I heart the internets

So, apologies, been a bit slack as of recent times. There are A LOT of gigs/parties/other things to do other than write blog posts that have been keeping me busy, however, as always, I love the Internets. Constant source of fun and entertainment.

So, here is a little list of all the things tickling my toes right now:

MOVIES

Ok, there is a host of awesome new movies that are coming up but the 2 that I am uber excited about are:

Alice in Wonderland - yes, it's going to be in 3D. No, I haven't seen Avatar. No, I don't care. I am SO excited about Alice. Check out this featurette with J Depp.

BOY. So, I have to admit, one of the reasons that I am so excited about BOY is because I have been lucky enough to be working on some of the promotion for the film. The beautiful Shayna Quinn and ever talented Rob have produced 2 awesome websites for us. The BOY website going live yesterday in time for BOY's screening at Sundance today and the CRAZYHORSES (Aotearoa's bestest new gang) site back in Dec. The other reason I am excited is because it is going to be an awesome movie!

AMAZING DESIGNERS

As well as Shayna and Rob above, also Hannah Souter who launched her site I think this week. It is great to see so many brilliant designers around at the moment.

AWESOME TV SHOWS THE NZ DOESN'T GET

Party Down - awesome series which commences a second season in April on the Starz network in the US. If you can get your hands on this, I'd totally recommend it!

Nevermind the Buzzcocks - I have talked to both TVNZ and Mediaworks programmers about this and finally someone told me that the reason they can't buy it for NZ is because of the music licensing, which sucks.

They just finished season season 23 and here is part one, part two and part three of the highlights of season 23. Pretty freaking awesome!!

Anyway, although Ladyhawke turned down the opportunity to be a contestant (I can understand why) one of her songs was used in the intros round. Totes famous.

FAIL BLOG

Just doesn't get any better than fail blog.

Hook Placement Fail.

That's it, for right now.

Have an ace loooooong weekend Wellingtonians!

Remember my name

I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly, high!

Total cross blog post, but too bad. This lives between 2 of my favourite worlds, advertising and street art.

So I am a bit of a sucker for the first version of this film, so I am interested to see what the remake is like. What I think they have done very well while promoting this film is their mix of mediums used to push the film. They're doing some pretty serious promotion both in cinema, Readings Courtenay Central is overtaken with promo material, and considering the movies on at the moment (Dance Flick, I love you Beth Cooper, The Ugly Truth) the are talking directly to their audience right there. As well as cinema they are also doing some nice work in the outdoor space. They have used ambient media, and it has been done very nicely. I walked past this street stencil the other night:

and right up the road was the AdShel:Really nice complementary mediums, and great placement too, right outside Massey University.

For movie promoters this must be second hand, but as we move into this kind of promotion I am noticing it more and more, and am more and more intrigued.