Let’s work together here, people, and see if we can find the worst-ever eCards from corporations. Agencies are especially gifted at providing cheesy holiday eGreetings that damage their brand. Now this one gets some credit for the script and cast, but the awkward direction, editing, and B-grade acting help land itself on the “WVFF Worst Holiday eCard” list.
Anyone else care to nominate one?
Nine television executives survey the landscape of production, profits and the emergence of digital delivery (Source: The Hollywood Reporter, via ReelPop). Here’s the list of the top 10 stupidest thoughts: Warner Brothers: My personal experience is people are watching more television than ever before, and they’re watching in more and various ways. NBC: Primarily right…
BusinessWeek Technology Writer Catherine Holahan writes about the “raising bar on viral web ads.” My favorite part of the article is that it turned me on to this viral campaign for Axe (called Ravenstoke). Here are some other highlights. Video viral marketing—so named because it relies on computer users to spread commercials from person to…
When iPod came out we saw a sleuth of free advertisements. The Mac/PC dialogue has been parodied endlessly. And it wasn’t long before the new iPhone (copyright Cisco) generated a series of spoofs. But here’s a fave. It’s HappySlip (a hyper-popular YouTube personality who is also now on Revver) singing a parody of “You’re Beautiful.”…
Dear online video sites. Thanks for giving us free access to online videos, as well as absorbing the costs of hosting and serving the videos. Unfortunately, that's become a commodity. I think you know this, but in case you don't… what attributes do you need to ensure that you're not a "Pets.com" of the online…
Friday I did a “call for crowdsource help” on the YouTube/Comedy research I’m presenting at next week’s ISHS presentation. A big thanks for your comments, and especially to Will Reese. Check out this graphic… Will’s categories (farce, dark, screwball, slapstick, parody, satire) were his own creation, and he found this interesting discover. Over shorter periods…
I suppose the most amazing thing about this video is that it’s a real choir. And a good one. I’m listening to it again as I write this post. For more visit www.fccfu.com.
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I gotta give her credit, my sister Beth has interesting hallucinations. Last night with the Marshall cops & EMTs it was millions of inch-tall New Yorkers climbing along the faceboards, holding hands, in her room. Tonight she’s screaming at semi-visible midget American Indian gypsies of low moral character messing around on her furniture. I’ve got tonight’s hallucination on tape & will be uploading it to Youtube soon.
Not quite corporate, but close enough:
http://holidaygreeting.umd.edu/2009/
Let your inner turtle glow!
That video made me constipated.