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  Contests Open for Voting: Betfair This coming Monday, Dec 19th, is the last day for voting on Betfair videos! Vote, bet, pray the company office pool goes to you for who the top Betfair video will be! MyCube Monday, Dec 12th, was the last day to upload MyCube videos. Head on over to the [...]

Hey All, There’s an opportunity at Zooppa Italy for US users to get involved . They’re looking for more videos for a contest, and would like to invite US users to participate. It’s called SAP- Fossi en tre or SAP- If I Were Three Here’s the translated brief, and you can also use your browser [...]

There’s that dirty, overused word again: networking. When we filmmakers think of “networking,” it often conjures up images of snippy socialites giving backhanded compliments and kissing the butts of wealthy patrons. It’s a despicable and soul-crushing game, one that only rewards people who are already “in” with the right crowd. Real filmmakers don’t need to [...]

So you entered a Zooppa Contest, got famous, and now you’re going to retire forever from making commercials, right? It was only a stepping-stone on your way to The Real Deal? Not so fast! Who’s to say great artists don’t do commercials for fun? Nobody, that’s who! Moreover, I don’t know how much they got [...]

So we gave you the top four in Part 1, and now we present the rest of the Foodsaver competition winners! Congrats! 5th Place, $300, “Grandma’s Meatloaf,” ElyKalon 6th place, $200, “The Question!” stock71 7th Place, $200, “No Foodsaver for Sister Susan,” oshacueru 8th Place, $200, “Even Combos Don’t Work,” dnam1x Congrats to all winners! [...]

We all admire the glamorous lives of child stars: they’re young, attractive, have more money than entire third-world countries… they have it all. Who wouldn’t want that? But unrestrained indulgence usually comes with a heapin’ helpin’ of self-destruction. When your filmmaking career takes off big time, know your limits. Consider yourself lucky-these people have already [...]

  It’s the most eternal yet most depressing question: How will the world end? We’ve asked you to weigh in on your best guesses. But in a world of endless mystery, anything is plausible. Here are three…unexpected ways the world could end: 1.) Feathered Frenzy: The Birds (1963): It may be a pinch farfetched, but hey: [...]

Hey kids, We’ve got some exciting news to improve your video contest entries. From now on, select contests will offer high-quality professional scores to use in your Zooppa videos. We’re pleased to announce we’re partnering with Friendly Music to make their service available to you at a serious discount. Music is a huge storytelling tool [...]

  Who scores my films? iPod Nano scores my films. In this brave new world of now now now and zero budget filmmaking, we’ve lost touch with the traditional big-budget, huge orchestral scoring techniques of old…. wait… were you and I ever in touch with that sort of thing? Scoring your films with stock music [...]

Cue up the tissue box before you watch this tragic short film (yes, men I know you have feelings too…somewhere inside you). Hey: It’s heartbreaking, but we can all relate…remember risking the wrath of your father to sneak out to see that person-you-know-you-shouldn’t-love-but-do? Okay maybe you didn’t break rules but nonetheless, first loves make us do [...]