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Airbnb Releases First Short Film Crowdsourced From Vines

Authors: Jessica Gioglio Jessica Gioglio
Posted Under: Social Media
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social-image-of-the-weekThe creativity and power of Vine continues to generate headlines as marketers keep pushing the limits of what’s possible with the popular six-second video platform. The latest example comes from Airbnb, which recently released the first short film, “Hollywood & Vines,” created by crowdsourced Vines.

The concept was simple, yet clever – invite Airbnb fans from all over the world to participate by releasing a storyboard filled with shots created via Vine. With a script written by award-winning screenwriter Ben York Jones, each Vine shot was meant to play into the overall theme of, “the transformative journey of a simple piece of paper.”

The Vine scenes were solicited over a six-day period, during which Airbnb leveraged Twitter as its “director” by tweeting visual twitpic instructions to communicate how different clips should be created. Following each shot list tweet, fans had 48 hours to submit their Vine, plus #AirbnbHV and #S[shot number] for a chance to be included and earn a $100 Airbnb credit. Over the course of the campaign, 44 unique Vine shot numbers were pitched to the Airbnb community. In the end, Airbnb and agency partner Mullen generated over 750 submissions, more than 100 of which were included in the short film.

Airbnb Releases First Short Film Crowdsourced From Vines

The final film is four minutes and thirty seconds and was first released on the Sundance Channel and later online. At present, the video has generated more than 60,000 views via Airbnb’s original YouTube post. The end result is highly artistic and in no way promotional. Ultimately, it’s a wonderful testament to the power of Airbnb’s community and mission of celebrating, “travel, adventure, and finding your place in the world.”

Check out the video and leave a comment below to let us know what you think!

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