Check Out These Crazy Building Ads for Inception Dan Koelsch, July 2, 2010 One of the basic ways to create viral buzz for any product is to simply have interesting advertisements. This of course works well with films, where you are trying to sell the film’s style and premise as a brand. Inception has gained a reputation as film with very original and artistic marketing, which makes sense given the film’s original and artistic style. Check out a great example of this after the break, in which building ads in New York are made to look like the building is part of the dream. Inception opens July 16th. Source: FirstShowing Viral Marketing
2 New District 9 Clips – “Aliens Arrive” and “Sprayed” August 13, 2009August 13, 2009Sony Pictures has released two more clips from District 9. The first, titled “Aliens Arrive”, has an interview Grey Bradnam about the situation when the aliens first arrived set against the scene of humans first entering the ship and possibly encountering the non-humans. The second clip is just an extended… Read More
NBC’s The Office Wants To See Your Fanisode June 13, 2010Do you love The Office? Do you have a video camera? Well, then this contest is for you! NBC is letting fans recreate an episode of The Office, essentially creating a “fanisode”. You just film a part of the selected episode, “Murder”, then upload it to NBC.com. Read More
The Time Has Come: Avatarize Yourself January 7, 2010November 16, 2010As if Happy Meals weren’t enough, McDonald’s is now offering the chance for internet users to “avatarize” themselves. Simply upload a picture from your computer or Facebook page, follow a few steps in the program, and you’ll see what you’d look like if you were blue and lived on Pandora. The program… Read More
As far as advertising goes, those are pretty damn cool!Wonder if the building occupants are happy about 'em? 😉