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iluvmybb finalist - Romantic Evening Gone Wrong

by Kevin Michaluk

on 25 Oct 2009 07:22 PM

Entry #70 - Romantic Evening Gone Wrong | View All Contest Video Submissions >>

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* keep in mind we're not announcing the ten finalists in any particular order - 4 more to come! *

If you watch all of the video submissions in our I Love My BlackBerry video contest, you'll find a handful of entries that went with a fairly literal take on BlackBerry love. Our sixth finalist, by Justin Brown, fits into that category and made a great video of it with some stellar and hilarious acting. Justin told us:

This video was filmed in West Paterson, NJ. It stars myself, Justin Brown, Susanne Madani, and of course Vanessa the BlackBerry Storm! This is just a hint on how much I love my BlackBerry.

If there were Oscars for best actor and supporting actress actress in a Smartphone film or documentary, I think Justin and Susanne would definitely be nominated and be in the running to win. They own their roles in this one. Great job!!

Browsing through the comments to our previous finalist announcements, it looks like things are shaping up nicely for a tight race in the final community vote. In case you were wondering on the judging criteria, I instructed the judges to look at, in no particular order: entertainment value and impact, effort, originality/creativity, passion and stickiness. After watching 80 videos, the finalist videos should be the ones that really stand out in the brain hours and even days later. We left the rules on this contest pretty wide open (we were curious to see what kind of entries would result... and were pleasantly surprised!); so while high production quality is always nice, it wasn't a requirement to be considered a finalist here. In future video contests we'll maybe try it out with more rules (like you need to record the video on a BlackBerry). Four more finalists to be announced!

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63 Comments

Posted by bobbrown Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

That was note bad! Loved the OH face when it was tossed!!! That was the best part! Oh and the night to day switch was kinda weird!!!!!

Posted by Jonezed7 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Haha, yeah, but overall great work.

Posted by ChuckH0308 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

When you think about it that may have been intentional. I mean, much weirder things happen when I dream...lol!

Posted by bobbrown Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

OH so true!!!

Posted by Stang68 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Your facial expressions were pretty good! Nice job!

Kevin: How is the voting going to work?? Will we be able to see a running tally of the votes or will it just be enter your vote and then it is announced! (I think the second way is much more dramatic and fair!)

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

going to post a voting poll, the results won't be visible. will make the results public at the end. definitely more dramatic!

Posted by holeinmypocket Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

Kevin, please reconsider for all of us voters out there. Yes it's more dramatic to make the vote private but a lot of us like to see the progression of votes, just like in the last few contest votes.

Good thing I didn't submit a video or else I'd be mighty mad now that I won't be able to see how many votes I get!

Posted by devGOD Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

ummm NOT!... so people can start making fake accounts, changing IPs and clearing cookies to vote multiple times? keep the vote results hidden till the end is smart.

Posted by ChuckH0308 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Nice job! And I agree about the acting, you both were excellent! Curious about the orange "wine" though...lol!

Posted by saber87 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

uhh, it's called a mimosa

Posted by bobbrown Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

DUH chuck :) !!!!

Posted by ChuckH0308 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

LOL, OK! For some reason I thought it was just one of those situations where there wasn't any wine available so they just used plain orange juice or something. Something I would do...

Good to know it was spiked! :)

Posted by Bold2ismyname Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

That had a lot of rough cuts and edits and part of it was shot during the day while the other half was at night! The acting was decent, albeit a little over the top.

Nothing too great, but congrats on making top ten. I still know what I'm voting for already.

Posted by djanark2000 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

vote for mee lol if I get in...hopefully
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4lsefUMEiY

Posted by Pinksalmon76 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

That was disgusting. I hope you do not get in. Your video was horrendous. The last think I need to see is you humping your Blackberry.

Posted by Jack Smash Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

I don't want to sound rude, but that was terrible. At one point you can clearly see the camera's reflection in a mirror. There was a lot of basic errors, big one - don't stand with a light behind you, tisk tisk. The acting was terrible, the editing lagged. Fail.

Posted by cjones11481 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

WOW! I didn't realize these were up for an oscar!!!

Posted by Pinksalmon76 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

The winner IS winning a Storm2/Bold9700 AND a Macbook for freaks sake. I mean, we should be judging them pretty hard.

