Archive for December, 2009

  • New Assignment: Turbo Tax

    Posted by Mark Schoneveld on December 31st, 2009. Categories: Assignments | No Comments »

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    It’s the beginning of a new year again, and you know what that means! Once you’ve cleaned up the holiday party and watched the parades, it’s time to start thinking about those 2009 taxes. No fun, right? Well, maybe not! Our friends at Turbo Tax are about to launch a new website making tax paying a bit more enjoyable and social. It’s called “Friends Like Us” and they’re looking for new videos to promote it. Head over to this great assignment on Poptent for your chance to earn $6,000 in guaranteed awards, plus a chance for more. Join up and submit your best work!

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  • Coors Light Purchases Six Poptent Videos

    Posted by Mark Schoneveld on December 30th, 2009. Categories: Purchased Videos | 3 Comments »

    We couldn’t be prouder of the amazing work that all of you did for the Coors Light Coaches assignment. The brand was happy, too, and they’ve told us they are purchasing six videos from five talented creators for $3500 each.

    Without further ado, here are the fantastic spots (watch them here or in our new Results Gallery):

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  • New Assignment: Atkins Diet Documentary

    Posted by Mark Schoneveld on December 16th, 2009. Categories: Assignments | 2 Comments »

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    ‘Tis the season to celebrate the end of another year and eat tons of great holiday foods. And you know what that means! It’s almost diet season! Luckily, we’re tapping into that with our brand new video assignment for the Atkins Diet. This isn’t our normal commercial-style assignment, so pay close attention! What we’re looking for is Episode 1 - a pilot, if you will - of an ongoing documentary series of webisodes that will track the progress of an Atkins dieter or two. Five creators’ pilots will be chosen and have the opportunity to earn up to $12,000.

    You’ve seen all those great reality TV shows where people are losing weight? Now its your turn to be the producer! These shows will be featured on the Atkins home page and they’ll be ramping up the PR around ‘em. So get to it! Let’s see the stories you can tell.

    Webisodes not your thing? Check out all the other great commercial assignments we’ve got running right now.

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  • 2nd Chance November Winner

    Posted by Liza on December 15th, 2009. Categories: Award Winners | No Comments »

    Thanks for all your incredible submissions to our Poptent and VidOpp 2nd Chance assignment for November. You’re all so talented, and we definitely wished we could pick more than one.

    However, the $500 award for best overlooked video goes to Christopher Mozdzen for his ad for careerbuilder.com. Check it out, and leave him some love. :)

    PS - Here at Poptent, we’re throwing around a lot of ideas for how to say “thank you” for being awesome members of our community and give you an opportunity to show off your best work. Two of these ideas are our Reel of the Month, and 2nd Chance assignments. We’re working on changing things up a bit, maybe make the 2nd Chance assignment happen quarterly starting in 2010. If you have any new ideas, please feel free to let us know! Please have patience while we rejig things a bit.

    Honorable Mentions:

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  • Poptent Reel of the Month November

    Posted by Mark Schoneveld on December 11th, 2009. Categories: Assignments | No Comments »

    The quality of work made by our creative community never ceases to amaze me. It was so difficult to narrow down this month’s pick, there were easily a dozen qualified videos. But choose we must.

    And the winner of the $500 award for the November 2009 Poptent Reel of the Month goes to:

    Honorable Mentions

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  • Poptent-made Ads on National TV!

    Posted by Mark Schoneveld on December 3rd, 2009. Categories: Our News | 1 Comment »

    We are so excited to see our first nationally televised commercials on the air! We ran a couple programs for Budweiser’s Designated Driver program earlier this year. They bought two videos from Poptent creators - Rick Griffin and Bryan Law - and they’ve aired on the Conan O’brien Show on NBC this week!

    You can watch both videos on their Facebook Page that goes along with the project (and become a fan while you’re there!).

    I dropped Rick a line to see if he could let us in on how it’s going.

    How do you feel seeing your commercial on national TV?
    I’ve never had any of my stuff hit national TV, so when I heard it was going to be on the Conan Show, I got the word out via email and Twitter so my friends could watch it. Heck, I’d have bought a DVR just for the occasion if I didn’t already have one :)

    Has this changed your career as a video producer yet?
    Being able to add Budweiser to my resume is more valuable than the money I got for the commercial. Without poptent, a small-time producer like me would never have been able to gain access to a national giant like Budweiser. I feel like this will open a lot of doors for me. I can’t thank Poptent enough for the opportunity.

    What’s next on le voyage?
    I’ve been busy collaborating with some producers in Tampa on a humorous, reality based food and travel show. It’s getting a lot of interest from a variety of sponsors. We plan on shooting a package of of 8 episodes in 2010 and pitching to the likes of the Travel Channel, Food Network etc.

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