Thursday, February 14, 2008

Madame Tutli-Putli

Some bril­liant folks over at the National Film Board of Canada have come up with a unique and fun cam­paign for Oscar-nominated anim­ated short Madame Tutli-Putli. Each vis­itor to the site can “unlock” a frame of the film each day. If all 23,287 frames are unlocked, then the entire film will be avail­able for streaming on the site.

Not only is this a clever social media out­reach, but it provides a way for people out­side Canada to actu­ally see the film, alle­vi­ating a common problem that many short films face. In my opinion, the film is a lock for the Oscar, and I’d heartily encourage you to par­ti­cipate in this innov­ative mar­keting cam­paign. They’re even giving away 200 copies of the DVD to random frame unlockers.

By the way, this is the NFB’s 70th Oscar nom­in­a­tion (they’ve won 12 times), and the fourth in the past four years.

Well-done, NFB!

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