Gish Vids - my stuff

[amberdreams]

I thought I'd put my other vidded tasks in this post.

Task: Time-lapse this submission to 30 seconds or less. Paint a Bob Ross painting. We must see both the painter replicating
the Bob Ross painting and the playback of the Bob Ross video the painter is replicating. You must paint in real-time
while he is painting. The video should end with a side-by-side comparison of your masterpiece and Bob Ross’s.

This painting thing actually turned out a lot better than I thought when I started painting! Especially as I'd thought I'd get away with using acrylics instead of oils, which didn't work very well at all, plus I hadn't watched Bob's video properly so didn't realise he'd used contact paper to make the edges nice and tidy.

One thing about GISHWHES - I don't like to spend too much money on it, I think a) that defeats the object, which is to raise money for Random Acts and b) Gishing should be something inclusive, and not reliant on having funds in your bank account. So I bought some cheap paint, used paintbrushes we already had (which were actually horrible! LOL) and the canvas is so small because it was only £4 in Tiger. Oh and yes, my palette is an old frying pan!

This next one is one of my fave items, I am SO chuffed about this!
Task: This video may be up to 20-seconds. Everyone knows how important specific diets are in developing a chiseled
physique. Find a bona fide, professional, competitive bodybuilder or ultimate fighter in peak condition and have them
create a 20-second infomercial touting the muscle-building, fat-burning, nutrient-loaded virtues of aerosol spray cheese
(like Cheeze Whiz). We must hear the athlete’s name, credentials and see their glistening, oiled, body as they “sell” us
(however they best can do that) on the benefits and delicious taste of the aerosol spray cheese. This should probably
include ravenously squirting the cheese directly into their mouth. Bonus points if you get a former World Champion.

Before the vid, I have to tell you the story. When we got the dates for Gishweek, I realised it clashed with the London Film and Comic Convention. So I immediately thought - hey, lots of geeky people in cosplay, awesome! Maybe we can get people queuing outside to do stuff for us. So nearer the time a few of us Brit-based folk decided we'd meet there, and see what happened. In the meantime, I'd noticed the guest list included some wrestlers, not really thinking any more about it, until we got the list on Saturday afternoon, then I thought maybe we could ask one of them...

When we arrived we found that the queues were being managed better than last time, so there was hardly anyone outside (though we did get one task filled while we were out there, and I'll post that one tomorrow). We decided we all quite fancied going into the con anyway, especially theymp's two kids! So we waited until after 12 for the reduced price tickets and ventured in.

I thought we could maybe ask one of the wrestlers to to this cheese infomercial, but when we first went to their signing desks, they weren't there, and the minders said we'd have to ask their manager. So we went away, mugged Captain America to do a bit of cleaning, ogled some Dr Whos, and got some photos done.

We arrived back at the wrestlers signing area and hung around as one or two of them came back and started signing for their queues of fans. Then Colt Cabana turned up, and we were effectively his queue. For some reason, none of the fans was ready for him yet. I grinned at him, not wanting him to feel he was unloved, and explained we wanted to ask a favour, but we'd been told we have to wait for his manager. He asked what the favour was so I explained and bam! he was all over it! If I posted the whole vid I took you'd hear me laughing because he killed it. I was so flustered and nervous, I totally forgot to ask him to say who he was etc, but he did it anyway! What a star. LOL

Anyhow, I love this because I had the nerve to ask him, and because he was just such a great sport about it! Plus, I'd never have had the nerve without my lovely team members supporting me - so thanks be to dizzojay, xlittleangx, theymp, Lily and Toby!

Comments

[viviansface.livejournal.com]

this is AWESOME! your Bob Ross painting is incredible (and I agree with what you said about money and gishwhes!!) and the other video genuinely made me laugh, kudos to you for asking and kudos to him for being so great about it! *claps* :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

He was a complete star, I wanted to give him a big hug afterwards but settled for a handshake.

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

I like your philosophy on participation, and I think you did a tremendous job on the painting with the tools at hand! Also, I don't know that wrestler but he's a freaking champ in my book :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

None of us had a clue about the wrestlers but I'd looked the guest ones up on the internet beforehand and thought that chap looked a likely bet. But I hadn't expected him to be quite so into it! You should have seen the grin on my face the whole time I was videoing.

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

I'll have to watch the vids when I get a better net connection but the old frypan makes an awesome palette. What a great idea.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It's actually perfect, nice handle to hold and lots of mixing space. :D

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous! He really rocked it! AND he had Andre the Giant on his shirt. Class act all the way! And good on you for having the nerve to ask him (and Captain America) Awesome job!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I get suddenly bold with people I don't know and my big mouth opens... But yes, that Colt boy was so much fun. Angela was quite smitten - and admittedly, he was rather cute. LOL

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

That is so cool that you got that wrestler to do your video! And I love the Bob Ross painting. I didn't participate in GISHWHES, but I help out a friend's team when I can and so I was added to their FB page. Like every year, some of the items on the list were just insane.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I was ridiculously chuffed with Colt Cobana. He didn't even care that we clearly had NO idea who he was. LOL

Ah - and kudos to you for being a helper. We had a couple on our FB site who cheerled and occasionally assisted. It's nice to have the support!

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

That all sounds so fun and wonderful! Your painting is lovely, but I expected no less :D

And dude, all the bonus points for getting the nerve to ask that guy, he turned out AMAZING! How many items did you manage to do?

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Our team managed 99 out of 178 items, which was pretty good considering we had four team members not contribute much due to various circumstances, and a couple of others who only had limited time to give in the first place.
I ended up doing around 12 solo and another 7 in partnership with other team members. I need to post a few more today or tomorrow, I think!

[hugemind.livejournal.com]

Whoa, talk about speed-painting. O.O And what a pretty painting it is! :D

Hee, the wrestler dude is totally into it - you get massive kudos for asking him to do this. <3

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It was just under 30 minutes at real speed, it had to be sped up a lot! :D

[sillie]

Hahaha, omg. That wrestler dude is awesome. XD Also, your painting turned out pretty great!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

He was awesome! The painting, less so, but still better than I expected. :D

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I love that you asked the wrestler and that he was such a good sport, the vid is brilliant! BUT I think your time lapse painting is even more brilliant and amazing, I know it's speeded up but you make it look so easy! And the painting is beautiful! Congrats on both :)