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
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“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Victory Tour Posters May Lead To Viral Campaign February 26, 2013Though these poster have been out for quite some time, it is important to acknowledge the viral potential it has. The new victory posters for Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are out, and if you are familiar with the novel, then you will recognize immediately that the Victory Tour… Read More
Want to Survive 2012? Buy a Ticket! Plus We Have the Winner Of the Post-2012 Election! November 5, 2009November 5, 2009Update: Soren has now blogged about the tickets, saying we need to pursue this because it’s our only lead. What I found interesting was that he didn’t know the ark was real. I had no idea that there was a Naaczaal, much less that there were passes, nor that they… 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.