May 9th, 2008 at 5:30 am
It seems Motorola has a better understanding of how to set up a contest than Microsoft and Trigger Street Productions. In the UK, Motorola is giving people a chance to win £10,000 for a movie of just 90 seconds! That’s 111 quid per second, not bad ay?
Well, that’s actually not the whole truth. After creating the 90 second movie, 20 filmmakers will be picked and sent a Motorola Z10. With this new phone they’ll have to shoot another movie and that one will be judged by a ‘professional’ jury for the £10,000 prize. All to promote the video capabilities of the new Z10. So there you are Motorola, some extra attention for your precious little mobile.
Check the link below for the full details.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
In a (desperate?) attempt to create some buzz for their Vista Ultimate operating system, Microsoft is holding a ‘Ultimate Video Relay’ contest on ultimatevideorelay.com. It challenges amateur filmmakers to create the second act of their movie about a black box, which director Kyle Newman started.
All fine by me, if you can win some ‘ultimate’ prices. But for just a laptop, camera or software package, you won’t get me all hot to start making movies. Yes, it might be an expensive laptop, but just a laptop nonetheless.
Continue reading Microsoft supporting filmmakers and Vista
April 29th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Trigger Street Productions, the company owned by Kevin Spacey, is getting ready to do two new projects. Together with 2929 Productions they will produce two new movies with the team behind ‘21.’ The $35 million ‘21′ has been a moderate success, with $75 million in the US and over $100 million worldwide.
The pictures will be based on two books by Ben Mezrich, a both fiction and nonfiction writer. The first one, ‘Ugly Americans,’ is about the nonfictional story of a business man who takes an investment job in Hong Kong. His boss turns out to be in the mafia and soon he will find himself getting into the same situation.
The second, ‘Q,’ is based on the currently unpublished book about an epidemic breakout. The book will be out this fall and focuses on the quarantine laws.
