Indie Director Makes “TwitFlicks” To Fund Movie Dan Koelsch, October 27, 2011 What do you do if your Kickstarter-like campaign to fund your independent short film isn’t working? If you’re Dutch director Eddy Terstall, you take requests for mini-movies on Twitter for a fee, calling them “Twitflicks”. By doing just that, Terstall raised about €120,000, way more than the €20,000 he was looking for, so he is actually turning the project, titled Deal, into a feature-length film. Watch Terstall’s video about how he did it after the break.That’s a pretty inventive way to get your funding. How have you seen social networks used to fund a project? Let us know in the comments below.Source: Mashable Social Networks Viral Marketing DealEddy TerstallTwitter
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LOST: Book Oceanic Flights and Are There Too Many Questions To Answer? January 28, 2010January 28, 2010ABC’S LOST will be airing its 6th and final season this Tuesday and in the light of that, the show is on a massive advertisement campaign. Being no stranger to viral campaigns , LOST even won an Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media. The show has had websites like damoncarltonandapolarbear.com and… Read More