5 out of 11! Well, this was an amazingly weak turnout. Kurt Cobain would be impressed with the apathy. Thanks to those of you who finished your recut. Great job and very creative. Again, thanks Holly for being the one person who managed to finish by the original deadline.
For those of you still trying to track down that copy of "Rocky" or determine just how to turn "Do The Right Thing" into a musical I wish you the best.
Enjoy!
Nightmare on Elm Street -- Holly Sechrist
Mrs. Doubtfire -- Chris Kline
Fight Club -- Sarah Kotzman
Finding Nemo -- Julie Sanderson
Clueless -- Chris Stabile
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Git 'er done!
It's getting down the wire kids and although most of you would like another extension, it ain't going to happen. Four days left until you unveil your masterpiece for all the world to see, all eleven of us.
When you finish just upload it to youtube and send me the link. I'll put all the videos together on the blog page.
Have fun editing. And if you don't finish -- you are dead to me!
When you finish just upload it to youtube and send me the link. I'll put all the videos together on the blog page.
Have fun editing. And if you don't finish -- you are dead to me!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
We have some new entrants and an additional rule. Here is a revised list...
EILEEN “Rocky”
HOLLY “Nightmare on Elm Street”
PAT “Apocalypse Now”
RICK “Do The Right Thing”
KLINE “Mrs. Doubtfire”
SARAH “Fight Club”
STABILE “Clueless”
JULIE “Finding Nemo"
LEVY “Reservoir Dogs”
TAI "The Godfather"
KOSTER "The Princess Bride"
* NEW RULE *
The original title must be used. You can add to it, just make sure it's in there.
(i.e. "The Godfather: A Heartwarming Tale of Brotherly Love")
EILEEN “Rocky”
HOLLY “Nightmare on Elm Street”
PAT “Apocalypse Now”
RICK “Do The Right Thing”
KLINE “Mrs. Doubtfire”
SARAH “Fight Club”
STABILE “Clueless”
JULIE “Finding Nemo"
LEVY “Reservoir Dogs”
TAI "The Godfather"
KOSTER "The Princess Bride"
* NEW RULE *
The original title must be used. You can add to it, just make sure it's in there.
(i.e. "The Godfather: A Heartwarming Tale of Brotherly Love")
Thursday, October 9, 2008
And it begins...
Alright kids, the random drawing just happened and below you'll find your movies. Honestly, it was random, because there's no way f'ing way I would have picked "Clueless".
If we have additional people who are interested we can always add them and assign movies. So, get to work. You have until October 29th to upload your video and send me a link. If you have questions or concerns, post them to this blog so everyone can see the answers.
The list:
EILEEN “Rocky”
HOLLY “Nightmare on Elm Street”
PAT “Apocalypse Now”
RICK “Do The Right Thing”
KLINE “Mrs. Doubtfire”
SARAH “Fight Club”
STABILE “Clueless”
JULIE “Finding Nemo"
LEVY “Reservoir Dogs”
Monday, October 6, 2008
Let's see, it's been well over a month since I first proposed this marketing throwdown...and in perfect fashion I think the idea has marinated just enough so that most of you have forgotten completely about it and those that have remembered had hoped I simply gave up on the ridiculous concept. Well think again bitches -- this game is on -- like Voltron!
Promowarfare Challenge #1: The Trailer Recut
You're probably familiar with the trailer recut. If not, then crawl out from under that rock and peruse one of the 18,000 videos on youtube. Here are a few stellar examples...
The Shining as a romantic comedy...
West Side Story as a Zombie film...
Or Top Gun as a gay love story...
Think you can do better? I'm guessing the answer is no, but it will still be fun to watch the sad attempts we all come up with. There are a few rules and a deadline (yeah, I know, here comes Mr. Douchebag), but seriously, who's going to enforce them. Not me! Screw the man, power to the people!
Anyways, I'm started to get bored again so here are those rules.
1. You will be randomly assigned a movie from the list below.
2. All footage in your recut must come from the movie itself. You may not shoot any additional scenes or add extraneous footage. However, you may add your own music, announcer voice track and/or graphics.
3. Everyone will have their own movie, no duplicates will be assigned.
4. Keep your videos between 1:00 - 2:30 minutes.
5. Don't be a tool and make your recut look like the original movie. Like I said, there are thousands of these already on youtube so it will be difficult to come up with something unique. At the same time if you straight up copy one that's been done you will be called on it.
