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Annoying Orange’s “Hey Apple” Creator

ByNalts

Meet Daneboe of Gagfilms, creator of the extremely popular “Annoying Orange” series. I interviewed him remotely in late 2007 for Metacafe Unfiltered, a short-lived “behind the scenes of popular creators.” Since he was in Florida, Freddy Nager suggested we do a homage to his popular “screaming eggs” video. So when I saw his recent Superbowl…

Behind the Scenes of Sarah Palin’s Mock-Disney Trailer: Ice Skater Mom as President

ByNalts

NewTeeVee author Liz Gannes took us behind the scenes to this highly produced and funny mock trailer for a Disney-like film staring Sarah Palin. CollegeHumor.com produced the trailer (see “Sarah Palin Disney Movie“) after being inspired by Matt Damon’s remarks about Palin (see excerpt of those quotes in “F’ing Sarah Palin” satire).   What made this video…

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I’m The “The Harold & The Purple Crayon” of Online Video

ByNalts

I may not make the best videos on the web, but I’ve got a psychic power emerging. I make a video spoof of something and it comes real. I’m the friggin’ “Harold and the Purple Crayon” of online videos. This has happened a few times… the most significant one was when I created Crackberry Blackberry…

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YouTube Finally Discovers Ad Format It Can Monetize

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In a significant first, YouTube has decided to let advertisers inject their messages inside the video frame for select content on its site (see ClickZ or MediaPost). For an interesting piece that projects revenues for YouTube, see this post by Silicon Valley Insider. For an example of the ad, see this Smosh video and watch…

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Is Online-Video Advertising, PR or Marketing?

ByNalts

I’ve been using the term advertising when speaking about online-videos that promote a product. But is it that, or is it public relations (PR)? Is it marketing or something else? This MediaPost article by Alan Schulman of IMC2 (an interactive agency) reminded me that it’s about marketing not advertising. Says the creative director: Advertising will remain…