One thing I love about video contests is that a lot of them have really bizarre premises.  Take for example the “Are you an Avodisic?” contest sponsored by Mexican Avocados. First, it’s always a little funny when PR people try and promote basic food items like pork or Wisconsin cheese.  But this contest gets even weirder when you read the details.  They were looking for people to make short films about avocados that portrayed them as being sexy, sensual “love fruits.”  The promo video for the contest literally featured a talking avacado wearing a garter belt that moaned orgasmically as “she” explained the official rules. (sadly, that video seems to have been taken down.)  UPDATE: One of the “PR people” behind this contest apparently has a very good sense of humor.  He wrote me today and mentioned the orgasmic avocado video could be found here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IOhGX_IYRQ.  The video is safe-for-work but the audio isn’t!

The contest ended recently and it looks like a lot of people entered.  As you can guess, most of the entries were really, f&*%ing, weird.  There were three categories in the contest; Best Recipe, Most Entertaining and Most Original.  One winner in each category was selected and those winner each got $2,000.  You can see all the winners here:

http://www.avocadosfrommexico.com/avodisiac/Index.aspx

But here’s my favorite of the three:

Winner, Most Original.  Prize: $2,000.

I’m amazed at the amount of work some filmmakers put into their contest entries.  The guy who made that video explained on youtube that the entry is made up of more than 500 still photos.  Check out this making-of video to see just how this guy managed to pull of such an awesome entry: