“Chronicle” Viral Sends People Flying Over New York City Skyline Caleb Hamilton, January 30, 2012October 7, 2013 It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Supe- nope, it’s a plane. Or is it? The found-footage film, Chronicle, opens this Friday and to get people even more excited, a viral marketing campaign started over New York City and parts of New Jersey that will make you think you’re seeing things! If you live in the area and you’ve seen “people” flying around in the sky, there’s a perfectly logical explanation. Find out what it is after the jump.20th Century Fox hired the New York City based viral marketing agency, Thinkmodo (the guys behind the Limitless Times Square hack) to design special aircraft to promote Chronicle. Michael Krivicka from Thinkmodo explains to TechCrunch:“Since the three main characters of the movie have the ability to fly, we came up with the idea of staging a few “flying people” sightings around NYC. We achieved that illusion by having 3 custom-made aircraft (which were shaped like human beings) fly above designated areas in NYC and NJ.”Below you can see a behind-the-scenes video documenting the flights: Chronicle opens in theaters this Friday, February 3rd! Viral Marketing Viral Videos 20th Century FoxChronicleFlying peoplePrankThinkmodoViral marketing
Ok Go Covers “The Muppets” Theme Song August 24, 2011August 24, 2011Yesterday marked the release of The Muppets’ Green Album. The album has a mix of contemporary bands covering famous songs that the Muppets have sung throughout the many years. Along with the release of the new album, Disney has debuted the new video for Muppet Show Theme Song by Ok… Read More
2012: Chicago Drop Location Findings October 9, 2009October 10, 2009For those following the 2012 viral campaign and the IHC conspiracy subplot, we’ve got a good update for you. Thanks to member Lightning257 of the unfiction forum, we now have the information from the Chicago drop location. They picked up the package and it had a coded memo and flash… Read More
‘Tusk’ Clip: Michael Park Psychotically Recites “Itsy Bitsy Spider” September 19, 2014September 19, 2014One of the things that I liked about Kevin Smith‘s Tusk is Michael Park‘s performance, which was bizarre and crazy rolled into one. Everything after the second act seems to fall apart, but it is Parks that manages to hold the film together. Now if you are still deciding on… Read More