Many people are thinking about promoting their independently shot movie over the Internet…here’s the first story of success: FOUR EYED MONSTERS !
Directing couple Susan Buice and Arin Crumley pulled off every community driven internet marketing tool available: Myspace, YouTube, Podcast, VideoPodCasts, Facebook, Soundtrack, selling DVD’s, selling HighQualityDownloads, Flickr, Twitter, del.icoi.us… They asked people to set up screenings of the movie in their town, cinemas could request a screening…
But how came the breakthrough?
They pulled off a deal with an american movie community site, which pays them a buck for every new subscriber they bring in. This great idea was combined with a YouTube Front Page Feature of the film - and BOOM! 333.000 thousand plays until now and 18.000 bucks through subscriptions, and I think this is just the beginning.
One small detail to consider if you wanna do the same: The film is amazing, watch it!
Did you see the “DejaVu” Movie with Denzel Washington, where they took photo- and videodata to construct a complete 3d view of a crime scene? Sounds like Sci-Fi? Then check out the demo of the photosynth-technology. They scan photos from any given database (e.g. Flickr) and ananlyze them for similarities to construct 3d models of any given space.
You can even test the application live on the web here.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary, StarWars.com is updated with some new features: Make your own Star Wars Movie. Upload your own video and music and then mix and mash it with 250+ official clips and music from your favorite Star Wars movies at mashup.starwars.com.
The online video mixer provides transitions between clips as well as effects like slow motion (and of course the classic star wars titles)
Via galleries, groups, MashUp blogs and c&p inserts for standart social networking sites anyone can share their videos with fellow fans, discuss their videos and even remix and mashup user-cut videos.
If myspace makes your eyes bleed, you should check out VIRB. The have a very clean and crisp interface with many customization options.
And make sure to check out their Widescreen-Video player.