With the introduction of low cost, high speed cameras, it’s really no surprise to see so many people creating fantastic slow motion videos.  I came across this music video on Gizmodo, but I just had to know more about it. So here’s the video and then the research below.

The video was commissioned by Diesel:U:Music and directed by Tomas Mankovsky for the band Dancing Pigeons. Wait… what? The video was “commissioned”? by who?  Diesel used to make clothes, but sometime when I wasn’t looking, they began to identify themselves as, “DIESEL - the jeans, clothes, shoes and distraction company, not the fuel.”  They have expanded their brand name and worked to create a culture around their products by being involved in more than clothes.  So while looking into this video, I learned from their music site that Diesel:U:Music (D:U:M) launched 10 years ago (I am soooo clueless).  It’s a yearly (unsigned) music talent awards and a worldwide support network built to promote new artists, labels, radio stations, and journalists across most countries.  As D:U:M evolved and grew they began connecting fans to the bands, and in 2009 went on tour with two lucky winning bands.

To celebrate Diesel’s first decade in music, they’ve created a music contest.  Here’s more from their site about the contest.  ”In line with our prodigal Be Stupid philosophy we’ve screwed with the classic branded music contest, here’s the idea - now you the fan take centre stage and commit ’stupid’ acts to win gigs, recording fees and global infamy for your favourite bands, and thousands worth of actually amazing prizes for you. Easy…Through a series of heats and knockout rounds we will find the most obsessively followed new band in the world. It’s the ultimate battle of the fans, it’s survival of the stupidest and it’s online now.”

They have a “Be Stupid” philosophy?  That sounds dumb.  I guess to their targeted demographic the term “Be Stupid” could also mean, “Be daring, be spontaneous, be original, take risks, live life to it’s fullest, and have fun”, but that doesn’t grab your attention like being stupid.  So to help bring attention to the contest, it looks like D:U:M made a music video for the band Dancing Pigeons.

From the band’s MySpace page, I learned that their ”bedroom-recorded electro pop songs” really started to gather attention in spring of 2008. Within in a few months they began to support international acts and traveled around the world without even releasing any records.  Now as they work to make their first Studio-recorded album, they’ll be getting even more attention from this D:U:M contest.  :D

Here are some more of the contest sketch cards that I made.

Over at the Rebelscum forums I ran a contest a contest and gave away some sketch cards. Here are a few of the cards that I made.

I really wanted to use that pun to let you all know that I won the Olivia Munn contest, but alas I didn’t.  boo who.  Olivia is the co-host of the G4 show called Attack of the Show.  It would appear that she has picked a pitch that would essentially be re-creating her show in the Star Wars Universe.  I thought it was supposed to be a Fan Film that was made for Star Wars Fans and not just for Olivia Munn fans?  Oh well.

So the winner is supposed to be announced tomorrow, but Olivia has narrowed the selection down to her top 6 choices.  They’ve only revealed 3 of the top 6 on the eve of the final announcement, so I’m thinking that I didn’t win even though I’M ONE OF THE TOP SIX.  I guess we’ll have to wait and see.  :D

Livi A’Munn: True Hero of the Rebel Alliance

I’m not sure why, but the video uploaded to the Atom.com site doesn’t play all the way to the end.  I hope that this won’t negatively impact my chances at winning the contest.  Here’s the video posted on to YouTube.

Atom.com has teamed up with G4 Co-Host Olivia Munn to create Operation Olivia. Star Wars Fan boys are giving the opportunity to pitch an idea for a short Star Wars Fan film. Olivia with be a judge awarding the winner $5,000.00 and six hours of her time to make the fan film a reality.

I worked over the weekend setting up a green screen, filmed on Monday, and edited it Tuesday and Wednesday night only to have it look like the video did work on the Atom site.  So in a mad dash, I created a new pitch and then uploaded it, only to find out that the original one WAS working.  *sigh*  Now we wait and see what happens next.

video 01

Livi A’Munn, True Hero of the Rebel Alliance

video 02

Livi A’Munn: True Hero of the Rebel Alliance

So here I am, hamming it up in front of the camera, again.  I spent the weekend running around gathering supplies so that I could get some test shots done and then start shooting footage today for a contest that ends, um Wednesday-ish.  So I better get crackin’.

Here are some more of the sketch cards that I made for the contest that I ran last week on the RebelScum forums.  These sketch cards are 2.5″ x 3.5″.

Last November I wrote about an advertisement for the Barclaycard  (a cashless pay card that you wave at the register instead of sliding it through and entering your pin like an ATM card) that had a guy going through his daily routine while riding on a waterslide.  You can see the original post here.  Well it looks like they’ve had a bit of success with the ad and are now sponsoring a contest to make your own waterslide ad.  Unfortunately for me the contest is only open to residents of the UK 18 or older.  Entries close 8th March and voting begins on the 9th.

Because I had done such a stellar job of blogging about the original waterslide video, the contest organizers have given me access to a behind the scenes video.

Hear that?  That is the sound of anticipation….trickling away. 

and the contest video from youTube