Comments on: My Road Trip Winners http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/ innovative advertising, viral video trends, social media Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:23:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael Brown http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1102 Michael Brown Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:10:40 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1102 Hey CRFilms, Just watched your Klondike Ads, good job, I like the laughs ad the best. There were over 1,000 submissions, some really creative stuff, some high production value stuff as well. $100,000 is still $100,000. It seems we would have been better off submitting in the earlier deadlines - everybody waited till the end. I think the last segment entries dwarf most of the videos submitted earlier. Either way, we have some stiff competition in this one. Best of luck to you! Hey CRFilms,

Just watched your Klondike Ads, good job, I like the laughs ad the best.

There were over 1,000 submissions, some really creative stuff, some high production value stuff as well. $100,000 is still $100,000.

It seems we would have been better off submitting in the earlier deadlines - everybody waited till the end. I think the last segment entries dwarf most of the videos submitted earlier.

Either way, we have some stiff competition in this one. Best of luck to you!

]]> By: Crfilms http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1101 Crfilms Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:14:30 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1101 Michael, Thank you for your feedback. I enjoyed your video as well. I also enjoyed your Klondike videos. Very creative. 24 Video is awesome. I'm also involved in that contest. I have 3 videos uploaded. Best of luck. Michael, Thank you for your feedback. I enjoyed your video as well. I also enjoyed your Klondike videos. Very creative. 24 Video is awesome. I’m also involved in that contest. I have 3 videos uploaded. Best of luck.

]]> By: Michael Brown http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1092 Michael Brown Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:56:30 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1092 HEADING TO HOLLYWOOD was a GREAT concept. Starving artist pieces always are. I was amazed they only got 1 star. CRFilms, nice job, very creative. I thought your opening was awesome. Good shots, nice B-roll footage, good audio as well. Perhaps the only thing I would have changed, is giving our two adventurous filmmakers more obsticles. The more the merrrier. Perhaps two girlfriends set on foiling their trip at every turn so they can come back home, get in the real world and find permanent paying jobs. Production values were good except a couple instances when the IRE level was off the charts. In all, HEADING TO HOLLYWOOD deserved at least 3 stars, great creativity guys! HEADING TO HOLLYWOOD was a GREAT concept. Starving artist pieces always are. I was amazed they only got 1 star. CRFilms, nice job, very creative. I thought your opening was awesome. Good shots, nice B-roll footage, good audio as well.

Perhaps the only thing I would have changed, is giving our two adventurous filmmakers more obsticles. The more the merrrier. Perhaps two girlfriends set on foiling their trip at every turn so they can come back home, get in the real world and find permanent paying jobs.

Production values were good except a couple instances when the IRE level was off the charts.

In all, HEADING TO HOLLYWOOD deserved at least 3 stars, great creativity guys!

]]> By: Michael Brown http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1090 Michael Brown Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:36:43 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1090 Hi Max, What I really liked about your piece THE JAMES LANMAN TOUR, was it's freshness and realism. Very natural. Plus the whole aspiring musician using little (technical equipment) to create a lot (an album) is always cool. However, editing and production value wise was lacking, but hey, I'm an NTSC quality kind of guy. Nevertheless, you have a quality piece that's very interesting. I would use that as the script, re-shoot it being aware of continuity, pace and using B-roll material for cutaways. Edit it very tight and you have a winner. The main thing is to keep the original feel in there. At least that's my take on it. You had me looking forward to this seriously improvised trip in grandma's van, as well as meeting the hundreds of cousins. The humor was fresh, funny and you both make very interesting characters. Hi Max,

What I really liked about your piece THE JAMES LANMAN TOUR, was it’s freshness and realism. Very natural. Plus the whole aspiring musician using little (technical equipment) to create a lot (an album) is always cool.

However, editing and production value wise was lacking, but hey, I’m an NTSC quality kind of guy. Nevertheless, you have a quality piece that’s very interesting. I would use that as the script, re-shoot it being aware of continuity, pace and using B-roll material for cutaways. Edit it very tight and you have a winner. The main thing is to keep the original feel in there.

At least that’s my take on it. You had me looking forward to this seriously improvised trip in grandma’s van, as well as meeting the hundreds of cousins. The humor was fresh, funny and you both make very interesting characters.

]]> By: Max http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1085 Max Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:54:32 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1085 Hey all, I second CRFilms. I saw mine (James Lanman Tour) as a top pick on some people's posts, I too would like to hear some feedback. Nick, what do you mean it was an ad? Anyone else mind weighing in? I wasn't elated to hear that I wasn't picked, and did not expect these decisions—but having a free shot at big cash is worth it when the odds were 1/50 or so. I look forward to the next contest. Any heads up on what's in the works Mark or Liza? Also, if anyone has a Youtube account, please subscribe to my channel, or if you want we can exchange subscriptions (http://www.youtube.com/orangerhymepictures) Trying to get my stuff out there! -Max Hey all,
I second CRFilms. I saw mine (James Lanman Tour) as a top pick on some people’s posts, I too would like to hear some feedback. Nick, what do you mean it was an ad? Anyone else mind weighing in?

I wasn’t elated to hear that I wasn’t picked, and did not expect these decisions—but having a free shot at big cash is worth it when the odds were 1/50 or so. I look forward to the next contest. Any heads up on what’s in the works Mark or Liza?

Also, if anyone has a Youtube account, please subscribe to my channel, or if you want we can exchange subscriptions (http://www.youtube.com/orangerhymepictures) Trying to get my stuff out there!

