video service like YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion, that is something that you’re going to have to think about. When you self host a video clip, you have a little bit more control over the look and feel of the end result. For that reason, I recommend self hosting. Just to give you a look at the difference between the two things, this is a little logo project that I worked on a while back.

This is the self-hosted version of it.

https://templified.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Brownale9000-Fire-Logo-Reveal.mp4

And here’s the same video as hosted on YouTube.

youtube

YouTube adds some extra garbage that I don’t think you really need to see, but that’s just my taste. For example, you get the ‘more videos’ once your clip has played, which I don’t really like. If you want to keep things cleaner, self hosting the video is always better. Vimeo is a little better, but the flexibility still isn’t as great as what you get with a self hosted video clip.

With WordPress, the process couldn’t really be much simpler. Just upload your video clip by dragging it into any post or page. Insert the media into your post and you’re done. Plus, there are dozens of plugins out there that can add even more functionality to your self hosted videos.

Of course, nothing is perfect. If your hosting account isn’t the most expensive, which is fine, it may be that you run out of bandwidth or your video may not load up very fast, which can be an issue. Something to think about.

Okay, let’s wrap it up.

Hopefully you have found all the information that you need to build a great-looking film and video promotion website. If you want a clean, powerful and flexible website, I think WordPress is the best choice. You can achieve all of the look and feel of a professional website with just a few dollars. And the flexibility that WordPress gives you is far greater than any of the free platforms that you might be considering, Squarespace or Wix for example. Building hype for your website is a real challenge, WordPress is one tool that I think you can harness to hope to build a real following.

If you’ve built a film promotion website using this guide, we would love to see it. Drop us a comment and we will do our best to went back to anyone who takes the time to get in touch with us. It’s just a little thing, but hopefully it can help turn your film or video into a real blockbuster.

Not like the movie rental company, they went out of business.

Good luck!

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Creating an Amazing Website to Promote Your Film or Video

Fortunately, you’ve got a few options for making a film or video promotion website.

What’s the Best Way to Create a Film or Video Promotion Website?

Selecting a Web Hosting Company

If you’ve never done it before, don’t worry, it’s easy to do. Check out more information about BlueHost here.

But, again, whatever host you want to use can work great.

Purchase a Domain Name

Here’s a handy checker to see if your desired domain name is still available.

Install WordPress to Your cPanel Account

Find a WordPress Theme for Your Website

Here’s where it gets fun.

Here are a few examples of solid WordPress themes that might be good for any film or video promo site.

Cinerama

Circle

Filmic

Silverscreen

Share the Latest News and Information

Add Some Testimonials

Self Hosted vs Embedded Videos

This is the self-hosted version of it.

https://templified.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Brownale9000-Fire-Logo-Reveal.mp4

And here’s the same video as hosted on YouTube.

youtube

Okay, let’s wrap it up.

Not like the movie rental company, they went out of business.

Good luck!

#Video

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