Check out the shorts at Invisible Engine. It won The People’s Choice Award at the Vloggies according to Revver’s blog. Buncha Cunch is a spoof of a cereal ad, and features disturbing but humorous moments.
How appropriate that the MediaMoGirl weatherman was struck by lighning for the Halloween episode. This piece is a shot at all of the newsroom cliches — from the last-minute “subject matter expert” to the hopeless eyewitness. My sister makes her debut via phone in this episode, but don’t tell anyone. She’s trying to pursue a…
I had an old boss that used to say, “even amoeba learns by repetition.” She wasn’t referring to me. You can ask her. Just don’t tell her I called her an old boss. Anyway that quote comes to mind as I enter my 5th and 6th online video contest. I keep getting placed as a…
You’ve seen his Pepsi Girl. You might have caught his LonelyGirl15 assasination. But I’ll bet you haven’t seen “Pussy Choke.” Watch in amazement as the cat escapes from Davideo’s mouth. DavideoDesign in the U.K. He’s the Salvador Dali of Viral Video. He and Mrs. Davideo are creating videos with a surreal shock value that you…
Another big media player enters the viral space. It’s NBC, who stumbled initially in the “new media” space by suing YouTube for running SNL’s “Lazy Sunday.” But now they seem to be the leading major network to embrace viral video. Carson Daly and NBC have launched “It’s Your Show TV” (www.itsyourshowtv.com). Viewers can submit short…
CinemaTech Editor Scott Kirsner has prepared the definitive chart for video producers interested in making money via online video. In his article, Getting Paid: Sites that Help Video Producers Make Money, you’ll find everything you need to turn your videos into cash. This is the most comprehensive list of its kind online. Thanks to WVFF Reader…
You’ve been checking hourly and the total views have gone up only in proportion to your views. The comments have more “WTFs” than “LMAOs.” No comments except from your brother and nerdy friend In comments, people fixate on the shirt you wore or the color of the wall in the background Your number of subscribers…
I’ve decided to write a book on viral video — aimed primarily at marketers and advertisers since amateur videographers and film makers don’t have enough money to buy books. Naturally I haven’t written a book before, but I sometimes read them. So I figure I’m pretty qualified. The working title is: “The Profit (Prophet) of Viral…
This 6-minute video tutorial (“How to Make Your Own Online Video Site”) is designed to accompany the post from last week titled “The Idiot’s Guide to Making an Online Video Site.” It’s really quite easy- even if you have no technical skills like me. Check out www.CubeBreak.com to see an example of a site I created without…
Check out the new www.CubeBreak.com. It’s using Revver’s new widgets, so I get: Easy way to customize the website with the videos I select from Revver. Free hosting/serving of videos Affiliate fee of 20% if someone clicks the ad. If they click ads on my videos I get the 20% and then 50% of what’s…