How to Grow a Video from the Ground Contest

[acopley]

More info can be found here:
http://www.sugarhillrecords.com/news/pagemaker.cgi?1157749082

Is anyone planning to do this? I have been working on it, but so far, I'm not satisfied with anything I have come up with. I have been searching youtube and it looks like no one has posted anything yet.

[NCFreak]

Well, it's an awesome idea, which many other groups have been doing for quite a while. However, I don't like that it has to be posted on YouSuck.com, as EyeSpot.com is about 8,000,000,000 times better. And I don't like that SH doesn't provide any source material themselves. That's gonna turn a lot of people off, simply because they don't understand what to do.

[acopley]

They definitely should have provided some source material, at least some video of Thile. That is what is making it so difficult!!

[Red Zep]

I also think that this is a good idea, but what they did wrong was leaving it up to the number of views to decide who wins. It's a popularity contest, no matter how good the video actually is!! Even the person who posted the video could easily tip the scales by watching his/her own video over and over again.

[Meghan Narser]

Yea, even most favourited would have been a better indication than just 'most viewed'

[ku_at_the_river]

i might give it a shot

[MSUVetTech]

A video has been posted on YouTube for the contest. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYSkQ0rbmM

I think it's pretty good.

[acopley]

It is pretty good. I didn't think anyone was ever going to post one. Of course, I am still working on mine.

[Red Zep]

I do not like it. At first I thought Hey this is cool ... but IMO it's too much slo-mo stuff. It needs to pick up speed and/or switch to color halfway through. Watching the same thing over and over again gets boring.

It was a good idea, but I think it can be tweaked to make the video much better than it is.

[NCFreak]

Agree-age, RZ. Too repetitive, and the images don't match the lyrics.

[acopley]

Here is my very last minute entry!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3w8NQzCC70

[e-rock2]

That's cool. We'll have to quickly organize youtube viewing parties to get your views up. I helped this morning by watching it 6 times. I'll watch it more later. Good luck!!!!!

[acopley]

Originally posted by e-rock2
That's cool. We'll have to quickly organize youtube viewing parties to get your views up. I helped this morning by watching it 6 times. I'll watch it more later. Good luck!!!!!

Thanks!! :D

[e-rock2]

I sneaked in 3 more before I had to leave.

[acopley]

I just got my e-mail from Sugar Hill and I won. :)

I am so excited!! Thanks to everyone from the board that watched the video and helped me pull out a last minute victory. :D

[e-rock2]

Congratulations to you on your victory!!! :-)) That is so cool that someone from our board won the contest. I watched your video a few more times because I enjoyed it. Rock out with your iPod!!!!

I hear the winner also gets a personal concert from Chris. Ok, I made that up. You can dream though!!!! Enjoy!!!!!

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[Meghan Narser]

awesome ^.^

Yours was the best vid I think, so congrats!