How to Impress Your Date
From Zefrank.com, it's "How to Impress Your Date." What's interesting about this is the lack of sound and B&W images… almost reminds you of Charlie Chaplin's early stuff.
From Zefrank.com, it's "How to Impress Your Date." What's interesting about this is the lack of sound and B&W images… almost reminds you of Charlie Chaplin's early stuff.
…And here are the winners of Amex's "15-Second Clip" contest. I'll be searching for more of these contests in the weeks ahead. They must not get a lot of entries.
Mary Hoddler (Napsterization) collected some interesting stats during Friday's SuperNova event. Check them out here. Courtesy of Heather Green from Business Week Online. What she forgot to mention was that Chapter11TV just received 2nd round funding of $6.5 million from venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital (the firm behind YouTube.com). Watch out YouTube!
In this video titled “Hang On,” a boss takes a series of highly personal calls and keeps his employee waiting awkwardly. For an online video, it has a better-than-usual story, camera work and “punch” at the end. More of a “sketch comedy” feel than viral video, but done by amateurs. I think we’ll see more…
Who needs Hollywood? "WorkingStiff" is an independent film being released via www.ProjectWorkingStiff.com in short chunks via the Internet. The release began Memorial Day, and is being rolled out in 3 to 5-minute increments until the complete 94 minutes has played. Each day’s episode is stored in the lineup until the whole movie has played. The…
Two interesting trends have accelerated the growth of "Citizen Created Commercials" (ads like those of FireFoxFlicks that are created not by Madisson Avenue but by folks like us). First, as brands migrate big television dollars to the web, there's simply not enough traditional paid placement opportunities (like banners nobody clicks). So marketers want something that…
The good folks at Mentos were kind enough to sponsor my “Smuggling Mentos Into Movie Theater” video (see it on Revver here). Mentos provided modest funds to offset my time and production costs, and more importantly provided me with a big ol’ shipment of Mentos. I’m eating them at 9:35 a.m. as I type. They…