“The Amazing Spider-Man” Viral Begins Twitter Scavenger Hunts Caleb Hamilton, February 10, 2012March 21, 2012 When the theatrical trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man earlier this week, a hidden message was spotted toward the end. When plugged into a web address, a site was discovered with six video screens filled with static and the new film’s logo. Nobody had any clue what this was for…until tonight. What is the “Mark of the Spider-Man”? Find out after the jump.This afternoon, a twitter account was created for the Mark of the Spider-Man. Soon after, it tweeted a message that included coordinates.Since then, four more tweets have gone out, each with two locations in one state. So far, Peter has lost items in New York City, Atlanta, two locations in Colorado (Denver and Glendale), Phoenix and Seattle.A Twitter user in Atlanta found some of the lost items. Below you can see that there was a backpack filled with shoes, a sketchbook and other various items (Follow @dag_kurt for more pictures)Be sure to follow the official Mark of the Spider-Man twitter account for more clues. ARGs & Campaigns Social Networks Viral Marketing Columbia PicturesMark of the Spider-ManSony PicturesThe Amazing Spider-ManTwitter
Social Media Monthly: July 2012 June 28, 2012June 28, 2012Welcome to our only monthly feature here on MovieViral. A day or two ahead of time, we’ll list the various social media accounts (specifically Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for now) for all the major theatrical releases each month. We hope that this allows you to follow your favorite films more… Read More
Chart: TV University Faculty Roster June 4, 2010June 4, 2010Reddit has a great photo that shows a flow chart of an ideal University’s faculty if it was made up of TV characters/personalities. There are a few movie characters sprinkled in as well, but no one is perfect. The choices are rather ingenious, such as Forrest Gump teaching Track &… Read More
NBC’s Hero Behind The Cape Contest January 7, 2011January 9, 2011NBC has been one of the television networks at the forefront of interactive marketing and social media. Thus, it should come to no surprise that their contest for the upcoming superhero show The Cape utilizes both Foursquare and Twitter, along with some outdoor viral. Get the details on how you… Read More
Check out what I found!In the newspaper of the 3° pic, there is something odd with the text in the black square. If you try to read it (there is a better photo in http://twitter.com/dag_kurt/status/168122132021256193/photo/1 ), you’ll see that the first characters spell “slashprepare”.So, obviously the clue takes you to http://markofthespider-man.com/prepare. The page shows a list of steps you have to somehow follow in markofthespider-man.com (counting from left to right and from up to down, the steps are 1-6-4-2-5-3-2-4-5-3-2-1-6-3-6-2-1-4-2-5).And then, when you click the TV-like squares in the homepage, it shows you whatever the hell is in my pic. Every square is an american city (Atlanta, Denver, LA, NYC, Phoenix & Seattle) with a different countdown pointing into February 13… whatever it means.I have no clue about what comes next, but it’s still something, ain’t it? 😉