News and Features
We Live in Public: The Sociology of ‘Social Animals’
"We are social animals, and we are visual animals. And now we are both of those things digitally."
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Interactive Short Film Incorporates Your Instagram Feed
"The web browser is the movie theater of the future, and I wanted to demonstrate why that's awesome."
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Understanding Stories on Instagram vs. Facebook vs. Snapchat
Pioneered by Snapchat, but now adapted for Instagram and Facebook as well, “Stories” lets users share disappearing social media posts on their respective platforms....
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Inside Nat Geo’s Winning Social Media Strategy
Tubular Insights takes a look at the social video strategy that has garnered National Geographic over 140 million followers and plenty of views. They...
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Watch Some of the Best Drone Videos From Instagram
CNET‘s Jason Parker gathers together 10 of his favorite drone videos found on Instagram simply by searching for the hashtag #drone. He writes, “As...
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Instagram Rolls Out Live Video
Instagram has rolled out live video functionality to all of its users. Users can access the live camera from within the Stories section of...
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Radiohead Shares Fan-Made Vignettes
Radiohead has been releasing one-minute “vignettes” made by professional artists and filmmakers over the past several months. The vignettes feature a loop of the...
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Instagram CEO Emphasizes Importance of Video
The Hollywood Reporter profiles Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom–as well as two of the platform’s most prolific users, Selena Gomez and Kevin Hart–about the company’s...
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Yorgos Lanthimos and Richard Ayoade Direct New Radiohead Vignettes
The Lobster director Yorgos Lanthimos and The Double director Richard Ayoade contribute two of the latest vignettes in Radiohead’s super short Instagram film series....
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HBO Releases Instagram Scavenger Hunt
HBO’s Instagram account has become the start of several scavenger hunt/trivia games, each tied to one of their major shows like Game of Thrones,...
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Radiohead’s Latest Vignette Is a Surreal Contemplative Thing of Beauty
The latest in Radiohead’s weekly series of short Instagram vignettes is a looped, otherworldly piece that travels from the earth to space via a...
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Radiohead Releases Weekly 30-Second Shorts on Instagram
Radiohead has started releasing weekly 30-second “blips” on their Instagram accounts, short video vignettes that feature some of their favorite directors interpreting sections of their...
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How Will Instragram’s New 60-Second Limit Affect Professionals?
Instagram has extended its video limit from 15 to 60 seconds and a series of experts are weighing in on how brands and video...
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Instagram Series Creators Take on the Challenge of Telling Stories in 15-Second Chunks
Instagram’s video viewing has gone up by 40% in six months as more creators take on the challenge of telling a serialized story on...
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Movie Studios Find Viral Marketing Success on Instagram
More and more movie studios are taking to Instagram to promote their films with compelling content designed to reach the social sharing site’s young...
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This Instagram Mini-Series Is Based on David Bowie’s Last Album
Instagram’s Instaminiseries have started releasing a 16-episode series based on David Bowie’s last album, Blackstar. Unbound even had input from Bowie himself before he...
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An Instagram-Fueled Art Installation Makes You Face Your Digital Self
Samsung 837, the electronic brand’s new flagship New York City “store,” doesn’t actually sell anything. Instead it’s a space dedicated to cutting-edge installations and...
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A New Episodic Thriller Unfolds in 15-Second Installments on Instagram
Filmmaker Anthony Wilcox’s Shield 5 is an episodic thriller about a wrongfully accused man on the run. What makes it unique is its platform:...
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Rihanna Continues Mysterious Interactive Campaign Teasing Latest Album
Rihanna’s Instagram-led interactive campaign teasing her upcoming album Anti continues with the latest chapter in AntiDiary, a website/interactive video that lets users explore a vault...
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‘The Amazing Race’ Packs Cast with Social Media Influencers
CBS’s The Amazing Race has packed its 28th season with social media influencers, ranging from YouTubers like Blair Fowler and Brodie Smith, to Instagrammers...
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Instagram Rolls Out Curated Video Feed
Instagram celebrated Halloween by rolling out a 24-hour pop-up video feed curating the best video content surrounding the holiday. Reports Wired‘s Jessi Hempel, “Instragram...
Production
New Hyperlapse Live-Feed Is Meant to Be “a Bit Voyueristic, a Bit Relaxing”
A new site called Hyperlax provides a live-feed of Hyperlapse videos being uploaded to Instagram, which is then set to music from Soundcloud. The...
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Land Rover Launches Interactive Instagram Campaign
The Brooklyn Brothers have created an innovative, interactive Instagram campaign for Land Rover which coordinates 140 individual Instagram profiles to create a “Choose Your...
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Toronto Silent Film Festival Creates Innovative Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Instagram Campaign
The Toronto Silent Film Festival is leveraging Instagram for an innovative campaign that lets users create a “choose-your-own-adventure” silent film. Using 15-second clips from...