Comments on: Crash the Superbowl: 24 days to go http://videocontestnews.com/2009/10/16/crash-the-superbowl-24-days-to-go/ Video contest news, tips, strategies, interviews, listings, recent winners and even a little competitive smack talk! Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jared Cicon http://videocontestnews.com/2009/10/16/crash-the-superbowl-24-days-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Jared Cicon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:24:23 +0000 http://videocontestnews.com/?p=602#comment-42 Hey Beardy, Nice post. Thank you for the vote of confidence on my video. I think you give sage advice about having a strong submission. I am even following it myself. I am in pre-production on my second spot. If I have the resources (time and money) I try never to put my eggs in a single basket. I will take the opportunity of this comment thread to shed a little light on who I am and what I do. My goal is to encourage the average Joe to understand the increasing opportunity for the freelancer in the advertising industry. Most of my projects are done in my driveway, backyard, or in my house. I am a married father of four children. My wife works part-time to help make ends meet. Yesterday for example I made 12 chuffer trips to get the kids to and from their various appointments of school/dentist/after-school-activities. I do not lead a glamorous life, yet I have 4 national commercials to my belt after only 3 years in the business. I use a pair of pro-sumer Sony Hi-Def cameras that use mini-dv tapes. They are bottom of the rung when it comes to camera equipment/optics. I picked them up on Ebay for $2,000.00 apiece. Yes, I want to upgrade to a 'Red' one day, but that time will have to wait until I win a 'Career builder' type contest - pun intended. The most important things I do to be successful during the commercial creation experience are: 1) I am willing to pay attention to detail during the editing process. This means trying new things and visiting the guru forums when I have questions, and not settling on the incorporation of a clip cut until I have figured out how to make it 'flow' with the story. 2) During a shoot, I wait to start 'rolling' until I have ALL the elements of cinematography in place. [blocking, cropping, focus, exposure, action], and I am willing to execute multiple 'takes' until I know I have it right. 3) I am objective. I am willing to kill my creative babies no matter how beautiful they appear. If they don't move the story forward in a comedic and/or effective way, they are gone. Like everyone else, I sometimes create 'crap', but no one sees it, because I never publish it. 4) I am part of a creative peer circle that shares their work with each other for the purpose of having it ripped to shreds. No man is a creative island. We as individuals are only the sum of our singular life experiences. If we expect to be able to write/create something that has appeal to the masses, we then better get the help of some of those masses when creating it. This has already become too long of a post. Sorry for taking up so much space on your blog Beardy. Thanks for including me in your discussion here at Video Contest News. I will be sure to stop on by more often. I am going to subscribe as soon as I post this. Jared Hey Beardy,
Nice post. Thank you for the vote of confidence on my video. I think you give sage advice about having a strong submission. I am even following it myself. I am in pre-production on my second spot. If I have the resources (time and money) I try never to put my eggs in a single basket. I will take the opportunity of this comment thread to shed a little light on who I am and what I do. My goal is to encourage the average Joe to understand the increasing opportunity for the freelancer in the advertising industry.

Most of my projects are done in my driveway, backyard, or in my house. I am a married father of four children. My wife works part-time to help make ends meet. Yesterday for example I made 12 chuffer trips to get the kids to and from their various appointments of school/dentist/after-school-activities. I do not lead a glamorous life, yet I have 4 national commercials to my belt after only 3 years in the business. I use a pair of pro-sumer Sony Hi-Def cameras that use mini-dv tapes. They are bottom of the rung when it comes to camera equipment/optics. I picked them up on Ebay for $2,000.00 apiece. Yes, I want to upgrade to a ‘Red’ one day, but that time will have to wait until I win a ‘Career builder’ type contest – pun intended.

The most important things I do to be successful during the commercial creation experience are:
1) I am willing to pay attention to detail during the editing process. This means trying new things and visiting the guru forums when I have questions, and not settling on the incorporation of a clip cut until I have figured out how to make it ‘flow’ with the story.
2) During a shoot, I wait to start ‘rolling’ until I have ALL the elements of cinematography in place. [blocking, cropping, focus, exposure, action], and I am willing to execute multiple ‘takes’ until I know I have it right.
3) I am objective. I am willing to kill my creative babies no matter how beautiful they appear. If they don’t move the story forward in a comedic and/or effective way, they are gone. Like everyone else, I sometimes create ‘crap’, but no one sees it, because I never publish it.
4) I am part of a creative peer circle that shares their work with each other for the purpose of having it ripped to shreds. No man is a creative island. We as individuals are only the sum of our singular life experiences. If we expect to be able to write/create something that has appeal to the masses, we then better get the help of some of those masses when creating it.

This has already become too long of a post. Sorry for taking up so much space on your blog Beardy. Thanks for including me in your discussion here at Video Contest News. I will be sure to stop on by more often. I am going to subscribe as soon as I post this.

Jared

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