With advertising moving more and more online and digital, it's no surprise that Motion Posters are starting to crop up. I'm actually surprised I haven't seen more! They're much more engaging than pop ups and definitely no where near as annoying. Here are a few neat motion posters:
I can't find the embed code for this one, so click here to check out the Terminator Salvation Motion Poster.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Things People Like
One of the funniest sites is Stuff White People Like. Here's an example of one of the many things White People Like:
#11 Asian Girls
"95% of white males have at one point in their lives, experienced yellow fever. Many factors have contributed to this phenomenon such as guilt from head taxes, internment camps, dropping the Nuclear bomb and the Viet Nam War . This exchange works both ways as asian girls have a tendency to go for white guys. (White girls never go for asian guys. Bruce Lee and Paul Kariya’s dad are the only recorded instances in modern history)..."
Well, today I found another similar site that is pretty funny. Things Marketing People Like!
It's a smaller niche than White People, but I think it can still be appreciated by anyone. It's also predominantly picture/video based, so it's a much faster read than SWPL. Here's an example of a funny posting:
Instant messaging each other when they sit right next to each other:
UPDATE: Haha, just found this via Mediabistro:
Stuff Unemployed People Like
How appropriate in today's economic climate!
#118 Finally Finding the Remote:
"The TV is a magical device, but without the remote control there’d be no way to change the channels from their entirely-too-familiar couch crevices. So when it comes time to switch between the crappy daytime television shows that the unemployed have scheduled to watch every day, being unable to find a remote leaves the unemployed feeling utterly helpless..."
I think the commenter says it best "sanity can be hard when you're jobless", so get some help by knowing your not alone and getting ideas on what other unemployed people like!
#11 Asian Girls
"95% of white males have at one point in their lives, experienced yellow fever. Many factors have contributed to this phenomenon such as guilt from head taxes, internment camps, dropping the Nuclear bomb and the Viet Nam War . This exchange works both ways as asian girls have a tendency to go for white guys. (White girls never go for asian guys. Bruce Lee and Paul Kariya’s dad are the only recorded instances in modern history)..."
Well, today I found another similar site that is pretty funny. Things Marketing People Like!
It's a smaller niche than White People, but I think it can still be appreciated by anyone. It's also predominantly picture/video based, so it's a much faster read than SWPL. Here's an example of a funny posting:
Instant messaging each other when they sit right next to each other:
UPDATE: Haha, just found this via Mediabistro:
Stuff Unemployed People Like
How appropriate in today's economic climate!
#118 Finally Finding the Remote:
"The TV is a magical device, but without the remote control there’d be no way to change the channels from their entirely-too-familiar couch crevices. So when it comes time to switch between the crappy daytime television shows that the unemployed have scheduled to watch every day, being unable to find a remote leaves the unemployed feeling utterly helpless..."
I think the commenter says it best "sanity can be hard when you're jobless", so get some help by knowing your not alone and getting ideas on what other unemployed people like!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Harry Potter IS King!
(I'll be updating this post as the figures come in)
Midnight figures just came in and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince made $22.2 million dollars in one night! It beat out The Dark Night's old record by roughly $4 million! If the film can keep up this pace through the weekend, I have no doubt it'll beat out Transformers 2 and The Dark Knight to become the king of the domestic box office.
Photo and figures from E! Online
UPDATE: 2:45pm
Nielson just released a handy chart to compare all the HP and Twilight media! Check it out here!
UPDATE: 7/16 10:30am
Looks like HP juuuust missed breaking Transformers 2 opening-day record. Ticket sales slowed in the evening, in comparison to the midnight screenings. Seems like many HP fans that waited the 6 months since Warner Bros pushed back the release from November to July didn't want to wait any longer than they had to. This puts weekend estimates at just under $200 million. I'm still hoping for a turnaround once the weekend hits, but it seems unlikely. At least Harry Potter should have better legs than Transformers 2, since fans will likely see the film again, or wait to see it, in IMAX or IMAX 3D.
