The Abomination Featured in “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Viral Video Dan Koelsch, May 9, 2013May 9, 2013 A video is making the rounds today online, and is apparently be promoting Marvel’s new television show Agents of SHIELD (which is expected to have a full season pick up tomorrow). The 7 second clip seems to show events from a previous Marvel Studios film. Check it out after the break. The new show is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it’s not surprising that the above footage looks to be from the 2008 The Incredible Hulk. Specifically, it looks to show Hulk’s nemesis the Abomination during the climatic fight in Harlem, with the camera analyzing the hulking monster.The big “Rising Tide” watermark is a bit of a mystery, but Disney has bought the relevant (though currently not operational) domains WEARETHERISINGTIDE.COM, WHATISTHERISINGTIDE.COM, and THERISINGTIDEISHERE.NET. It doesn’t look to be a real organization or anything from Marvel comics, but there are rumors that it might be an opposing faction to SHIELD.We’ll keep you updated as we know more, since it looks like Disney might be trying a viral campaign for the new series. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral Videos ABCAgents of SHIELDDisneyMarvel
Fox Home Entertainment uses PSAs to Sell DVDs September 23, 2009September 22, 2009Fox Home Entertainment has a funny internet video campaign going on to promote their line up of DVDs. They seem to be using a “One Movie At A Time” moniker in the creation of fake PSAs that use clips from their DVD collection. A YouTube account was created with the… Read More
Writer Damon Lindelof Talks About “Prometheus” Viral Campaign August 4, 2012August 4, 2012The Wall Street Journal has a really interesting interview with Prometheus writer Damon Lindelof about the film’s viral campaign. The campaign kicked off with the TED conference video and focused on Weyland Corp., the company funding the trip. WSJ’s interview focuses on the various viral videos put out, including ones… Read More
Check Out This ‘TRON: Legacy’ Mash Up Video With Music By The Glitch Mob November 11, 2010November 12, 2010The great thing about viral videos is that they inspire other videos. For instance, Jenka Gurfinkel of Social-Creature.com saw a cool mash up video that mixed hundreds of movies (and thousands of clips) together to make a montage music video for the band The Glitch Mob. So, she brought the… Read More