2008 MTV Movie Awards Finds the Next Big Thing on Buzznet
Posted on June 2, 2008
Filed Under Digital Entertainment / Blogtainment
Buzznet.com Member Norm Spantz Thrashes the Competition and Takes Home the
Coveted MTV Movie Award for the ‘2008 MTV Movie Awards Movie Spoof Contest’
LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ — The “2008 MTV Movie Awards” may be
over, but there’s one guy for whom the party is just starting — Norm
Spantz, the Buzznet.com member who was honored with the MTV Movie Award for
the best UGC movie spoof for his movie satire entitled Juno: Teen Pregnancy
Redux http://www.buzznet.com/groups/mtvmovieawards. The award was given out
during the live pre-show last night at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal
City, CA.
Norm, along with his co-producer and cameraman, Armen Aghaeian, jumped
at the challenge to create an original movie short parody for the “2008 MTV
Movie Spoof Contest” through Buzznet, the web’s leading social music
community, http://www.Buzznet.com. The Buzznet community voted Norm’s
entry, a Juno parody, as the best by a landslide. His video moved on to the
final round on http://www.movieawards.mtv.com where fans voted for his Juno
parody the winner from seven finalists, one from each of the participating
sites, including Buzznet, Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion, Break, Heavy
and FunnyorDie.
Said Norm of winning MTV’s Golden Popcorn Award, “Thanks to MTV and
Buzznet for this amazing opportunity both for myself and the other talented
contestants. It was very hard to spoof a movie written by a stripper from
Minnesota about a girl who has sex with a member of the high school cross
country team, but we were fortunate to pull it off.”
Buzznet CEO Tyler Goldman commented, “The moment I saw this video on
our site, I knew it would be hard to beat. I foresee an even larger MTV
Movie Award in Norm’s future. We’re thrilled to have partnered with MTV to
bring Buzznet’s millions of users the opportunity to showcase their natural
talent, even if it means sporting fluorescent yellow shorts and singing
about Adderall.”
Norm is a 30-something writer and producer, holding the odd distinction
as one of only three known individuals in the Western world to have seven
fingers on his right hand. Norm turned his obstacle into a benefit, winning
numerous typing and speed stacking contests as a young man. He cites his
astounding 130 words-typed-per-minute as his greatest writing skill.
Armen is an up and coming Director of Photography, with an ever-growing
list of commercial and film industry clients. Armen’s work is on the
leading edge of the next generation of digital filmmaking equipment and
technology.
Juno: Teen Pregnancy Reduxcredits:
Created by: Norm Spantz
Flim/Sound: Armen Aghaeian, Herbert Barraza
Editor: Armen Aghaeian
Actors: Zach Begle
Samantha Dougless
About Buzznet:
Buzznet.com empowers millions of music fans with the platform to create
the most in-depth music experiences around the artists and topics they
love. Users express themselves, connect with friends and socialize around
the topics they are passionate about, sharing millions of photos, videos
and blog posts every day. The site is also home for communities created by
top bands and social trendsetters, and has established itself as the
premier destination for music.
About MTV
MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music,
creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved,
challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries — giving each new generation
a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every
platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24-hour
ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com
scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched ten dynamic online
communities and six new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1
music brand in the wireless space — delivering 90% more streams than in
2006. And MTV’s successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each
deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college
students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV
Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world’s leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know
more? Come on in … http://www.mtvpress.com.
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