Evidence Facebook's revenue is based on fake likes. My first vid on the problem with Facebook: http://bit.ly/1dXudqY I know first-hand that Facebook's advertising model is deeply flawed. When I paid to promote my page I gained 80,000 followers in developing countries who didn't care about Veritasium (but I wasn't aware of this at the time). They drove my reach and engagement numbers down, basically rendering the page useless. I am not the only one who has experienced this. Rory Cellan-Jones had the same luck with Virtual Bagel: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18819338 The US Department of State spent $630,000 to acquire 2 million page likes and then realized only 2% were engaged. http://wapo.st/1glcyZo I thought I would demonstrate that the same thing is still happening now by creating Virtual Cat (http://www.facebook.com/MyVirtualCat). I was surprised to discover something worse - false likes are coming from everywhere, including Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. So even those carefully targeting their campaigns are likely being duped into spending real money on fake followers. Then when they try to reach their followers they have to pay again. And it's possible to be a victim of fake likes without even advertising. Pages that end up on Facebook's "International Suggested Pages" are also easy targets for click-farms seeking to diversify their likes. http://tnw.co/NsflrC Thanks to Henry, Grey, and Nessy for feedback on earlier drafts of this video.
WIND is an animated short about the daily life of people living in a windy area who seem helplessly exposed
to the weather. However, the inhabitants have learned to deal with their difficult living conditions.
The wind creates a natural system for living.
WIND zeigt den Alltag der Bewohner in einem sehr windigen Land. Scheinbar
schutzlos dem Wetter ausgesetzt schaffen sie es dennoch, ihren Alltag
einfallsreich zu meistern.
director: Robert Löbel
sound design: David Kamp
particles: Jochen Weidner
graduation project at the HAW Hamburg Department Design
AWARDS:
Audience Award - 56th DOK Leipzig 2013
Defa Foundation Award - Filmfest Dresden 2013
NW Animation Fest's "Best Student Film" 2013
Special Mention - National Competition - Filmfest Dresden 2013
Hamburg Animation Award 2013 + Harald Siepermann Character Design Price 2013
Special Mention - Young Animation - ITFS - Internationales Trickfilm-Festival 2013 Stuttgart
Special Distinction - SICAF 2013 - Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival
Special Mention - Supertoon 2013 - ŠIBENIK, Croatia
Jury + Audience Award - Kurzsuechtig Leipzig 2013
backup award - Animation Award - backup Festival Weimar 2013
Audience Award - Favourites Film Festival Berlin 2013
Special mention - Student Film category - 9th World Festival of Animated Film in Varna,
Best Animation + Audience Award - AHOI - International Student Shortfilmfest Hamburg
Audience Award - 56th DOK Leipzig
Special Distinction - PISAF 2013, Korea
Special Price - Animax Skopje, Macedonia
Special Mention - Expotoons 2013
"Veliki Brcko"Price PSSST! Silent film festival prize, Zagreb
SELECTIONS:
ITFS - Internationales Trickfilm-Festival 2013 Stuttgart
Pictoplasma Berlin
Filmfest Dresden
SEHSÜCHTE Potsdam
MIAF - Melbourne International Animation Festival
ANIFILM, Trebon, Czech Republic 2013
Annecy 2013
Northwest Animation Festival, Portland
Edinburgh International Film Festival
29. Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg
SICAF 2013 - Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival
Anima Mundi 2013, International Animation Festival of Brazil
Supertoonfestival 2013, Šibenik, Croatia
9th World Festival of Animated Film, Varna
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2013
London International Animation Festival - LIAF 2013
4th Anibar International Animation Festival
ANIMATOU -Festival international du film d’animation - Genève
AHOI Festival Hamburg
56th DOK Leipzig
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2013
Big Cartoon Festival Moscow
EXPOTOONS, Buenos Aires, Argentina
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2013
Animateka, Ljubljana Slovenia
GIRAF Animation Festival
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