The Rec2 $5K Buzz Challenge

Indie films wage an ongoing war with major releases for awareness and promotion in a cluttered market space. It’s a war independent films are losing. Some cool films deserve to be seen in cinemas with an audience of fans. Films like REC2, the terrifying sequel to the horror hit REC.

REC2 will be released in a few New Zealand theatres on Black Friday (13 Nov), and I’m helping the distributor – Vendetta Films – to get the word out. The catch? They only have a few thousand to market it.

So I pitched Vendetta to let me give away 75% (Five Thousand Dollars Cash) to any individual(s) who promote (Buzz) the movie REC2 in the boldest and most innovative fashion. They said yes.

To be in to win the $5k all you need to do is use the untapped power of your mind. How’s that for a recession buster? For more information, read here and here.

— Ant Timpson, Filmhead

FIVE STEPS TO WIN $5K

  1. Consider what $5K can buy
  2. Read FAQ & Background
  3. Think outside the box
  4. Download Rec2 materials
  5. Upload and tag your Buzz
This was the result from me attending the Armageddon Expo this year. I got these lovely two people to hand out Rec2 flyers and lots of fans were wanting photos taken with them. I actually met up with the ‘Vendetta Films’ stall and asked if I could leave my flyers with them. They were really nice and were more than happy. They also gave me some of their cool ‘Rec2’ stickers to hand out at my stall. Over the 3 days I was there, I would go over everyday and give them some more flyers to give out to their customers. The Armageddon Expo was the biggest they have ever had with about 30,000 people attending. My stall was located opposite the xbox 360 stand and near the PS3 stand so I was in a great position to hit all the fans who knew about the first ‘Rec’ and would defiantly be going to see the second movie. We also handed out flyers to people who had never heard of the first one but said they would check out the second one. To see more photos of the zombie posing for picture you can visit the fan page of [COMPOUND] on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2983201&id=112178918906#/photo.php?pid=2983240&id=112178918906 I also had the guy who played ‘Death’ in the spinning wheel ad that is shown on TV there to hand out flyers of my film and also of Rec2. I hope this helps gets the word out that Rec2 is coming soon and all the buzz we got from being at the expo was great for Rec2!!! JUDGES COMMENT : Nice hustling at the Armageddon. We heard you were working the room.

This was the result from me attending the Armageddon Expo this year. I got these lovely two people to hand out Rec2 flyers and lots of fans were wanting photos taken with them.

I actually met up with the ‘Vendetta Films’ stall and asked if I could leave my flyers with them. They were really nice and were more than happy. They also gave me some of their cool ‘Rec2’ stickers to hand out at my stall. Over the 3 days I was there, I would go over everyday and give them some more flyers to give out to their customers.

The Armageddon Expo was the biggest they have ever had with about 30,000 people attending. My stall was located opposite the xbox 360 stand and near the PS3 stand so I was in a great position to hit all the fans who knew about the first ‘Rec’ and would defiantly be going to see the second movie. We also handed out flyers to people who had never heard of the first one but said they would check out the second one.

To see more photos of the zombie posing for picture you can visit the fan page of [COMPOUND] on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2983201&id=112178918906#/photo.php?pid=2983240&id=112178918906

I also had the guy who played ‘Death’ in the spinning wheel ad that is shown on TV there to hand out flyers of my film and also of Rec2. I hope this helps gets the word out that Rec2 is coming soon and all the buzz we got from being at the expo was great for Rec2!!!

JUDGES COMMENT : Nice hustling at the Armageddon. We heard you were working the room.

—2 years ago