“Under The Skin” Viral Site Asks A Touchy Question Kevin C, March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 While we look forward Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, her smaller horror project is about to be unleashed the very same day as Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Under The Skin looks to be a weird, creepy and wild ride. Recently, the studio released a new viral site related to the project. Hit the Jump to find out more.Once you hit touched-some1.com a simple question is presented, “When was the last time you touched someone?”. When you add an answer and submit, the site shows your answer with a long scrollable list of answers others have provided. All of this happens with a backdrop what appears to be someone’s back. It’s a simple and interesting way to get across the idea of skin on skin.Those astute readers will also see a link in the bottom-right corner to another site. 1-of-many.com shows a small ant crawling around while the words “You a re 1 one of ####”, presumably, the number is the count of readers hitting this ant covered site. The ant appears to crawl in all sorts of random different ways, but does not respond to interaction. I think it’s a great way of playing up possible alien themes of Under The Skin.Under The Skin is due April 4th, 2014 and stars Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, and Antonia Campbell-Hughes. Viral Marketing and Antonia Campbell-HughesPaul BranniganScarlett Johansson
They’re Here: NASA Knows Something September 29, 2010The official They’re Here Twitter points to a YouTube video of someone typing “YOUARENOTALONE@NASA.GOV” into the They’re Here website. The tags for the video include “ufo”, “sci fi movie”, “aliens”, and “flying saucer”. What does NASA know? Maybe we’ll find out on 10/10/10 or sooner. Until then, watch the video… Read More
Movie Tech Made Real: Back to the Future Hoverboard and Minority Report User Interface June 3, 2010June 3, 2010Movies have the power to inspire in many ways. In fact, people will often find ways to make something that exists only in a movie. Recently, there have been two examples of life imitating art, with one practical application and one artistic. First, the technology from the futuristic Minority Report… Read More
What IF: Se7en September 26, 2009January 23, 2010It’s 1995, and all that anyone is talking about is Se7en. This film, like so many before and after it stunned the audience with its twist ending. People still talk about it to this day and after the question recently put to me by Nick about cult classics during our… Read More