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
12 Days of Viral – DAY ELEVEN December 23, 2009December 22, 2009On the eleventh day of viral, my movie gave to me….. Physical mailings. These are pretty much what can get a viral started. Yes, a website is the known thing that everyone can see and follow, but they usually come from something. Something physical. We’ll list a few items that… Read More
Watch The Walking Dead Comic-Con Trailer August 24, 2010August 24, 2010One of the biggest events to come out of San Diego Comic-Con 2010 was AMC’s panel for The Walking Dead. MovieViral’s Dan was at the panel (you can read the live blog here) first hand and loved the footage shown. Watch the full 4 minute re-cut trailer for The Walking… Read More
I.F. Sentinel Is Looking For A Few Good Men With These New Recruitment Posters for “Ender’s Game” July 2, 2013Roughly 3 months ago, we here at MovieViral discovered if-sentinel.com, a then dormant website for the upcoming big screen adaptation to Orson Scott Card’s 1985 novel, Ender’s Game. Now it seems that site has indeed gone viral and has begun spinning up its propaganda machine to get new recruits, like… Read More