The Kuleshov effect saved my honor at a Youtube contest
Thanks, Lev 🙌
Guess who WON a 2019 YouTube contest hosted by Gerald Undone!
3
2
1
That’s right!
Not me.
Submitting for “zee art” competitions makes so much sense when you're looking for professional street cred.
Until the results are out.
And you didn’t win,
And everything sucks,
And you want to nuke the internet with everything in it.
💥🛜💥
BUT!
I got an honorable mention.
And that’s a win in my book.
So how did I do it?
Using “The Kuleshov Effect”
The Kuleshov Effect involves the juxtaposition of shots to create meaning.
Three different montages were shown to an audience. While the shot on the left remained the same, the following shot was changed.
When asked, the audience gave the man different emotions depending on the following shot.
It’s an excellent way to build emotions or intentions in a character.
So I did the same for the contest, but with music, which was the contest's purpose.
To make the best video with ONE song, selecting one from the ones provided by Gerald.
Here is el Señor Gerald Undone presenting my baby
I recommend you to watch the whole thing. But if TikTok has already body-slammed your brains, my submission is at 01:55.
Gerald Undone:
Now, it kind of violated the idea a little bit because of these three songs, but I thought it was worth mentioning because it's a great idea.
Ouch.
So yeah, I failed to follow the instructions. I used 3 instead of 1.
That's just a constant in my life.
Instructions are the bane of my existence.
My IKEA furniture is deadly rackety.
If you come to our place, do not use the chairs.
Just sit on the floor, and you might survive.
Don't get me wrong.
This is not the "Rebel without a cause unfollowing the rules.”
This is the “He unfollowed the rules because he didn't pay attention."
However.
And I’m not here to brag.
I got 2 comments out of my submission.
Now you know the Kuleshov effect and Gerald Undone. Super double whammy.
Check his channel. He knows stuff.
Especially about filmmaking tools and the YouTube cereal market.
Lastly: Shout out to my wife for always being such a trooper.
Never rolling eyes, never second-guessing, always down for shit.
Like when she carried a giant paper mache head all the way up to the abandoned section of the Great Wall of China.
That was for a video poem contest that THIS TIME!
Also didn't win.
But on that one, I didn't even get mentioned.
I love you, my Kat.
In other news, I’m cutting down these posts to one per week because I’m starting a YouTube channel at the end of the month.
Imagine this blog, but Youtubized Atomic Story Design, storytelling, video editing, and lost competitions.
You know the gist 🙂
See you on the next one!
Matias.
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