-Max

]]> By: CRFilms http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1072 CRFilms Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:43:44 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1072 Thanks to everyone who has said kind words about our video submission "Heading to Hollywood". I have been on vacation, I didn't know there was this much buzz about our video. Thanks to all who liked it, hated it, commented on it etc. Having a reaction of any sort means we must be doing something right. I to was disappointed with how the contest panned out, but it's not our decision. Thanks to everyone who entered and showed their support to XLNTAds.com. Give them hell on the next video. Also, Just curious as to what made you like or dislike our video. Thanks CRFilms Thanks to everyone who has said kind words about our video submission “Heading to Hollywood”. I have been on vacation, I didn’t know there was this much buzz about our video. Thanks to all who liked it, hated it, commented on it etc. Having a reaction of any sort means we must be doing something right. I to was disappointed with how the contest panned out, but it’s not our decision. Thanks to everyone who entered and showed their support to XLNTAds.com. Give them hell on the next video.

Also, Just curious as to what made you like or dislike our video.

Thanks
CRFilms

]]> By: Michael Brown http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1071 Michael Brown Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:49:45 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1071 I produced PAYBACK TIME. Most of the comments have been spot on. My Jamal character just didn't rise to the ocassion. I spent hours trying to get him to....act. (Although Stephan is a nice guy and has a great face for the camera) In fact, I had emailed Mark and asked him if we won, could I re-shoot the opening episode because the thought of using Stephan (Jamal) for the rest of the episods would have been very painful and time consuming. Aside from that, I never did get my guys out on the road as I was focusd on character development as well as ending on a good tease. Plus, this being a contest without a target audience or a real product, springboarding in any direction would have limited my target audience, so I wanted to leave myself with some flexibility. Thanks for the nice comments John! I just entered 3 ads in the Klondike Bar contest. Feel free to go to www.klondikecontest.com, register to vote, then SEARCH VIDEOS, key in MCBROWN and check em out - feel free to vote too! It counts as 10% of the scoring. Thanks for your support guys! I produced PAYBACK TIME. Most of the comments have been spot on. My Jamal character just didn’t rise to the ocassion. I spent hours trying to get him to….act. (Although Stephan is a nice guy and has a great face for the camera) In fact, I had emailed Mark and asked him if we won, could I re-shoot the opening episode because the thought of using Stephan (Jamal) for the rest of the episods would have been very painful and time consuming.

Aside from that, I never did get my guys out on the road as I was focusd on character development as well as ending on a good tease. Plus, this being a contest without a target audience or a real product, springboarding in any direction would have limited my target audience, so I wanted to leave myself with some flexibility.

Thanks for the nice comments John!

I just entered 3 ads in the Klondike Bar contest. Feel free to go to http://www.klondikecontest.com, register to vote, then SEARCH VIDEOS, key in MCBROWN and check em out - feel free to vote too! It counts as 10% of the scoring. Thanks for your support guys!

]]> By: Nick Pfeifer http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1068 Nick Pfeifer Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:54:02 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1068 I thought Whats it To Brew was solid production wise, but it was sorta drawn out and kinda boring. The humor wasn't terribly funny, I thought. The James Lanman tour was an ad. Eh. Spread the Word had some pretty cool people, but they could've edited it down a lot more. I sat there wondering when they were going to cut to the next exciting part of the road trip, instead of flirting with each other in the car. I thought Whats it To Brew was solid production wise, but it was sorta drawn out and kinda boring. The humor wasn’t terribly funny, I thought.

The James Lanman tour was an ad. Eh.

Spread the Word had some pretty cool people, but they could’ve edited it down a lot more. I sat there wondering when they were going to cut to the next exciting part of the road trip, instead of flirting with each other in the car.

]]> By: John http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1067 John Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:07:40 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1067 Dave- Why is Heading to Hollywood your top pick? Explain. My top pick was upstate abuse road trip. I went back and re watched Whats it to Brew. I stopped it before the video actually got good. The begining is what lost it for them I guess. The main characters are pretty funny. Dan was a good host. Brian was like a Chris Farley character. I also re watched Heading to Hollywoood. I thought the premise of the show was outstanding. I want to see what trouble the characters get into next on their road trip. The wrestling and sky diving stuff was pretty funny. I don't know why people had a problem with Payback I thought it was done good. Dave-
Why is Heading to Hollywood your top pick? Explain. My top pick was upstate abuse road trip. I went back and re watched Whats it to Brew. I stopped it before the video actually got good. The begining is what lost it for them I guess. The main characters are pretty funny. Dan was a good host. Brian was like a Chris Farley character. I also re watched Heading to Hollywoood. I thought the premise of the show was outstanding. I want to see what trouble the characters get into next on their road trip. The wrestling and sky diving stuff was pretty funny. I don’t know why people had a problem with Payback I thought it was done good.

]]> By: Stephen Mitzel http://www.xlntads.com/blog/2008/07/11/my-road-trip-winners/#comment-1064 Stephen Mitzel Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:39:35 +0000 http://www.xlntads.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1064 Nick, Sorry. You are correct. I didn't enter the contest so it is unfair to judge your video. As a viewer I didn't enjoy your video just because you were turned down on video. The editing was solid. I look forward to seeing what you guys create next. I was not trying to bash your video. I apologize. Nick,

Sorry. You are correct. I didn’t enter the contest so it is unfair to judge your video. As a viewer I didn’t enjoy your video just because you were turned down on video. The editing was solid. I look forward to seeing what you guys create next. I was not trying to bash your video. I apologize.

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