D-9.com Viral Updates – Videos and Target Dan Koelsch, June 29, 2009June 30, 2009 D-9.com has two new interview videos up with more of the local human population in District 9. Just click on the two yellow dots on the map to access the video. One begins with the title card “DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY NON-HUMANS COMMUNICATE”. In it, three clips of three different human locals talk about the difficulties in communicating with the non humans. The second has the title card “DO YOU THINK THE NON-HUMANS ARE COMMITTING TOO MANY CRIMES”. Similar to the other video, three clips of interviews show people talking about how the non-humans commit crimes, including one confirming the non-humans do not have fingerprints. Interesting stuff. There were two things I noticed specifically after watching these videos. One is, these (and other) interviews look incredibly authentic. Second, no one in the videos ever uses the term “non-human” or “aliens” or anything like that. It’s always “Them” and “They”. Not sure why that is, but I have a rather abstract theory that ties my two observations together. My theory is that these are genuine interviews, but they are about something else. The filmmakers actually interviewed locals in South Africa, but they weren’t talking about the movie, they were talking about real events. Why? To make the interviews authentic. Maybe locals wouldn’t talk about an alien movie, but real issues, sure. Who knows. Our other District 9 update comes from Christopher the non-human at mnuspreadslies.com. When you go onto D-9.com as a human and type in “target” in the access code, you get a printable version of the non-human target seen on the film’s posters. Click on the image below to download the target in PDF format. Remember to let us know if you find any District 9 viral updates. There’s a lot out there, so we need your help. The film opens August 14th. Viral Marketing District 9
New Surrogates TV Spot September 2, 2009September 2, 2009With the release of Surrogates on September 25th, the advertising campaign is stepping up. We reported yesterday that a twitter account has been set up (@VSILabs) and they have recently made their first tweet directing you to the choose your surrogate on the website. Today we have some new footage… Read More
Create Your Own “Harry Potter Undesirable No. 1” Poster October 24, 2010October 25, 2010With Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 only weeks away, it should come as no surprise that viral marketing for the beloved childern’s book Warner Brothers has added a new feature to their official Harry Potter movie website. You can create your very own “Undesirable No. 1” poster… Read More
Check Out The New Motion Poster for ‘Conan the Barbarian’ March 3, 2011We may not have a trailer yet for the upcoming action flick Conan the Barbarian, but the remake to the 1982 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger now has a motion poster featuring the new Conan, Jason Momoa. See if for yourself after the break. Read More
Well, since this film is inspired by Alive in Joburg and you see how the interviews in that film were conducted to seem like legitimate, business like interviews and those were real people (I think). The officer outside of the meat store mentioned the Peoplweeka or something like that which is name for the aliens… Well that doesn’t mean anything else so Google says… Or maybe these guys just might be damn good actors and actresses.