6. Deadline to complete your film is October 29th. When you're finished post it to youtube (or email it to me) and I'll embed all the finished products on this blog. Who knows how voting will work or how the winner will be picked. Doesn't really matter since there are no prizes. Though, I'm pretty sure there will be some kind of sweet trophy.
Movie List
Rocky
Sound of Music
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Princess Bride
Superman
Apocalypse Now
Indiana Jones
Do The Right Thing
Back to the Future
Mrs. Doubtfire
Star Wars
Fight Club
The Godfather
Clueless
Finding Nemo
Reservoir Dogs
Psycho
No Country For Old Men
Deliverance
* Please contact me by the end of Wednesday 10/8 if you want to participate. Or you can just completely ignore this I'll assume you're a jackass who has no people skills and you probably shouldn't be my friend anymore.
Promowarfare Challenge #1: The Trailer Recut
You're probably familiar with the trailer recut. If not, then crawl out from under that rock and peruse one of the 18,000 videos on youtube. Here are a few stellar examples...
The Shining as a romantic comedy...
West Side Story as a Zombie film...
Or Top Gun as a gay love story...
Think you can do better? I'm guessing the answer is no, but it will still be fun to watch the sad attempts we all come up with. There are a few rules and a deadline (yeah, I know, here comes Mr. Douchebag), but seriously, who's going to enforce them. Not me! Screw the man, power to the people!
Anyways, I'm started to get bored again so here are those rules.
1. You will be randomly assigned a movie from the list below.
2. All footage in your recut must come from the movie itself. You may not shoot any additional scenes or add extraneous footage. However, you may add your own music, announcer voice track and/or graphics.
3. Everyone will have their own movie, no duplicates will be assigned.
4. Keep your videos between 1:00 - 2:30 minutes.
5. Don't be a tool and make your recut look like the original movie. Like I said, there are thousands of these already on youtube so it will be difficult to come up with something unique. At the same time if you straight up copy one that's been done you will be called on it.
6. Deadline to complete your film is October 29th. When you're finished post it to youtube (or email it to me) and I'll embed all the finished products on this blog. Who knows how voting will work or how the winner will be picked. Doesn't really matter since there are no prizes. Though, I'm pretty sure there will be some kind of sweet trophy.
Movie List
Rocky
Sound of Music
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Princess Bride
Superman
Apocalypse Now
Indiana Jones
Do The Right Thing
Back to the Future
Mrs. Doubtfire
Star Wars
Fight Club
The Godfather
Clueless
Finding Nemo
Reservoir Dogs
Psycho
No Country For Old Men
Deliverance
* Please contact me by the end of Wednesday 10/8 if you want to participate. Or you can just completely ignore this I'll assume you're a jackass who has no people skills and you probably shouldn't be my friend anymore.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Let the FUN begin!
A SILENT KILLER
LURKING IN YOUR HOME
IN YOUR CAR
IN THE FOOD YOU EAT
IN THE FOOD YOUR PET EATS
AT THE STORE
AT WORK
IN YOUR COMPUTER
DESKTOP AND LAPTOP!
AT THE PLAYGROUND
IN THE GROCERY - AISLES 5-12
AND EVEN IN THAT CREEPY WHITE VAN.
IT'S EVERYWHERE...
ALL AT ONCE!
AND IT'S ATTACKING YOUR FAMILY
UNTIL YOU ALL DIE A SLOW, HORRIFYING DEATH!
IN AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT...
FROM YOUR LIVE, LOCAL, LATEBREAKING,
EYEWITNESS NEWS LEADER #1 EXTRAORDINAIRE!
WE HAVE THE ONE -- AND ONLY ONE THING --
THAT COULD SAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FROM CERTAIN DEATH...
AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS
NEXT THURSDAY AT 11 AFTER A GRIPPING EPISODE OF CSI.
Hey Promo Kids! Stuck in a rut? Tired of producing crap like this on a daily basis? Me too. So, let's put our creative genius to good use. Let's take our unnecessarily large vocabulary of adjectives...our endless supply of puns, alliteration and hyperbole...our amazing dexterity with a 5-Colored keyboard...our expertise in coaching an invisible voice 1,500 miles away on the proper inflection of the words "Now" "Exclusive" and "Carl Monday"...our ability to make a $0 budget look like a $10 budget...our knack for withholding life-saving information until the last possible second....and above all...our absurd ability to deliver, on a nightly basis, all the ANTICIPOINTMENT that our viewers so desperately hate us for...
