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Most big time movies cost millions of dollars to make. The latest Michael Bay or Wes Anderson flick probably required tons of funding and years of preparation. But you don’t need a trust fund to tell an amazing story and rake in the profits. You won’t be able to quit your day job for it [...]

I just shot something and I planned it well. I’d like to talk about shooting efficiency in this week’s post. I once took a class that took you through the process of setting up a shoot. You have to take a bunch of things into consideration like time of day, how long you have our actors, location and props.

It has now been three days since the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, FL and news outlets are still buzzing about the user-generated ads shown during the game. Here at Zooppa we see this buzz as proof that user-generated spots are rapidly creating a new model for advertising and showcasing the [...]

I ran across a great article in the Seattle PI about a local film maker named Jonathan Houser, who created a story-boarding app for the iPhone. How cool is that?!!!! I think that story-boarding your film or video is the best way to improve your work. I know it’s a pain in the butt to [...]

Image by Pinkpollyanna via Flickr We hope you’re all ready for another awesome competition. ‘Cuz we’ve got a good one cooking. Coming straight out of Leesburg, GA, Luke Bryan, the hottest new star on Capitol Nashville, is looking for your help promoting the release of his new album Doin’ My Thing. Luke and Capitol are [...]

Dear Zooppa contributors, My name is Stuart Sterzel, and I am the CEO of Webtel.mobi. I have asked Wil Merritt for permission to write a short note to all the Zooppers who contributed videos to our Webtel.mobi competition, to which he kindly agreed. I’m writing to thank you all very much for your contributions to [...]

Hi Zooppa creatives! We’ve had some great submissions for the Brad Paisley competition at Zooppa, but it would be wonderful to see even more. Get out your cameras, grab your friends and make an incredible video…show us your American Saturday Night! To enter your video click here. A little behind the scenes: I shot this [...]

Have you heard about the latest dance craze sweeping the Zooppa offices? The kids call it the Funky Raven, and it goes a little something like this: Think you can do a better Funky Raven that that? Shoot your own Funky Raven video and post it as a response on our YouTube channel. Or if [...]

There’s some big news for the community—run and have a look at our video!

The moment has come for the official announcement of the Zooppers who won: go see our video message!