We are pleased to announce another entrant to our competition!
Well done Ben!
Here is a link to the entry which is on our Facebook Page.
Early Bird
Maybe we jumped off the mark too quickly. Social Networking does take up a lot of time and when you don’t have time or anything much to say about your project because you are just having meetings with people and are waiting for responses. I’ve found about 5 hours a week that I could put into other aspects of the project is being used for social networking. We are going to make a decision this weekend because maybe just maybe we are wasting time. Not just our time but the time of the people that we are trying to connect to. When We decided to share our journey a while back perhaps we were just too excited. Maybe we should leave it until we have a solid commitment and just stick with showing you preproduction stuff then production etc… When there is nothing to say why say it at all. Sometimes silence is better than thousands of words. Action is definitely better. What do you think?
Calling all Furries!!
OK Furry Fandom
Now that you know that there is going to be a Spellsinger film, we want you to know about our competition.
We want your support!!!
Could you use a spare $100?
All we want you to do is tell us why you like Spellsinger. It can be a single word, a sentence whatever you are comfortable with. It can be a voice recording , a video recording, using your phone, your webcam, whatever you want to use to get your message across . It could be you in your furry costume with a placard as a jpeg.
Pretty easy huh?
The winner with the most creative , daring, unusual or unique entry will win the grand prize of $100. We know it’s not much but that’s all we have at the moment. I’m sure we can throw in some cool stuff as well. You tell us what you want and if we can do it we will . We are meeting with Alan in April so an autographed copy of Spell singer might be a possibility. Or a T-shirt with one of our drawn by our artist Chris Wahl. These could make great runner up prizes.
All of the entries will get used to create awareness with the Fandom and fans of Spellsinger, so everything you give us is valued and won’t just sit in a drawer!
SEND ALL ENTRIES TO info@vinceroproductions.com
We look forward to your entries
Go Furries!!!!
Why the Furry Fandom will love Spellsinger!
Alan Dean Foster told the world about Spellsinger being adapted into a movie at at Rainfurrest 2011, which had 1420 Attendees.
I had no idea what a Furry was.
Wikifur suggests that Furries “particularly enjoy media that includes fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics.”
Then I realized that as a fan of Spellsinger, Blacksad, Chewbacca, the Muppets and those cute little Ewoks I was a furry fan. I just had no idea that there were lots of groups of people around the world that felt the same way.
When I discovered that there are legions of people out there that are fans of anthromorphic characters I was stoked beyond belief.
Here is a niche fan base for Spellsinger. There are only three main human characters in SPELLSINGER and THE HOUR AT THE GATE. The majority of the characters are Anthromorphic!
A whole world of them.
And what a cool world it is. There are such a variety of Anthromorphic Animals from gibbons to otters to raccoons, beavers, Koalas, she wolves, ocelots, rats, possums, rabbits, bats turtles and I have not even got to the dragon yet!
With each book come more characters, a tiger warrioress, A rune casting Koala, A demonic Kangaroo and a wily cuscus!
Best of all, the characters all have unique personalities. They are interesting to read about and have been well researched by an Author who loves animals and their habitats.
That’s why the fandom will love spellsinger!
Our first entrant!
Well we have one entry to win the $100 prize we put up a few weeks ago.
His name is Sam and he has been out there on the blog and the facebook page supporting us from the get go.
A True Fan.
Does anyone else have what it takes to enter out Spellsinger competition?
All you have to do is say why you like Spellsinger. It can be as simple as one word!!!
Send all videos/Webcams/Mobile pics /everything to: spellsingerthemovie@gmail.com
There will be a $100 AU prize for the best video sent to us!!!
Entries close soon!!!!
Connect Part Two
I rarely fail when I put my mind to something.
When I ask for something and I don’t get what I need, I change my approach and keep changing until I get the desired outcome.
We really need the support of our fans to drive this project forward.
We have an opportunity in eight weeks time to show just how popular Spellsinger is to the world, when Alan Dean Foster and I do a presentation at The Gold Coast Film Festival.
Two Weeks ago I posted the following:
“This is a terrific opportunity for us to promote the film to potential fans and investors and it would be amazingly cool to have something from the legions of fans to show their support on the big screen, so we are asking you to send it a video starring yourselves or holding a placard in your furry suit saying what Spellsinger means to you and why . It can be a wav file, done on a mobile, anyway you can!!!
All we need to do is show people your support.
There will be a $100 AU prize for the best video sent to us!!!
Please send your video to spellsingerthemovie@gmail.com”
Despite offering a prize there has not been a response. Not a cracker. Not one of the 500+ people out there following the FB Page and the Twitter account and the blog took action. Not a solitary fun loving furry in sight!
I have to ask myself: Why?
We must have done something completely wrong to not get one single response.
So we are going to ask you guys what you want?
How would you like us to connect with you and with others?
All replies and comments are gratefully appreciated.
On a lighter note maybe we should hire this guy…
The Muppets: A Case Study
Variants of the Muppets have been on Television since 1955 when Jim Henson created Sam and Friends.
The Muppets moved into guest stars on The Jimmy Dean Show, Saturday Night Live and The Johnny Carson Show, before Jim Henson got Lord Lew Grade to commit to THE MUPPET SHOW.
From 1976-1981, the Muppets ruled television and have been a part of my life since childhood.
Then came the movies. The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, Muppets take Manhattan. The world knew who the Muppets were.
Kids loved the Muppets.
Henson moved on. He had other worlds to make and other achievements to pursue.
Other than The Muppets celebration of 30 years (1986) The Muppet Family Christmas (1987) and The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) , a few video shorts and the Cartoon Muppet Babies (1984-1991).
That was all the world had to remember the franchise other than lots of repeats and videos.
