Staff Blog / Weekend Project: 1 Minute Video

Yo Vimeo!

For my first post on the Staff Blog, it is my profound honor to announce our latest weekend project. In the wake of the success of our last weekend project where we asked you all to make a 5 second video, we felt extra generous this week and decided to give you a whole minute this time! That's right, one minute, sixty seconds, or the amount of time it took Daniel Hayek to do 99 pushups and eat 7 saltine crackers. Honestly.

So what's the catch? There is no catch! Actually, there is a catch. Several:

-- Videos must be exactly one minute.

-- No camera movement (no dollying, tilting, panning or zooming.) So, leave the Steadicam at home.

-- Use original sound.

-- No editing whatsoever (no titles, no cuts, no nuthin')

For a little inspiration, check out Jelle Pothoven's video. Exactly one minute later give Antonio Lazarenni's a look.

We're also upping the ante! To the winner goes a brand spanking new Plus account (for Basic users) or 25,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members.) To the runner up an extra 1 GB of upload capacity (for Basic users) or 10,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members.)

Videos are due Tuesday night at midnight (EST.) Make sure to add your video to the Weekend Project Group and the 1 Minute Video Group.

Have fun,
Sam

UPDATE:

First of all, on behalf of the whole staff, I'd just like to thank everyone for the huge turnout for this week's project. We received about 160 submissions, which makes this by far the most successful Weekend Project to date!

That said, you can imagine how difficult it was for us to narrow our decision down to two winners.

Without further adieu, it is my pleasure to announce our runner up and winner of 10,000 HD Embeds: Oscar Wilde Quote by Cecile Davis & Floofie Films. A nice experiment to create the illusion of motion with a stationary camera, plus a little Oscar Wilde thrown in the mix, very nice.

And the big winner of 25,000 HD Embeds for this week's project is Lights and Water by James Adamson. Simple yet vivid both visually and sonically, I thought the colors were going to drip off the monitor. Really stunning.

We'd also like to very honorably mention a couple other submissions: Traffic light by John Wiseman. A beautiful composition with lots going on offscreen and anticipation ebbing and flowing throughout. And 1MV by Ibrahim Serra because spinning down the Ganges with a man playing sitar and the sun setting off in the distance is just that sweet.

Thanks again to all who submitted. We hope you enjoyed this project as much as we did and we look forward to seeing your submissions in future Weekend Projects!