Remember our Destiny video? It's been named a finalist (top 5) in CBC's "Street Can't Even Handle Me Right Now" video contest! Huzzah!! And if we win, we will receive free registration in our road hockey tournaments, FOR LIFE. This is truly awesome, because when we started making the video we had no intention of entering it into a contest at all. I just like to make videos for fun, and my boyfriend has a video camera I have a video camera!
But here's the catch: CBC won't be judging the videos in any sort of subjective fashion. There are no judges, so unfortunately no amount of eyelash-batting can win us this thing. Instead, they are going to post the top 5 videos on their Facebook page for one day each, and whoever gets the most "Likes" on their day wins. So yeah, it kinda feels like our video is vying for Homecoming Queen or something. Oh well. We still want to win. And that's where you lovely people come in.
We need you to log into Facebook on Wednesday June 29 (noon to midnight Pacific time), go to the "Play On" Facebook page, and click "Like" on our video.
I know, I know, these sorts of contests are the WORST. Nobody likes being badgered into "Liking" something that they may or may not like so that somebody else can win a prize. It just seems wrong. And I don't want you to grudgingly like us or pity-like us. I want you to legitimately like us! So without further ado, here are ten reasons why you should legitimately like our video, and therefore vote for it on Wednesday.
- Everyone else is doing it. (I hear this works well on Vancouverites)
- Muffins. We filmed the whole thing in our spare time on a budget of zero dollars, unless you count our exorbitant muffin budget. We briefly (but seriously) considered featuring shots of a said muffins in the final cut. We now have enough stock footage of muffins to make a whole other video. If you like muffins, I submit that you therefore like The Wellwoods.
- Magic. We magically turned one Gentle Ben into three Gentle Bens, using actual magic. And who doesn't like MAGIC.
- We overcame challenges. For example, one challenge was getting the girls to stop nuzzling the furry windscreen on the boom mic. I'm sure all professional film crews struggle with this problem.
- Sacrifice. To get the shot by the Olympic Cauldron, Haleigh volunteered to get up at 4:30am. She is a good sport, and you will be too if you vote for us. Don't let her loss of sleep be in vain.
- Dedication. You see that wicked Jason goalie mask that was shown for maybe 1/3 of a second total? I drove all the way from Kitsilano into Deepest Darkest Surrey to borrow that from a coworker's friend on the day before filming. That is commitment right there.
- Nudity. At 0:22, pause the video and you will see that I am not wearing pants. I can't believe nobody has spotted that yet. Seriously, Daniel from Pass It To Bulis took the time to break down our chess strategy (we had none), and yet nobody noticed the pantless goalie. COME ON!!!
- Canine hijinx. Getting the shots of Gentle Ben sitting still involved minutes and minutes of watching him lick his parts. Even in the final cut, look at the Gentle Ben on the right... he's going back for more!!
- If you were in a silly Facebook contest we would toootally vote for you :)
- If we win, I promise to release the uncut raw footage of my Hallway Karate, complete with battle cries. I injured myself to get that shot. There is also footage of Kim doing lunges, Kat forgetting how to wink, and Kos yelling "SHAZAAM" so loud that the audio got distorted and we couldn't use it. I'm thinking I'll just hold the entire blooper reel hostage until you guys "Like" us to victory!
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