chrisbrogan.com» movies http://www.chrisbrogan.com Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who Does Ray Need to Reach http://www.chrisbrogan.com/who-does-ray-need-to-reach/ http://www.chrisbrogan.com/who-does-ray-need-to-reach/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:26 +0000 ceb http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=4351 michael and stacie What if you’re Ray Schlogel, and you’ve spent your last dollar producing an independent movie, For Love & Stacie, but it’s just not hitting? Ray’s got a twitter account, and a facebook account, and he’s all over the social web, but nothing happened. He’s sure tried.

The movie is a documentary-style film about Mike, a filmmaker, who is dumped by Stacie, his actress girlfriend. Instead of sending flowers or chocolates or the like, Mike decides to shoot a film for her. Along the way, Mike makes some discoveries of his own, and we come away with some interesting thoughts, too. You can watch it all here.

So, here’s my question for you: YOU can watch this flick. He put it online: For Love & Stacie. WHO should watch this flick? Who do you know that would check it out and want to move Ray to the next level?

Could YOU help Ray? Could you pass this on to someone? See how this could be an interesting project?

What do you think?

For Love & Stacie

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There was only 1 Matrix movie. There are no vampires and no strange singularities. There is no spoon. There was only one Matrix movie.

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There were only 3 Indiana Jones movies. I’d have argued two, but, ‘We named the DOG Indiana!” makes it.

There were only 2 Batman movies. (Bale. Sorry, Michael, Val, and George). **Amended 2: Okay, Batman 1 was good, but for Nicholson’s sake.**

###Amended 2###

There can be only 1 Highlander movie (Mario Van Peebles? Please)

There would have been only two Blade movies, but Ryan Reynolds, man. You have to!

There was only one Jaws.

There were two Alien movies.

There were potentially two Terminator movies.

Controversies

Star Trek? What’s your take. It *USED* to be only the even numbered ones. But now?

Hmm… James Bond? Hard to say. I think that would come down to fisticuffs.

As you were.

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Possible Movie Promotional Extensions With Social Media

  • YouTube video conversation: Why I Love Batman (or Iron Man).
  • Podcast: behind the scenes on the set of Iron Man (these seem to be getting more popular)
  • Blogger Outreach: give 5 top comics/entertainment bloggers early access for interviews, photos, etc.
  • Flickr campaign: Marvel did this with Hulk.
  • uStream chat with _____ : Wouldn’t it be cool to hang with Christian Bale for a bit?
  • Affiliate sales program: what if they gave bloggers a little button that offered movie goers a dollar off for an early ticket purchase, and gave bloggers a dollar for each sold?
  • Wiki “barn building” campaign: ask fans to find every scrap of interesting web presence for Iron Man or Batman (great for lawyers to use later for copyright infringement – ouch).

Would It Work?

I’m not so sure. Think about it. Movies are SUCH a mass medium. It’s all about bulk, and though social media tools are inexpensive and pervasive, wrangling millions of people isn’t exactly their strong suit (anybody remember Snakes on a Plane?).

But maybe it dosn’t have to work to be worth doing. As a lifetime superhero fan, I’d have really enjoyed any of those above efforts, and probably would’ve nerded out with lots of people on them. It would’ve raised my sentiment for the movies. I’m sure it would have left me with a resonating experience, and others like me.

So you tell me: should a blockbuster movie do something like that for the reason that it would improve sentiment and spread good will? Or would that even matter in the long run? Let’s be real for a moment: businesses do exist to make money, not to make me happy. But I’m not sure. What’s your take?

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