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
Disney Releases “Frankenweenie: An Electrifying Book” To iBookstore September 30, 2012October 17, 2012Walt Disney Studios’ new stop-motion animation film Frankenweenie has taken advantage of Apple’s new iBook Author software to create an interactive behind-the-scenes book called Frankenweenie: An Electrifying Book. The books is free on the iBookstore, and it has gotten some good reviews already. Read the press release after the break. Read More
Editorials That “The Walking Dead” Spoiler and the Death of Viral Marketing December 5, 2014February 2, 2025As soon as the east coast airing of the mid-season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead ended this past Sunday, the various social media accounts associated with the program posted a huge spoiler to the dismay of millions of fans around the world who had yet to see the episode…. Read More
A New App Asks “Are You Smarter Than An Ape?” July 15, 2011In the reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, scientists try to cure Alzheimer’s disease with a drug that leads to the dramatic increase of intelligence in a chimpanzee. Of course, in real-life that sort of thing wouldn’t happen, but it has… Read More
As far as advertising goes, those are pretty damn cool!Wonder if the building occupants are happy about 'em? 😉