Last week, the new video contest hosting site Highly Humorous launched their third ever contest so I thought I’d take a second and do a quick update on their progress.  It’s really interesting to watch a new site like this as it evolves.  Right now, HH is just running small contests of their own so they can develop a strong talent base before they start running contests for outside companies.  I’m not sure if they came up with that idea on their own but I know that Poptent started the same way.  I looked at some of the first assignments that site ever ran and they were stuff like “make an ad for a fictional cell phone company!”

Highly Humorous’ newest contest is also for a fictional company; 48 Hour Energy.  That’s an energy drink that keeps you wired for two days straight.  I like these test contests because filmmakers are allowed to be irreverent and kind of crazy since there’s no actual sponsor to offend.  The deadline to enter the 48 Hour Energy contest is December 22nd and the top prize is $1,000.  More info here.

Highly Humorous also recently announced the winners of the “SuperHero” test contest and you can see all the results here.  There were some decent entries but I think my favorite was this video that came in third:

I’m not sure how much longer HH plans to do these “test” contests but I’ve been talking to some of the guys running the site and they seem to have some big plans for 2012.  I don’t think this is officially official but it seems like soon HH will be running contests for outside companies where the prizes will be in the $5,000.  So, HH will be a site to keep an eye on in the new year.

 

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