Warner Bros. Pulls Off “Rock of Ages” Flash Mob At Fan Screening Dan Koelsch, June 9, 2012June 9, 2012 We’ve seen a trend lately of studios pulling off surprise promotional stunts during fan screenings of films. The goal is twofold: spread word of mouth through the audience members and hope that the video of the event goes viral. Warner Bros. recently did such a stunt in Toronto for their upcoming musical Rock of Ages. See what happened after the break. Rock of Ages opens in theaters on June 15th. Viral Marketing Viral Videos Rock of Ages
ABC’s Castle Incorporates ARG Into Season Finale May 23, 2010May 24, 2010While everyone’s attention is seemingly focused on the upcoming series finale of LOST, another ABC show keenly incorporated an alternate reality game into the plot of their season finale. Over at her Giant Mice blog, ARG pro Brooke Thompson pointed out that the recent season two finale of ABC’s Castle… Read More
“Gone Girl” Viral Marketing Campaign Has Evidence Of A New Trailer July 5, 2014July 6, 2014David Fincher has embraced the way films films are virally markerted, and as such each and every one of his films are promoted in unique and ingenious ways. The Social Network‘s marketing resembled Facebook’s website, while The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo had a razor sharp dark tone. Now the… Read More
Which Super Bowl Trailers Got the Most Buzz? February 7, 2011With a bevy of 30 second trailers debuting last night during the Super Bowl (all of which you can watch here), the question remains of which ones had the most impact. Our friends at HeyUGuys found an infographic from Way to Blue that calculates which TV spots generated the most… Read More
Warner Bros. recently did such a stunt in Toronto for their upcoming musical Rock of Ages. See what happened after the break.