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
Seven Psychopaths: Help Charlie Find His Shih Tzu September 23, 2012Seven Psychopaths is a comedy action film from CBS Films with an odd, yet strangely alluring, premise. Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell are dog thieves who unwittingly steal a dog from Charlie Costello, an unpredictable gangster. After the break, find out how Costello has gone public with his efforts to… Read More
“Prometheus” Takes Over Ghost Station in Paris May 17, 2012May 17, 2012Here’s something a little different done by 20th Century Fox for the international release of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Our friend Anton Volkov has tipped us off to an abandoned metro station in Paris that has been transformed to look like the mysterious cave we’ve seen in the film’s trailers. Get… Read More
Tron Legacy Viral To Go Silent “For The Next Few Weeks” May 15, 2010June 10, 2010Well, this is unfortunate. After a strong start to the Tron Legacy viral that gave us at least weekly updates, the campaign is looking to lay low for a while. This isn’t too surprising given the amount of work already put into it, yet the film’s release still being over… Read More
As far as advertising goes, those are pretty damn cool!Wonder if the building occupants are happy about 'em? 😉