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iluvmybb finalist - A Day In The Life Without My BlackBerry By Kevin Michaluk | 21 Oct 2009 15:04 | 
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Entry #45 - A Day in the Life WITHOUT My BlackBerry | View All Contest Video Submissions >> * keep in mind we're not announcing the ten finalists in any particular order - 9 more to come! * The first finalist to be announced in our I Love My BlackBerry Video Contest is Entry #45, by Alexandra Jessome. Take a few minutes to watch the video above and you'll see that Alexandra went above the call of duty with her original flick, enrolling the help of her friends, classmates, and family (even Grandma took part!) to put together the compelling story of not why she loves her BlackBerry, but rather how she wishes she could say she loves her BlackBerry once again. Congrats Alexandra. Awesome job!!! We'll announce another finalist video right here tomorrow. The suspense continues.... so stay tuned!! And if you haven't had a chance yet to watch all the video entries, jump over to the contest videos page and check them out. There's literally hours of entertainment. Once all the finalists have been posted we'll open up the debate and voting to the community to choose the winners (so keep the comments friendly and non-competitive on these individual posts!).Â
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Alexandra,
[*** SPOILERS ***]
Awesome vid. I loved your Mom saying "I got you a whole box of blackberries."
And then the hidden scene of your Grandma going "No Blackberry and she cheats too." That's priceless and had me ROTFL!!!!!!
you need a Palm Pre with all it's fun social apps... not a real business tool like the Blackberry! Next contestant please!
Amen to that! Or how about a regular phone that doesn't require a data plan!
Just a little dull and boring. Hope you get a new Blackberry soon, but I don't think it will be from crackberry :(
exactly what i was thinking, she didn't put enough effort into it, just a boring video, hopefully the others are better
good luck with ur dilemna
I think I'd be so humiliated if even my grandma made fun of me for not being on top of the latest trends! :(
Best of luck, and I hope you enjoy mine as well (APPLECALPYSE #33)!
You have to give up your BB when the contract ends?
Nice vid btw.
Totally confused by this concept too...........
In the 3 years I worked for Bell, no one ever had to give there phone back after there contract ended :s
Little bit confused here?
not a bad video though
she said she sold it i think at 1 point and couldnt she just renew i am so confused
Very good vid
I think she mentioned that she had to sell it not give it back! I like the part with her cousin or little brother on the steps...classic
when her old contract ended then winning a new one makes no sense. If she can't afford the data plan then guess what... game over! What would she do with a BB that Crackberry gives her... of course, sell it and pocket the change. Forget it... next contestant please!!
This is really clever. A great job, Alexandra.
Awesome! Job well done!!!!
Nice one... maybe you should have added some tunes in the background. That would make this video.
I'll add in the Story Behind the Video as the 1st comment on future finalists posts... but here it is for this one and it explains the device situation (her Curve was on a CDMA carrier and when her contract finished she wanted to got to GSM so sold her Curve):
"Ok, so about my video; I filmed it at several locations, my home obviously, at my school and my uncle's house. I had my mom, my uncle, aunt, cousins, grandmother and classmates in the video. I really tried to be humourous in the film, although I'm not sure I was successful. I wanted it to be funny in the sense that it feels like everyone around me has a BlackBerry except me. It is true that I no longer have my phone anymore. I was on contract with Bell but that ended in August and I wanted to switch to a GSM provider so I could not longer use my Curve. Being a student I really had to choose the cheapest plan out there, so I decided on Fido, however they only have the Pearl and I did not want to go on a 3-year contract. I really do miss my Curve."
Thanks to Kevin for trying to clear up the questions. Since people are a little confused I sold my phone, I didn't give it back.. I realized after I edited the whole video that I shouldn't have said that line, cause I didn't actually give it back to Bell. I then had to use the money from my phone to pay for my books for school.. so in case anyone is saying "Why didn't you just buy one outright?" this is your answer.
And a VERY big thanks to those who enjoyed it and are supportive!
@AngryChineseDriver I saw your flick a couple of days ago, I thought it was really creative! Good job to you too sir!
Who cares if you sold it or if you gave it back. - You made a video, Your Video!
I really like how you had many people involved in this. In the beginning I thought it would be a solo, boring-type of video but turned out to be on the entertaining side too.
Good job and good Luck.
Nice work on the video.
Talk about life sucking! Great job in the vid :)
Best of luck to you.
BECAUSE IT SAVED MY LIFE ON GETTING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT! NO OTHER PHONE WOULD WORK WERE I LIVED.STEVE
Why did she have to sell her BB after her contract ended? Is this a Canadadian thing? Here in the US nothing changes other than you are on a month-to-month contract.
...but kinda disturbing. For a moment, I though it was kevin in a wig. She looks like she could be Kevin's sister!
Cute idea. Good luck!
I am now dumber for watching that.
Too cute- I loved this it was awesome! Reminded me of a Nickelodeon show, hmm.. "Clarissa Explains It All" maybe?? lol
Anywho I hope u win and btw ur little brother was hilarious- I woulda pushed him down the stairs lol and then offer him pie..lol too cute I LOVED IT!!
