Entry #17 - The Scent of a BlackBerry | View All Contest Video Submissions >>
* keep in mind we're not announcing the ten finalists in any particular order - 7 more to come! *
Friday night is movie night for many, so it's fitting that we announce our third finalist in the I Love My BlackBerry video contest just in time for the weekend. Entry #17, by Matt Galo (Stang68 on CrackBerry), created the epic major motion picture above, titled The Scent of a BlackBerry. At 9m13s you'll want to grab some popcorn and a beverage before hitting play, because you won't want to miss one second once the movie starts. As for Matt's thought process and story behind the flick, you can read that below. Amazing video Matt!
We're going to keep the finalist announcements coming over the weekend (maybe even up it to two a day for Saturday and Sunday) so keep it locked to CrackBerry for more finalist picks. Â
The Making of The Scent of a BlackBerry
Here's what Matt told us about his entry:
I starred in it and my brother, along with a few friends, helped me out with the other acting parts. I directed while my brother filmed, making this project a real challenge, being in front of the camera AND behind! We shot the chase scene over one day and the rest of the scenes on a weekend. A lot of work went into this short film, production-wise and post-production-wise! My thought process for the project was this: If your BlackBerry was held for ransom, how far would you go to get it back? Would you call the police? Try to get the money? Or would you take things into your own hands and dispense your own kind of BlackBerry justice? That is the question my character is faced with and I think you'll agree with his choice...no one messes with his BlackBerry.Â
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I hope everyone enjoys the film!
Thank you, CB for choosing me as one of the Top Ten!
aper great video i especially got into it more after i noticed the armenian flag on the desk
Lol that's great that you noticed! Representing! Lol
Congrats, buddy, you made it!
Now you can concentrate on school for a bit. ;)
Well deserved, not surprised at all to see you in the Top 10!
-ACD (APPLECALYPSE #33)
I'm waiting to see your video announced soon! ;)
So far, as far as I'm concerned, THIS is THE WINNER. Very nice job!!
Now that was great
lol, that was great!
That was great!
Best I've seen so far...
that was rediculous! how did he know where to go? did i miss something?
also, who was in the car chasing him?
maybe i'm readig to far into it but that confused the hell out of me!
I'll help you out! On the phone, the berry-napper tells him the address to bring the money to. Then the main character says "I'll find you first and kill you". The berry-napper responds, "Good luck getting to me", inferring that there will be some sort of obstacle in the way of getting to the address...aka, the Acura bad guys! lol Hope you enjoyed!
Or do you just come across as one in your comments and in your video?
This guy is excited that the video he put his own, personal, unpaid, time in to made the top 10. He did an excellent job and because he answered a question that someone else asked you want to be an a$$hole?? If you don't have anything nice to say.. don't say it at all.
Great job Matt! Gonna be hard to beat this one!
I am just answering his question...I hope I don't come across as pompous. In the video, yeah I guess you could say I was acting like that, though! Everything in the video was sort of tongue in cheek.
WOW! :) Excellent film! Two Thumbs up!
i really liked how the mustang had the interior of the TL, cute! hahhahah love the burnouts, glad u got the bb curve, i mean tour 9630 back...
I (Matt Galo) was driving the Mustang in the exterior shots because it is my car in real life and I trained with it. My friend John was driving the Acura in the exterior shots (the bald bad guy). We shot those on a separate weekend than the interior shots of me driving the "Mustang". The reason the interior shots were not in the Mustang is because the weekend we shot those were up at my school in CT when my Mustang was in NJ! We did the best we could with that!
Amazing video Stang! Looks like a TON of effort (cough***and traffic violations***cough) went into this film! Good stuff!
EPIC WINZ
Sorry i was routing for the bad guys cause they were in the TL haha. But was a great movie
man you put way loads of effort into that, top class
great film. and its even sicker seeing at the end it was shot in my home town. i cant really make any of the places out. but just to know how close it is to me is pretty damm cool
if my BB was held for ransom id simply remote wipe it and buy a new one ;)
Loved the video. Best so far for sure. However I hate the idea of you neglecting your precious Tour if you win. Loved the right wheel squeal on the burnout.
nice video production, the head shot was classic.
next time keep the finger of the trigger until your character is actually about to fire. it makes the character look like a gun-noob ;)
It's funny you say that! One of my friend's dad is a hunter and that was the first thing I was taught at the firing range. I know it is the right thing to do, I guess I just was caught up in the moment in the video. I hope he doesn't see this and yell at me! lol :)
stop posting these they are dumb as fuck
Wow, big four letter word there, blacktooth! :-)
That was great. Where did they come up with that idea. They are doing alot for some blackberries. I think this maybe the winner. The rehab one was funnier though.
