Archive for March, 2011
Other Video Contests and Networks You Can Join
Creating a community of filmmakers that help one another sounds like a novel idea, doesn’t it? Well there are many out there. I would recommend checking them out if you’re just starting out making movies.
Pixlr the Free Online Image Editor
I’m continuing the tradition of writing blog posts about free and easy ways to help you make movies. Check out Pixlr.com. This free online software works just like Photoshop. It has layer capabilities, brush and pencil strokes, text, a dodging tool plus a bunch more stuff to help you make high quality images.
World’s Leading Source of User-Generated Advertising Celebrates Major Community Milestone SEATTLE, WA // March 28, 2011 – Zooppa, the world’s leading source of user-generated print and video advertising, is celebrating their worldwide creative community surpassing 100,000 members. This milestone caps a year of significant growth for Zooppa’s community, up over 85% from 54,000 members just [...]
That’s a Wrap!
The Hormel “Life Better Served” competition ended last Friday with a total of 84 submissions. From hi-jinks to heists, antiquings to moms spitting hot-fire, this competition bore witness to a creative out-pouring from our members, both new and old. We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the campaign, as well as those who shared [...]
Buick/NCAA Human Highlight Reel Helper
Taking an opportunity to guide some of our filmmakers through the somewhat bumpy trail of copyright issues in the Human Highlight Reel contest.
10^5! Centomila! Cem mil! 100,000! One-hundred thousand! Party!
ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND meters is the altitude at which the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight to begin. ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND hair follicles grow on the average human head. ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND is the current world record for the number of digits of Pi memorized by a human being. ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND Euros is how much a Russian bookie [...]
Show Wrangler Why You Should Design Their Next Blue Jeans!
Wrangler’s Next Blue Jean Contest description.
Zooppa Teams Up with Association of Strategic Marketing
The Association of Strategic Marketing (ASM) is teaming up with Zooppa as our newest Industry partner. ASM is a professional development website for marketing professionals that provides unique, up-to-date training opportunities through audio conferences, seminars, webinars, and articles. Committed to the specific educational needs of its members, ASM offers best practices and meaningful insights on [...]
Cold Shower Contest Slowly Heating Up
As submissions continue to pour in, Zooppa community members remain supportive of each other’s efforts, bringing new meaning to the phrase friendly competition. With just under a month to go in the Cold Shower Contest, there’s no time like the present for videomakers to go into production. This contest is great because the premise begs [...]
Music from the Public Domain
Hey Everyone! This is my first blog post! Yay! There was a really great video submitted at the end of the Clarisonic contest that ended in February. Clarisonic liked Mitsuyo’s video but couldn’t use it because she had a copyrighted song in her entry. Copyright owners have the exclusive right to print, publish, copy, and [...]









