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6 Responses to “SETH MACFARLANE’S NEW WEB SERIES: HUGE SELL OUT OR AWESOME HIT?”
This is fantastic for short form animated Web series. We believe we have the world’s first daily animated series on the internet called “Traveling Gringos”. Our shorts are around 30 seconds each and come out Monday-Friday. We have been releasing daily episodes since February of 2008.
[...] I happened across a piece of commentary from the blog Meaningful Distraction, which sums up concerns already emerging from various corners of the blogosphere: The installments have been described as “animated versions of the one-frame cartoons you might see in The New Yorker, only edgier,” which sounds questionable at best […] McFarlane is a genius, as displayed by Family Guy, but with the clip playing in an ad box and the subtle advertising within it, hasn’t it already failed with it’s target of young men who are highly aware and averse to having products shoved down their Gen-X throats? (link) [...]
[...] example, the last 7 days saw some choice stuff on Evangelicals, Catfights, Patriotism, Family Guy, Jason Schwartzman, Cocaine, Abortion, Beck, 90210, Rudy Giuliani, Swamp Ass, Hallucinogens, [...]
This is really exciting for indie filmmakers because this is going to create new ways for us to monetize our work.
When the big guys team up, things get noticed. These are exactly what people who are self distributing our films need because this will only create more markets for us.
July 1, 2008 at 1:12 pm |
http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/06/30/is-seth-macfarlanes-new-online-show-a-rip-off/
July 1, 2008 at 6:02 pm |
This is fantastic for short form animated Web series. We believe we have the world’s first daily animated series on the internet called “Traveling Gringos”. Our shorts are around 30 seconds each and come out Monday-Friday. We have been releasing daily episodes since February of 2008.
July 2, 2008 at 8:37 am |
[...] I happened across a piece of commentary from the blog Meaningful Distraction, which sums up concerns already emerging from various corners of the blogosphere: The installments have been described as “animated versions of the one-frame cartoons you might see in The New Yorker, only edgier,” which sounds questionable at best […] McFarlane is a genius, as displayed by Family Guy, but with the clip playing in an ad box and the subtle advertising within it, hasn’t it already failed with it’s target of young men who are highly aware and averse to having products shoved down their Gen-X throats? (link) [...]
July 5, 2008 at 2:08 pm |
[...] example, the last 7 days saw some choice stuff on Evangelicals, Catfights, Patriotism, Family Guy, Jason Schwartzman, Cocaine, Abortion, Beck, 90210, Rudy Giuliani, Swamp Ass, Hallucinogens, [...]
August 18, 2008 at 12:55 pm |
This is really exciting for indie filmmakers because this is going to create new ways for us to monetize our work.
When the big guys team up, things get noticed. These are exactly what people who are self distributing our films need because this will only create more markets for us.
Adam
http://www.blindlylefilms.com/slowdown
http://slowdownandfast.blogspot.com
August 27, 2008 at 12:00 am |
Adam you are so obviously viral marketing it’s not even funny.