I have a Tour, and despite my issues testing out leaked OS's (5.0.0.273 is a bitch) I would totally get into a bad ass car chase to get it back. Nice use of the docking cradle, everyone that owns one does the blind reach for it in the morning.
that was - awesome cool story camera its all cool :)
DEFINITELY the hand sanitizer.
Agreed!!!
"doesn't even have full qwerty"
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
great video man. the camera operator did great as well.
Be sure and check out entries #1-16 and #18-80!
(I couldn't help it :P)
Hahahah Now I know how it feels. Touche!
Seriously, this video HAS to win. The production value and effects were excellent for no budget.
The chase scene was AWESOME. That is no easy task to shoot and edit like that. It takes talent.
This is pretty frakking amazing for an amateur filmmaker. Matt you should look into shooting films. With a budget and equipment you would do very well.
Only thing wrong with it is you don't know how to hold and enter a room with a loaded weapon lol....never have your finger on the trigger with the weapon 2 inches from your face. Keep it pointed towards the ground...I gotta give you shiat you do know that : )
You should have hired a tech advisor : )
In all seriousness that was great. I vote for this one. It looks easy but the editing and shooting are no easy task.
You rock bro. Mucho talent
Talk about in-depth! Thank you for that, CK! Love all the comments! But of course you notice the gun :P. Haha, thanks again for the kind words.
This video was great. If you are not in the filming industry, you should get in it. I think you have a future in it. And I think you could use this video as reference to your work. The music you put in the background was good, I was into watching the video. Just like I am watching a movie.
I vote for your video also. GREAT JOB....
PS...The battery pull at the end, was classic blackberry humor.
This video wins... Longer, More effort and time put into it and AMAZINGLY awesome CGI, maybe not movies, but its something the other 2 don't have... I think he WINS!!!
apparently, he would do ANYTHING for his crackberry =)
I am surprised his Tour battery didnt die...and he isnt going to get his security deposit back for the blood splatter haha
Man, I laughed the whole way thru the video. The hand sanitizer was hilarious, as was your "Must be a BIS outage" comment at the end.
the "BIS outage" comment...and the "it's not a curve...its a Tour 9630" part.
def my fave so far
Congrats dude. This video was awesome. There was a lot of effort put into this one. I hope you win!
I love The Beets t-shirt. LOL
~David
You get my vote....So far..
Just two things :)
You end up back at the same building in the same parking lot. All that speeing and breaking the law for no reason.
It must have taken along time to start the "rust"ang as the parking lot was full as you ran up and totally empty as you speed away.
All that shit aside well done, take alot of time and love for you BB to put this together kudos~!
Congrats on being one of the top ten. The hand sanitizer bit made me lol.
I have watched nearly every video, just to be fair to others that competed, and this is definately one of the most entertianing and realistic film entries submitted. Clearly a lot of effort and creativity went into making it. I loved the lead character's emotions and facial expressions, how the background music fit the scenes very well, and even the BB commentary that the lead makes at appropriate times during the film. I liked the Hand Sanitizer for using a phone that isn't a Blackberry and the comment about the BIS outage. I also liked the display of the charging pod, too. I didn't care much for the shooting and violent scenes, but when I watched it a second time after reading your plot premise, it made more sense and it didn't really take away from your presentation. I hope you win something, if not the whole thing, because your video definately was entertaining, creative, and showed a lot effort put forth, and it was related to the theme of the contest. Surpisingly, a lot of the entries didn't really relate to the theme. They were just other stories that happened to show a Blackberry or use the phrase "I love my Blackberry or Crackberry." I found myself relating to your experience as a Blackberry user and I enjoyed your video. Great job, good luck with winning the contest!
Thank you very much for your comments! They really do mean a lot to this aspiring film student. I'm glad you liked all the little Blackberry jokes, I know they were few and far but I thought they were little gems :) I know some people don't like the action and gore, but it was there more to show the effort that went in to the visual effects!
Its really cool that you've watched every video. I, too, have gotten through almost all 80 of them! Again, thank you for your comments!
good job man!