I implore you to watch this video that I made! I swear it’s at least worth a light chuckle.
I even managed to work in a scene of someone getting hit by an automobile!
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I wish I could say that I was hired by Johnsonville, a company specializing in the production of sausages that just burst with flavor, to make this but I was not – at least not yet!
Until the companies start to look for me, I believe that one of the best ways to develop a reel to show, is to enter lots of these little video contests.
And with internet video becoming ever so important, it is now crucially important for all websites to have a cool video to greet customers.
Why not just hire an expert though?
After calculating the costs of labor, catering, actors, equipment, grip, electricity, yada…, the cost to make a commercial in most instances is not a cheap affair.
Hoping to lower production costs, these companies often hire free lance videographers to produce a pretty sweet product.
or…
They could also create a video contest and dish out 1000 bucks to the kid who makes the best video. By giving away an arbitrarily low amount of money, the company now has not one but a selection of videos to choose from. And some lucky kid now also has enough money as buy a new Nintendo! Everyone wins in this situation! YAY!
But thankfully for these opportunities, I gain a valuable chance to practice the art of film making. Of course the monetary incentive is also always nice.
Now to explain the contest:
Make video explaining how Johnsonville (sausages) will remarkably improve your “…ville”
And there are four ville’s you can create videos for:
1. Friendsville: Eating these sausages with your friends makes the day just so much better.
2. Familyville: Eating these sausauges with your fam…
3. Eventville: Eating these sausages at the event…
4. Locationville: I’m sure you’ve gotten the point…
When I first saw this video contest, I knew that my video would ultimately include one thing – one of which had absolutely nothing to do with any of the villes.
Before you begin to jump out and tell me this is the wrong way to go about doing things…
I know…I know…
But this time Andrew Kramer’s car hit effect took precedence.
As film makers we all have our special effect glee laced moments. Peter Jackson loved special effects as a child! Look where he is now!
So intense that now I can't find my hand
The clip always looked less than stellar to my eye. The freeze frame however, magnifies all those imperfections and places them right there for the eye to study.
I knew that my body was only projecting a shadow only for half of the clip.In fact, I only put in a shadow for half of the clip.
In fact I’m not even sure how that happened… This was my first foray into frame by frame rotoscoping and if you don’t know what that is…well… imagine the work that had to be done to make those light sabers in Star Wars glow, and no they didn’t actually have “light saber” glow sticks on set.
I was saved by having most of my body behind a green screen.
Judging by my large grin, being in front of a green screen must be hilarious!
As it wasn’t practical to extend the small green screen beneath my feet, the parts of shot in which my feet touched the ground and chairs… had to be traced out…frame by frame.
After that exercise in tedium, I am fairly happy about my work.
And I hope the contest organizers feel the same way and make me a lucky kid!
omg! i thought they actually HAD those light saber glow sticks on set in star wars! >.< yeah im sure all those little lucky kids will use that money to buy that nintendo set….they probably use it to buy some other kid stuff…like the little kids that they are…:P
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