--- and create like we've never created before!
It's a Marketing Throwdown! Here's the basic idea, and it's very basic since I haven't properly thought this through. I'll soon post a challenge, with plenty of direction and rules to abide by, and of course, a strict deadline for completion. At which point, all contestants will post their video entry to this blog where we, as group, will dissect, destroy and humiliate each other endlessly.
I jest though, this will be a fun competition. The reason we should do this is because we've all experienced the "too many cooks in the kitchen, multiple rewrites, produce-by-committee promo process" and this gives us the opportunity to do something completely on our own. Years ago, when going to PROMAX was still in the budget, I got the chance to attend a seminar that had a similar promo challenge. Three different groups were all given the same topic and a few days to produce a spot. To no surprise, each spot was amazing, creative and were very compelling. However, they were all very different from one another. How many times have you said to yourself, "I would taken a totally different approach"? Well, now's your chance.
So in true promo fashion... dripping in anticpointment... there is NO challenge as of right now. This is just an introduction, a feeler to see who's game.
But, get ready! Get that pirated copy of Avid or Final Cut installed... get an assload of Red Bull, or in my case, Gentleman's Jack... and get yourself a new pair of sweatpants....
Cuz we're gonna make some promo magic, yo!
Stay tuned for your first challenge.
Promo Pimp
LURKING IN YOUR HOME
IN YOUR CAR
IN THE FOOD YOU EAT
IN THE FOOD YOUR PET EATS
AT THE STORE
AT WORK
IN YOUR COMPUTER
DESKTOP AND LAPTOP!
AT THE PLAYGROUND
IN THE GROCERY - AISLES 5-12
AND EVEN IN THAT CREEPY WHITE VAN.
IT'S EVERYWHERE...
ALL AT ONCE!
AND IT'S ATTACKING YOUR FAMILY
UNTIL YOU ALL DIE A SLOW, HORRIFYING DEATH!
IN AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT...
FROM YOUR LIVE, LOCAL, LATEBREAKING,
EYEWITNESS NEWS LEADER #1 EXTRAORDINAIRE!
WE HAVE THE ONE -- AND ONLY ONE THING --
THAT COULD SAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FROM CERTAIN DEATH...
AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS
NEXT THURSDAY AT 11 AFTER A GRIPPING EPISODE OF CSI.
Hey Promo Kids! Stuck in a rut? Tired of producing crap like this on a daily basis? Me too. So, let's put our creative genius to good use. Let's take our unnecessarily large vocabulary of adjectives...our endless supply of puns, alliteration and hyperbole...our amazing dexterity with a 5-Colored keyboard...our expertise in coaching an invisible voice 1,500 miles away on the proper inflection of the words "Now" "Exclusive" and "Carl Monday"...our ability to make a $0 budget look like a $10 budget...our knack for withholding life-saving information until the last possible second....and above all...our absurd ability to deliver, on a nightly basis, all the ANTICIPOINTMENT that our viewers so desperately hate us for...
--- and create like we've never created before!
It's a Marketing Throwdown! Here's the basic idea, and it's very basic since I haven't properly thought this through. I'll soon post a challenge, with plenty of direction and rules to abide by, and of course, a strict deadline for completion. At which point, all contestants will post their video entry to this blog where we, as group, will dissect, destroy and humiliate each other endlessly.
I jest though, this will be a fun competition. The reason we should do this is because we've all experienced the "too many cooks in the kitchen, multiple rewrites, produce-by-committee promo process" and this gives us the opportunity to do something completely on our own. Years ago, when going to PROMAX was still in the budget, I got the chance to attend a seminar that had a similar promo challenge. Three different groups were all given the same topic and a few days to produce a spot. To no surprise, each spot was amazing, creative and were very compelling. However, they were all very different from one another. How many times have you said to yourself, "I would taken a totally different approach"? Well, now's your chance.
So in true promo fashion... dripping in anticpointment... there is NO challenge as of right now. This is just an introduction, a feeler to see who's game.
But, get ready! Get that pirated copy of Avid or Final Cut installed... get an assload of Red Bull, or in my case, Gentleman's Jack... and get yourself a new pair of sweatpants....
Cuz we're gonna make some promo magic, yo!
Stay tuned for your first challenge.
Promo Pimp
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