Posted by cjones11481 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Yeah, but it's still all in good fun...

Posted by Pinksalmon76 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Yes, I agree. I just think we should go about this like a real contest. BEST video wins, you know?

Posted by cjones11481 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Yeah I get what your saying :)

Posted by Bolo Banderas Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

That was pretty good...

Posted by jjenson Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Nice job that was a good funny storyline. Nice job and good luck.

Posted by cjones11481 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

HA! Funny! I like this!

Posted by TheBrown Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

I just thank you guys for bringing us in as top 10!! That was wildly unexpected!!! As for the editing job and time of day switch.. well I apologize but it was very last minute I found out about the contest late afternoon (on my blackberry of course) and then we decided to do it so everything was kinda a rush as it was the last day to submit. But either way thanks for watching and uhhhhh....
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE. =)

Posted by bobbrown Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

Can we get a screen saver of you OH face! ROFL!!!!

It was good man especially if it was so last minute!

Posted by AngryChineseDriver Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Def need a copy of that face blown up nice and large ASAP. Had me on the floor dying of laughter!!

I must say that this is probably one of the few videos that used cheesiness to its advantage (even the night/day time continuity made me laugh...unless it was deliberate because you decided that you needed to finish the bottle of mimosa before glancing at the crime scene? ;). Great vid, congrats!

-ACD

Posted by imdaBold1 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

I really don't know what the judging criteria will be but that was hilarious!

Posted by Pinksalmon76 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 942 days ago

That was cute! At least you kept it kinda classy, there are a few that took the whole "Blackberry love" thing wayyy too far.

It won't win the grand prize, but still, decent.

Posted by iheartcrackberry Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

You know which video is getting the grand prize already? Are you a psychic or something? So who is going to win?
I don't think you know the future, and for you to assume who is winning grand prize is pretty stupid.
This was actually the video I was hoping would make the finals. It was one of two I really hoped to see in the top 10, and now they're both here. This is my vote for the grand prize, but by no means am I going to say that I know who is going to get first place.

Posted by Pinksalmon76 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

I am pretty sure this isn't going to win. There are much better videos that have already been picked. Someone has something up their butt.

Posted by trjnberry Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

I would like to think that the winner is the video we haven't seen yet. Each new finalist is getting the benefit of the community reaction to other finalists, so by the time we get to Ten, we'll have a pretty good idea of who deserves to win. We weren't prepared for the first finalist, so that person can still win. I think many of us were looking forward to the Berry itself being featured in what it can do and what it means to have one, rather than being a device that is perceived as a casual affair. It surprised me how many of the videos, I'd say about perhaps 10 of them, were about a love affair with their BB. Now, I got this question for the CB community... why is the Berry perceived as "the other girl" instead of the primary girl? That would be more fitting to the contest theme. This contest is supposed to be about how "my berry is so important to me that nothing else matters!" Right? That's what I was hoping for, so I hope we haven't seen the winner yet.

Posted by tgaskill Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

From your post, you seem like one of the more logical people on here. There have been trolls, people insulting each other and people just being downright rude when critiquing the finalists chosen thus far. I think it's pretty sad that people feel they need to act that way over a video contest, but that's just my opinion.
I'm not going to use this as a way to pitch my video to anyone because I'm pretty sure I won't be in the top 10 anyway, but in my video, the main character, "Todd", chooses his BlackBerry over his wife, children and friends. I think that's kind of what you were saying about "nothing else matters."

Posted by squash Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

with you, pinksalmon. Personally, I don't think it should have even made it this far, it was way to cheesy, and poorly made. But it was alright. And no, cheesy doesn't add to the humor. Anyone can make a cheesy video; the goal is to make something really clever, and well-made. This was a very typical idea- cheat on your girlfriend with your blackberry. She finds you, throws it out the window, car runs over it, turns out to be a dream. How many times have we seen that?

Posted by pkcable Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

I think we got a winner!

Posted by berry_buster Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

great video man!

Posted by rizzzzoooo Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Great vid. LOL

Posted by raskal1130 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Well for the ones who put down the whole stupid stuff like one part is in the day and one at night thing and the OK acting... I say that it was great. I love the cheesiness in it. It brings out the humor in it. Great job guys. You have my vote. =). Good Luck.

Posted by freebrian Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Pretty funny s@#%!! Good job!

