Category Archives: Observations and Provocations

Things worth saying about movie trailers.

OBLIVION Trailers, Teaser, Spots and Featurettes: Saving a Mediocre Movie from Oblivion

It’s getting harder to assess the effect of movie marketing, given the multiple, intersecting components of any campaign. Take for example, Oblivion, a B.O. bomb in the US with $77M in domestic ticket sales, but with $224M worldwide, with nearly … Continue reading

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BOOK TRAILERS: Selling Words with Images Part I of ?

I’ve blogged before in this space about book trailers as an extension of the “preview of coming attraction” phenomenon into the world of publishing. Book trailers, as I’m frequently asked, are pretty much like what you’d think they’d be: audio-visual … Continue reading

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SNITCH TRAILER: Engagement, empowerment and activism by socially networked audiences.

Attending Transmedia 4: Spreading Change last Friday at UCLA, I listened as Alden Stoner, VP of Social Action Film Campaigns at Participant Media described the efforts her politically progressive production company undertook to support this 2013 Dwayne Johnson thriller, in … Continue reading

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