FOX’s “Alcatraz” Viral Turns Into Sweepstakes Dan Koelsch, February 1, 2012 On Friday we updated you on the latest part of the Legends of Alcatraz viral campaign for FOX’s new mystery show Alcatraz. A select few actually got to go on a special tour of the prison island and collect some viral clues. Find out what happened after the jump. Collider has the details of the scavenger hunt from the viral event, which included some pretty cool items. Read the fan-written description of the event over there, but if you couldn’t make it, then you are still in luck. The Legends of Alcatraz website has some puzzles you can play in order to get more entries into their Ford sweepstakes. There are five puzzles open now, with more added every week. We don’t want to spoil the fun, so we won’t give you the answers.Let us know in the comments below if you like the fact this has turned into a sweepstakes, or would you have rather had more complex narrative viral campaign?P.S. The FOX YouTube channel looks to be starting a series of videos that have Dr. Soto (Jorge Garcia) giving a tour of Alcatraz. Could this be part of the viral campaign, or simply a nice little online exclusive for fans? Watch Part 1 below. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral Videos AlcatrazFoxLegends of Alcatraz
Comic-Con: Castle Panel Reveals New Twitter Campaign July 26, 2010September 7, 2010Yesterday I attended my last panel of this year’s Comic-Con, which was for ABC’s Castle. Almost the entire cast was there, including stars Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic. We got some details on the future of the show, as well as backstage antics and the new Twitter campaign starting now. Read More
Music Video: “Love The Way You Lie” With Hobbits August 18, 2010Enimem’s hit single “Love The Way You Lie” features Battleship star Rihanna and has a popular yet controversal music video that is sweeping the web. The video stars Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan as a couple in a tumultuous relationship. Film Drunk happened to notice a similarity to Monaghan’s relationship… Read More
Watch a 25 Minute Fan-Made Super Preview of “The Amazing Spider-Man” June 24, 2012June 26, 2012With the bombardment of trailers and clips these days, it feels like the movie studios are showing the entire film before it even opens in theaters. To test that theory, The Sleepy Skunk pieced together all the publicly released footage of The Amazing Spider-Man to see if he could make… Read More