You've
seen it before. The sheer awesomeness amazed you. Be a part of something big.
Announcing the official call for submissions for the
Diabolo.ca Collaboration Video 2009. We're celebrating our 5th year anniversary in November and 5 years is an eternity for an internet forum. This video will be part of the celebration.
Who?This year our faithful editor will be none other than our very own Jesse of
Incase of Emergency fame. He's Canadian. He's a great diaboloist. He's one heck of an editor. He's an all-around swell guy. All hail this year's King.
What?A stupendously amazing compilation of short video clips from the global diabolo community. The tricks don't need to be hard. The tricks don't need to be complicated. The clips just need to be interesting, shot in an interesting place, shot with a reasonably high quality camera, and shot with decent lighting.
When?We are accepting submissions from now until September 30th. You hear that? Get creative. Get crazy. Get filming. NOW.
Where?Upload your clips to a file hosting site such as
http://mediafire.com/ or your own server and send a link through the officially sanctioned
Diabolo.ca Collaboration Video 2009 submission form:
http://diabolo.ca/collabPlease for the love of Henrys yellow string (the old unspeckled kind) don't use rapidshare. Would you want to sit there waiting for the timer to tick down for all these clips? I didn't think so.
Why?Because this creates that nice warm fuzzy community feeling you get when a large group of people gets together and CREATES something amazing. Plus it's going to be one heck of a good video. Don't miss being a part of it.
What are we looking for again?Something interesting that involves the diabolo. Your clip or clips do not have to include hard complicated tricks with crazy integrals or 4 high siteswaps. That stuff's going to happen anyways so there's no need to encourage it. Variety is key folks.
If 4 high siteswaps aren't your thing then listen up. Your clip just has to be interesting to other diaboloists. Your trick could be funny or stupid (but still entertaining). It could explore some very basic aspect of the diabolo in a new way. It could be an interesting tweak on an old trick. Be creative. We'll leave it at that.
Most importantly, it needs to be FILMED WELL. That means:
1. Borrow a proper video camera if you don't have one. 640x480 pixels and 25 frames per second minimum. No need for HD. The final video will be in SD anyways.
2. Film with an interesting background that still makes it easy to see you and your gear. This almost always will mean GOING OUTSIDE.
3. Film with good light. This means do not film with the light or sun directly behind you.
4. Upload the clip in its original file format for Jesse. Do not recompress it. The files are going to be big (~30-100mb). That's OK.
Here's another key part. Keep your clip a secret. Don't post it on the web. Don't talk about it on the forum. Trust me, it's far better that way.
Although I'm sure Jesse will try his hardest, he won't be able to include everyone's clips. I can tell you from past experience that more often than not clips will be rejected for filming quality rather than content. Get that part right, OK?
If you have any questions, post them here or ask Jesse at
collab09 "at" diabolo "dot" ca.
Got it? Then diabolo, film, and
submit.
