[OFFICIAL] Goldcoin Promotional Video Project!

[agnusnatum]

Who invented the lightbulb?

If you answered Thomas Edison, guess again.

The lightbulb was invented by a man named Humphrey Davy. In 1806, Davy demonstrated his
invention (The Arc Lamp) to the Royal Society. This device required an obscene amount of
power, and the batteries which powered Davy's model were quickly drained.

As time passed, electric generators came along that could supply the appropriate amount of
power to the Arc Lamp. The most practical uses for the Arc Lamp were lighthouses, public
assembly areas and searchlights. The problem? They were simply too bright to be used in
residences and most businesses.

Throughout the 1800's,  inventors strived to find a way to subdivide the light from Davy's Arc
Lamp so that it could be used in homes and offices. Many different inventors patented different
versions of bulbs, but none proved practical for everyday use.

In 1878, Thomas Edison began looking at existing patents and research in order to avoid the
mistakes made by his predecessors. He and his staff also began doing basic research on the
properties of the materials they had been working with. After several more years of trial and
error, the filament was fashioned in 1880 and the lightbulb as we know it, was born.

So did Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb? No. Others had produced an incandescent light
before him. He did, however, create the first PRACTICAL lightbulb, along with the electrical
system to support it, and it's for this reason that we remember Edison, and not those who
blazed the trail.

EDIT: I'm thinking we can somehow maybe incorporate some of this into the explanation of what Goldcoin is. We're not Bitcoin, but we'll be remembered years from now because we're more practical, accessible and relevant.

I think this is a  very clever analogy.

Firstly, in aligning the two technologies it elevates the potential of crypto generally, in that it really could be as impacting and ubiquitous as the light bulb. And secondly would serve to explain the bitcoin/Goldcoin relationship without necessarily detracting from the former but show how the latter has improved upon the technology.

And of course the light bulb motif is interpreted the same worldwide – this could be the eureka moment for whoever sees it!

GLD contribution is on its way.

[mrtsufo]

I think that there should be a clear pathway briefly explaining HOW you can invest in Goldcoins. Maybe directing them to cryptsy or something.  Better yet, direct them to the goldcoin website.  If I were an outside potential investor, my first question would be the "how". 

[crome514]

I just wanted to keep everyone abreast of the situation. The promo video is coming along fairly well. It's taken a little longer to complete than expected (It's Christmas season, and work has been insane for me the last few weeks) but with everything winding down and a holiday week on the horizon, I expect to finish the rough draft within the next few days. I'm aiming for Christmas day.

I didn't forget about it, and thank you all for the donations. It certainly helped with the royalties for some of the assets in the video.

- D

[akumaburn]

I just wanted to keep everyone abreast of the situation. The promo video is coming along fairly well. It's taken a little longer to complete than expected (It's Christmas season, and work has been insane for me the last few weeks) but with everything winding down and a holiday week on the horizon, I expect to finish the rough draft within the next few days. I'm aiming for Christmas day.

I didn't forget about it, and thank you all for the donations. It certainly helped with the royalties for some of the assets in the video.

- Dario

Hey, I wished you had mentioned this a bit sooner..

I have a premium subscription to both

http://www.videoblocks.com/


and

http://www.graphicstock.com/

Be sure to tell me if you need ANY asset from either site and I'll get back to you with a dropbox link.

[crome514]

I just wanted to keep everyone abreast of the situation. The promo video is coming along fairly well. It's taken a little longer to complete than expected (It's Christmas season, and work has been insane for me the last few weeks) but with everything winding down and a holiday week on the horizon, I expect to finish the rough draft within the next few days. I'm aiming for Christmas day.

I didn't forget about it, and thank you all for the donations. It certainly helped with the royalties for some of the assets in the video.

- Dario

Hey, I wished you had mentioned this a bit sooner..

I have a premium subscription to both

http://www.videoblocks.com/


and

http://www.graphicstock.com/

Be sure to tell me if you need ANY asset from either site and I'll get back to you with a dropbox link.

I'll check them out tonight. I might very well still need more. I plan on doing more than one video, so therefore this will certainly come in handy.

Thank you!

[sizzflair]

Can't believe I haven't seen this thread.  My GLD coins going your way! 


The feathercoin video was really good!  But I know you have some great ideas

[crome514]

Hey guys... we have a new video.

Took way longer than expected due to other obligations, but I finished it. I'm not a fan of my narration given I don't feel like I have the voice for it, so if there's anyone out there that wants to take the raw footage and dub over it using the script I wrote, by all means, please do.

Any feedback is appreciated. Positive or otherwise.



Thanks!

- D

[agnusnatum]

Hey man, great work! I think the tone is spot on and key points covered.

I think your voice is absolutely fine but if you don't mind would make a couple of suggestions re the script:

1. Re the 51% attack, rather than saying it's difficult to explain (which is true to the layman but might be considered condescending), offer a high level summation of what it prevents i.e 'manipulation of the network' or something similar (someone else on the board can probably provide something suitable!) 
2. Suggest dropping the 'we're small now' line at the end, as although it may be true, if this video and the other marketing initiatives have the desired effect, you'd need to be changing it anyway in the near future!
3. Not script related, but on the 3rd or 4th time the word GoldCoin appears, it has a small 'c'.

Will make a further GLD donation when I get home!

Sent on the move

[dustint]

right on great video thanks a lot for all the hard work will send some more coins   

[Alpha]

Nice work man!  I hope you will continue to do good work for GoldCoin.  Well Done.  A donation will be incoming.

[CryptoFreedom4Me]

Well Done keep it up and thanks.

[crome514]

Alright guys, so now that the video is up and running, it's time to work on promoting it. I have a contact who works at Virool which is a company that promotes videos to targeted users. I just spent $750 which he bumped up to $1000 for the marketing campaign, as you can see below:




If anyone else wants to contribute to the marketing pool, this is the arrangement that I made.

Use my referral link: https://www.virool.com/advertiser?rc=be0f7c72 and since he already bumped me up $250, he'll add another $150 for every $500 worth of ad revenue.

Now that the ball is rolling, let's all get behind it and keep pushing.

[crome514]

Another thing that you guys can do to help spread the video, is sign up for StumbleUpon, and submit the video using the button that appears beneath it on the YouTube page. It's been too quiet here lately. We need to work to get this going!

[agnusnatum]

ok, done the Stumbleupon but a bit confused by the Virool referral link, appears to lead just to the front page. How do we go about contributing to the pool?

[MicroGuy]

I wonder what the cost would be for making a follow-up video with this degree of production?

www.indiegogo.com/projects/fin-make-your-palm-a-gesture-interface