Harry Potter made $58.38 million dollars yesterday. For more info, check out this LATimes blog post.
Update: 7/17 11:30pm
Thursday: HP6 made another $22 million on Thursday. This brings its 2-day total to $80 million! While it could be better, that is still pretty damn good. My new estimation - $180 million through Sunday. I'd prefer my first estimation to be true, but it doesn't look like this film has the momentum the hype and midnight showings suggested.
Update: 7/19 10pm
Weekend: Overall 5 day total for Harry Potter 6 made just over $159 million! While that in itself is considered a huge success, it definitely did not live up to the expected weekend gross after the huge buzz and record-breaking midnight take. When it broke The Dark Knight record, it showed all the promise of breaking the Transformers 2 5 day take. But, it turned out that it was just the hardcore fans who couldn't wait any longer after than they already had from the 8 month WB delay.
It's an impressive haul, and in line with Order of the Phoenix. It seems like it hasn't gained many new fans since the last movie, but when you have such broad international appeal, it's hard to get any bigger. To bring this back to a previous topic, it'll be interesting to see Twilight's opening in November. I'm sure it's going to be bigger than first one, since more people have read the books because of the success of the first movie. Now it will have all the rabid fan girls who see the movie 5 times in one weekend, as well as the new fans.
UPDATE: 7/20 5:25pm
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince conjured a record-breaking $396.7 million in global box office over its five-day opening weekend, according to a Reuters report. That figure -- including $159.7 million in the U.S. and a whopping $237 million in international gross across 84 markets -- tops Spider-Man 3's worldwide opening record of $381.7 million, set in 2007." (via Entertainment Weekly)
HP is truly a global phenomenon! This is where it leaves Twilight in the dust. :)
UPDATE: 7/20 5:25pm
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince conjured a record-breaking $396.7 million in global box office over its five-day opening weekend, according to a Reuters report. That figure -- including $159.7 million in the U.S. and a whopping $237 million in international gross across 84 markets -- tops Spider-Man 3's worldwide opening record of $381.7 million, set in 2007." (via Entertainment Weekly)
HP is truly a global phenomenon! This is where it leaves Twilight in the dust. :)
Friday, July 17, 2009
Clips of the Week
I'm thinking this will be a new thing for every friday: I'll post a few clips from things I found interesting that didn't really fit into any of my other blog posts.
1. Watcha Say Remix by Jason Derulo
This is KT's song of the moment, and I have to admit it's pretty damn catchy.
I love the song that it samples (Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek), and this adds
the more radio friendly, catchy hip hop hook.
I love the song that it samples (Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek), and this adds
the more radio friendly, catchy hip hop hook.
2. Harry Potterthon
I'm a huge Harry Potter fan (as if you couldn't tell) and this video is
hilarious!
hilarious!
3. My favorite dance from this week's So You Think You Can Dance
Jeanine blew everyone away. Now that she has a partner that
can keep up with her technically and doesn't overshadow
her personality, she's a force to be reckoned with.
can keep up with her technically and doesn't overshadow
her personality, she's a force to be reckoned with.
Those are my favorite random clips from this week. Anything I missed that you guys
want to share?
want to share?
Online shopping is about to get so much better!
So, I don't know about you, but I hate shopping for clothes online. It's super convenient, you get the best deals, you get more options, but I just don't like to buy clothes without trying them out. I recently bought some very cute clothes online from Forever 21, but have to return some of it because I'm one size in shirts, but apparently a different size in jackets. It's annoying and troublesome to have to return something because it doesn't fit right, where if I had bought it at the store, I would have known immediately that it wouldn't fit.
Well, the solution for this all-too-common problem is just around the corner thanks to technology! This company Zugara has developed software so you can virtually try on clothes using a webcam. Here's the demo video if you want to check it out:
[via Digitally Approved]
Well, the solution for this all-too-common problem is just around the corner thanks to technology! This company Zugara has developed software so you can virtually try on clothes using a webcam. Here's the demo video if you want to check it out:
[via Digitally Approved]
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