Posted by Tony Bag O Donuts Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

some really original ideas.
I don't care if you shoot with a hi8 or hd video camera....if you clip is funny, gets your point across, etc, then CONGRATS.
Some may have better video editing, but others are unique. It is all perspective...

CONGRATS TO ALL THAT ARE NOMINATED!

Posted by PlayaX01 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

LMFAO wow... these videos are OD

Posted by OviFan Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

That was really good guys, I thought it was funny and if that's a last minute project, I'd like to see how it would have turned out if you had a longer amount of time. Congratulations!

Posted by yenyob Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Seriously, those that critique the acting, video quality or anything else other than the entertainment value are being ridiculous. We all don't have great editing or acting skills. That's not what this contest is about from what I understand. Quite frankly, I like the videos that definitely look like they were shot from a blackberry and edited by someone who just taught themselves how to do it. Great video and good luck!

Posted by gonzoanthro Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

Nice face.

Posted by syntax Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 941 days ago

jaja that was cool good job!

Posted by SnowBrdPaint Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

That was the best one so far

Posted by trjnberry Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

I didn't care much for the videos that featured the Berry as a lover, but this one actually did a pretty good job with the concept. Kept it respectable and realistic. I cringed at the scene of the Blackberry getting runned over by the car and the lead's emotions were pretty good. I would have liked to have seen the Berry featured as the primary girl in the lover themes. Because as a Crackberry Addict, your Blackberry comes first. I don't think any of the lover theme videos featured the Berry as the primary relationship. Perhaps you could have reversed roles, where you are having a dinner with your human girl, and the Berry is buzzing and flashing and going bonkers that you're "cheating on her". Well, perhaps an idea for a future contest entry.

Posted by paso971 Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

LMAO!!Winner!!

Posted by UrbanNewz Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

Stop criticizing these movies like you paid for a movie ticket to go see them. The people that have submitted these videos aren't experts at filmmaking or editing, they did it for the love of their BlackBerry. For the people that are so critical, where are your videos cause I'd love to see them.

Posted by Stang68 Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

Thank you :)

Posted by trjnberry Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

I don't think any of us are being critical or favorable towards a given video because we love being critics. We state our opinions because this a contest with a pretty valuable prize. Crackberry doesn't determine the winner. We do. Many CB users didn't enter the contest probably because they thought they had to be better than the current crop that did enter! Perhaps, there's a disappointment that they could have entered with their lame attempt (as perceived by themselves) and actually had a chance to win! Others may be critical because they are scared that their video will lose. When feedback is encouraged, one must be prepared for both critical and favorable. It's noteworthy for all contestants to realize that critical feedback doesn't mean you won't win. One look at the CB Forums will tell anyone that CB users love to argue and debate! Only when the actual voting commences, will we know whether the critical feedback hurt your chances.

Posted by zabooza Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

LOL not bad...

Posted by Hankster Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

Oh, that's pretty good man...nice :)

Posted by visualryan Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

This is the funniest so far. I just HAVE to leave a comment for this one. ROFLMAO. These two really deserve the Oscars.

Posted by geo108 Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

I'll be very dissapointed if this video does not win 1st place! Awesome!

Posted by rmendoza Monday, Oct 26, 2009 941 days ago

The drink juice expression is the highlight of the contest for me.

Posted by mjm2005 Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 940 days ago

If a Storm was sacrificed in the vid, then this gets my vote.

'Cause I give that guy major props for going crackberry-less while waiting for Asurion to send out a new one (unless he's sly enough to get an in-store swap).

Posted by Jarrod117 Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 940 days ago

My favorite so far. It was creative and pretty funny.

Posted by nylife Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 940 days ago

This is awesome Justin. Way to represent SH!

Posted by greenchalk Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 939 days ago

Sorry to break it to you but it looks like your blackberry is dying on you man. Funny video. Congrats on becoming one of the top 10.

Posted by supamn99 Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 939 days ago

That was good....best line ever...dont you shake her...thats baby shaking syndrome lol

Posted by MartyB12 Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 939 days ago

I can honestly relate to your video.. I am completely obsessed with my BB Storm... My baby "Storm goes everywhere with me :)...

Posted by malibubarbie7878 Monday, Nov 02, 2009 933 days ago

Best Video Ever!!!!! This should be a comercial