I entered another contest with my EX1!

Nice job Chad! You're a pro at these contests...best of luck...looks & sounds like a winner to me.
 
Shot on my original EX1. I don't use the one I won. I still think I'm going to sell it so I can buy an EX1R. But if not, I'll still prefer to use the one I purchased for most things because I paid 500.00 at B&H for that 'anything goes' 3 year protection plan. The one I won is not protected beyond the manufacturer's warranty.
 
Just 1 click I need!

Here are all the videos in competition:
http://khum.com/ilovehumboldt

All the videos are in, and the polling is open. The top 5 videos go to the finals, where the winner is to be decided by the judges.

Here's the link to the poll: http://poll.pollcode.com/GZ5

Click on the video you like on the poll page, then after you place your vote you will see the stats on all the voting. Support local film makers! The prize is a much needed 300.00.

Thanks

Chad
 
Great! You should win this contest too! When I was up there a few months ago I got some good redwood forest shots and coast shots with my EX1. I also got those flamingos at the zoo too! Ha! In the flamingo exhibit they have that water spraying out like rain and it looks especially cool with a really high sutter speed. I had my kids with me so we got some great petting zoo shots too. I really like that park next to the zoo up there, it's gorgeous.
 
Yeah buck - I made it to the finals. They announce the winner tomorrow at a party.

There are some good flamingo shots in this vid I made a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-s_g2MRio

In Humboldt all you need to do is point the camera and you get awesome footage! I spent half a day with my EX1 in Avenue of the Giants getting lots of great redwood footage. I put the camera in the back of my Scion XA, opened the hatch and had my girlfriend drive. I did 1080p30, and for slow-mo 720p30. After the slow motion is put through Apple Motion to smooth out the bumps in the road, the footage is magical.
 
I Was Robbed!

I Was Robbed!

I made the top 5 and went to the finals where I was shut out and lost to some inferior work IMO. Some of the choices for winning videos were odd - save for Matt St. Charles' which totally deserved it's prize.

The videos: http://khum.com/ilovehumboldt
The Poll Results: http://poll.pollcode.com/GZ5_result?v

The Judges Results out of top 5 Poll Results:
• Best Video Overall: $300 and a Flip:
- "Humboldt Love" - Steven Vandermeer
- 1st in the poll with 30% of the votes.

• Best Anchor Interview: $100:
-"I Love Humboldt" - Matt St. Charles
-4th in poll with 14% of the vote

• Best on-location interview(changed to 'best location video' without notice): $100:
-"Why I ...Love Humboldt" by Rowdy Kelly
-5th in poll with 19% of the vote
– Used Copy written music.

• My Video I Love Humboldt - Chad Johnson
- Loser in the finals.
- 2nd in poll with 18% of the vote.

• -"The Hum of Humboldt" - Berel Alexander...
- Loser in the finals.
-3rd in poll with 16% of the vote

My Thoughts:
Audio is as an important an element as images in any video project. I took the competition seriously, followed the rules, got signed releases, wrote an original anthem for Humboldt AND delivered stellar video. I came in 2nd in the popular poll but that seemingly was not factored into the voting. The 2nd and 3rd place popular videos didn't place in the finals. I was saddened that "Best Location Interview" was changed to "Best Location Video" and a winner was chosen that illegally used Dave Mathews music (it's literally illegal to distribute copy-written music) with no signed release from Dave Mathews I'm sure. He came in only 5th by popular vote and that seemingly was not factored in the final vote. I could have fit in that category since it didn't need to be an interview any more. Or "The Hum of Humboldt" could have won "Best Location Interview".

The "overall best" used an annoying recording of birds made in Nebraska as noted at the youtube page on which the video is posted, and the animation is the same as on every other project he does. He admittedly had a lot of friends from his email list voting for him, which gave him the popular lead - and popular vote was factored in the judging in this case. Not to mention there was not one actual image of Humboldt in his presentation.

I guess I could have saved half a days work and just pulled out one of my favorite band's CDs and used that for my soundtrack rather than compose and record original music. I really don't think the results of the contest reflect the quality of the work.

Matt St. Charles actually DID deserve the prize he got though. Kudos to Matt!

Oh well, maybe next time.

Cheers
Chad
 
Well shoot dang, you never know about judges. Look at it this way... you didn't win the contest with the $300 prize, but you DID win the contest with the Sony EX1R prize! You won the right one. Your video was great, so just knowing you made a worthy flick with a great, original theme is better than $300. You'll probably make much more than that from stock footage you shot in the process.
 
You're right Buck! Thanks. I did win the good prize. And I now have a cool 30 spot with original music that I could possibly sell, or just use as an example of my Jingle writing. And yes, that day I got much more stock footage than I used. I got some great shots off Houda Point, then Moonstone Beach. What pissed me off is that the Film Commission isn't even capable enough to notice when copy written work is used. IMO they are a bunch of Dilettantes that like to be around artists, but aren't verty capable themselves. They are film school people who barely got by but are good at writing grants. They got 175,000.00 to brand "Humboldt Made" and all they came up with is this weak collection of shorts about some of the local business' products. The whole thing was about showing people what they did with the grant money.

What-ev!
 
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