After Jim Henson passed away, there was a revival of the franchise
A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Muppet Break Out (1993)
Muppet Classic Theatre (1994)
It’s not easy being green (1994)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Muppets Tonight (1997-1998)
Muppets from Space (1999)
The Muppets were bought for $680m in 2000 by the German media company EM.TV
EM TV sold them back to Henson’s family for $89m in 2003.
These were produced during this time.
Kermit’s Swamp Years (2002)
It’s a very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
The Walt Disney Company bought The Muppets in 2004. Under Disney there has been:
The Muppets Wizard of Oz (2005)
Statler and Waldorf from the Balcony (2005)
A Muppets Christmas letters to Santa 2008
After four long years, The Muppets came back in a movie simply titled “The Muppets”.
At first I was a little skeptical. The storyline sounded a lot like “It’s a very Merry Muppet Christmas movie”, which I must say was terrible. It was worse than terrible it was without soul. It was a nasty little movie
But nevertheless I was curious. This time there have been viral campaigns being muppet videos like Bohemian rhapsody since 2009, which have been crazy and designed to create awareness to the adult audience, a reminder that the Muppets had not left the building and to attract the same crowd that they did on Sam and Friends all those years ago.
Here is a link to a very good article with some of the videos
http://socialtimes.com/how-the-muppets-made-a-comeback-on-youtube_b17820
When we went to the cinema yesterday, I saw giant muppets in vending machines and muppet movie deals with drink holders and Kermit keychain clips. All sold out. We kept the popcorn holder…
As the lights went down we saw that there were lots of children in the audience and secretly hoped that a new generation would be interested in the muppets.
The movie was perfect. It was very cleverly designed.
The Muppets are a faded old brand. They knew it and pointed this out a lot in the film visually (Dilapidated theatre, characters separated for years, dissention, and a chart from a TV network showing how off the chart they were in terms of relevance/pop culture)
However what separates this old brand from others is their message. The Muppets brand message is strong. Family, Hope, Togetherness, Friendship.
Then finally the Muppets were being Muppets and their unique craziness and violence reigned supreme from the Swedish Chef to Gonzo and Marvin and the Muppetones. There were many scenes paying homage to The Muppet Movie including Rainbow Connection and even Sweetums at the same used car lot!
There were lots of songs including a flock of Chickens singing Forget You (Cee Lo)
There was also star alignment from Whoopi Goldberg (A stalwart supporter) to Jack Black, Selena Gomez, Emily Blunt, Neil Patrick Harris , Judd Hirsch, David Grohl, and Rico Rodriguez.
Having Stars on the Muppets and brand association is a part of their original success
Kids loved it.
This movie was a lot stronger than anything the Muppets have done since Muppets from Space. It has brought the brand back into the public eye.
The reason that I have taken the time to write this is that we are facing a similar challenge with Spellsinger. And the Muppet case study gave us quite a valuable insight into rebranding and reconnecting with our audience.
News Part 1
Apologies for not blogging anything last week.
We have been planning, having meetings and also results.
The first piece of good news is that we have managed to bring ALAN DEAN FOSTER to Australia to talk about SPELLSINGER with us an an audience at the Gold Coast film Festival! He shall also be appearing at Supernova which is on at the same time.
This is a terrific opportunity for us to promote the film to potential fans and investors and it would be amazingly cool to have something from the legions of fans to show their support on the big screen, so we are asking you to send it a video starring yourselves or holding a placard in your furry suit saying what Spellsinger means to you and why . It can be a wav file, done on a mobile, anyway you can!!!
All we need to do is show people your support.
There will be a $100 AU prize for the best video sent to us!!!
Please send your video to spellsingerthemovie@gmail.com
May the fries be with you…
Dear Fans
I’d like to bring the following article to your attention.
“According to French newspaper L’Express, burger chain Quick will promote the 3D release of “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” by way of a commemoration fit for Jabba the Hutt: with character-themed, double-decker burgers.
The ad campaign, wielding the slogan “choisis ton côté de la Force” (choose your side of the force), will begin on January 31 and end on March 5.
Much like the Galactic Senate itself, Quick seeks to broker peaceful compromise by offering three galactic-themed sandwiches for Chewies everywhere: the Dark Burger, the Jedi Burger and the Dark Vador Burger (whose spelling was seemingly lost in translation).
For those drawn to the “quicker, easier, more seductive” lure of the Dark Side, the Dark Vador [sic] Burger sports a fittingly black-hued bun.
If the Jedi burger is your chosen one, the bun unfortunately lacks a Yoda-esque green dye job. And for those feeling more Sith-like, there’s the Dark Burger fashioned for Darth Maul – because nothing says evil like a sprinkling of poppy seeds.”
Seeing this new agreement between French fast Food company Quick and the Star Wars Franchise for the 3d release of return of the Jedi, I began to think about Fast food and Spellsinger movie. Who will we align with?
How far will we let the food kings take their creativity?
A Double Mudge Burger, Clothahump shake and a side of Pog fries?
That just doesn’t sound right.
A Free plastic cup with every order? (Collect all 12)
I know that it happens all the time and I know that there are food stores that are in the toy making business. I have also read about the misery of the factory workers in the third world that work tirelessly to churn out this stuff.
I know that brand alignment is big business and does help with spreading the success of your film but it is almost like selling your soul and then there is the environmental impact of such decisions.
25 minutes of fame and 24 ovals of plastic rubbish?
It just does not feel right to me.
You might think I’m crazy but this series is more important to me than anything and there are more opportunities out there for the true fans than fast food outlets
If we were going to align with a restaurant chain it would have to meet our branding and not be tacky. It would have to compliment the movie and provide a true experience for the fans to enjoy and remember and be more than plastic cups and gimmick food!
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