Indie Director Makes “TwitFlicks” To Fund Movie Dan Koelsch, October 27, 2011 What do you do if your Kickstarter-like campaign to fund your independent short film isn’t working? If you’re Dutch director Eddy Terstall, you take requests for mini-movies on Twitter for a fee, calling them “Twitflicks”. By doing just that, Terstall raised about €120,000, way more than the €20,000 he was looking for, so he is actually turning the project, titled Deal, into a feature-length film. Watch Terstall’s video about how he did it after the break.That’s a pretty inventive way to get your funding. How have you seen social networks used to fund a project? Let us know in the comments below.Source: Mashable Social Networks Viral Marketing DealEddy TerstallTwitter
M. Night Shyamalan Spoofs His ‘Devil’ Trailer August 27, 2010While the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil has caused a stir for the wrong reason (despite it looking good, audiences groan out loud when his name comes up), Shyamalan has kept a good sense of humor. He stars in a Devil parody trailer featured on MTV called “Escalation”, where… Read More
Abraham Lincoln Is Now On Twitter February 11, 2011It’s not often that you see a serious film test out the viral marketing landscape, so this is a nice treat. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have started up a special character Twitter account for Robert Redford’s The Conspirator. This isn’t just any character, though; It’s President Abraham Lincoln. Read More
The #Super8Secret Revealed! June 7, 2011June 7, 2011Last Thursday, a new viral website popped up for J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi film Super 8 that begged the question, “What is the #Super8Secret?” With the film already shrouded in mystery, this seems like an odd addition to the viral campaign, but we waited impatiently until the secret was rumored to… Read More