With some of that pie? :c||
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Who wants pie, I DO!!!!!! LMAO!!!! Great job on the video!!!
That's what I said he just stole the show and it was an awkward moment...lol
its like the pie is what saved him from a beat down! lol
I wonder if it were 'Blackberry' pie lol!!
Alexandra, you made a good video! Ignore those who put down you and your video with their unecessary comments. You were very creative with your video. Good luck to ya!
"you're a loser" was the only good part
Good premise...but this was too long, too slow, boring, and not funny. I feel for your loss, though!
hahaha i thought it was pretty funny
Alexandra, congrats on being the first video picked, and good luck. This was a great contest and I'm glad I got my family to join in and help! Good luck to everyone who entered! I enjoyed all of the videos!
You know I have to say that this is a really good video. You did a good job! I wanted to make a video but seriously, I don't have much creative skills to think of something interesting to record n for ppl to like. so KUDOS to you and good luck =)
NICE VID hope you win a blackberry....
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This should not even be one of the finalists.
Glad to see everyone read the part "so keep the comments friendly and non-competitive on these individual posts!"
Good luck with your entry, and with having to use your non-BlackBerry phone.
You know, as far as I'm concerned, everyone who submitted a video did a GREAT job! I like how all the people who didn't even try have mean things to say! Well, when they (maybe) get to mine, bring it on, cuz I don't care! Not everyone is a professional video editor, actor, or whatever. Some of us have done very little work with videos, nothing with videos, or have never even been on camera before. It's easy to say "oh, that's the coolest video ever" to the ones that are professionally produced (and they are awesome, but...), but don't ever think that there wasn't a lot of work involved for those of us who produced amateur material. The important thing is that those of us who made our videos had fun, we're proud of our BB's, and we want to share that with our fellow Crackberrians. Anyway, remember what your Mother taught you...if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all!
My thoughts exactly. I think people should base their votes on a lot more than just whoever has the money/time/resources to make a video with fancy effects, professional actors/producers, etc. (not to diss those who have videos with those).
I know I didn't have a lot of time to do anything fancy because I was working my second job all week/weekend, but I still put a lot of time and effort into my video, and I'm happy with the way it turned out.
I'm not the type of person who likes having my picture taken, let alone video, but I did it with the hope of entertaining others. If I get in the top 10, cool. If I win, even better. I just know I had fun, even though I nearly had a panic attack when Youtube scrambled my video when I first uploaded it.
Good luck to ALL entries, big, small and everything in between.
Tyler "Todd" :D
Thank you! I practically had a panic attack just getting in front of the camera...lol! I actually have two videos entered...one is 33 seconds long and took me a whole day to make because I had to learn some new "tricks" in photo and video editing that would make others laugh. My longer video (I'm the sick guy who can't sing...lol!) took me three days to put together and it's pretty bad in terms of production. But I'm glad I did it and I learned a lot about using editing programs and about myself in the process. It was definitely a good experience! Good luck to you and the others too!
I am all for offering constructive criticism, the kind that gives praise and offers suggestions for improvement. But, it's noteworthy to keep in mind that YouTube and other sites like YouTube, allow you to put up a video about almost anything you want. If you want to put forth a silly video about why you love the Blackberry, go for it. Great for you. But, don't enter a contest, if you can't handle the rejection. A contest needs a winner. Those of us that are commenting on the videos, we're saying whether we think this particular video is worthy of the title, WINNER. The winner is getting something cool for having the nerve to compete. In all fairness to the other competitors, the winner should be deserving of the title. When the community is doing the voting, then viewer feedback is helping the community make a good choice.
I emphasize nerve to compete, this is not easy to subject yourself to the criticism & universal attention. There'd be a million entries if it were easy. So, yeah, congrats to all who participated, but don't forget it's a contest and we need a winner.
I, too, am all for offering constructive criticism, but Kevin did ask people to keep it friendly and non-competitive on these individual posts on the finalists, and I think the least we can do is fulfill his request.
I also believe in letting people form their opinion on whether a video is worthy of a vote without having to read all of the other people with videos and their friends bashing all of the other videos. That's already been happening on Youtube. Why make it that way here?
That's just how I plan on conducting myself. It's not up to me to tell others how to act.
At least your video has a PLOT!! lol, a lot of the videos were just going in circles or were made just to enter the contest. At least yours is self-sustained!
I hope mine makes the Top Ten! Its "The Scent of a Blackberry" #17!
I hope so too I LOVED that video THE SCENT OF A BLACKBERRY! I hope u make it in the top 5!
I like the video. People act like you are suppose to do as well as Steven Spielberg. Im way too lazy to do what you did.
How the Fck is this in the finals???!!!
I personally think the skydiver shud have been the finalist he roked tht vid.... U bee the man skydiver kudos buddy :D
Not sure why anyone would post negatives. I thought it was great and if I didn't I just wouldn't comment. Ignore the haters :)