CryptoFest really is open to everyone to enter, and all valid entries will receive an ORA stake as part of our phase 2 "proof-of-action" giveaway.
Please don't think CryptoFest is only interested in 'professional' quality submissions. Professional productions are great, but sometimes powerful results can be achieved using a 'low-fi' approach. This applies across all art forms IMO - films, music, visual arts, theater. I love loud pumping music, but sometimes an acoustic unplugged 'vibe' can really blow me away too.
Here are some really good examples of 'low-fi' crypto related videos that I've really enjoyed. The productions are 'simple', and that leaves room for the content to shine, including the sincerity and passion of the people on screen.
Anyone with access to a smart phone could make a video like these.
NXT Scamcoin?? Jeff Garzik rebuttalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8areoxqagThis video is a rebuttal to Jeff Garzik's recent 'claim/FUD' that NXT is a 'scam coin'. The presenter (unknown to me) has some prepared notes written on a whiteboard, but it looks like he's working off the cuff, and he sounds very knowledgeable and 'credible'. The delivery is sincere and informative, and there's some great educational content in this video, so it's almost like a mini-tutorial (and ORA gets a mention too!!). I came away from this video feeling like I learnt something!
Marc De Mesel How To Become The NXT Billionairehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ1oGDDQQ8This video is a monologue (like the one above), but the presenter (Marc De Mesel) has a very different style, and the appeal of this video is more 'emotional', and the content is much more personal too, which I really liked. Marc is on location in the grounds of the Microsoft campus, and he spends time explaining some parallels between the growth of Microsoft & operating systems, and where the crypto scene is now, and might go in the future. At one point Marc gets choked with emotion describing the effect Bill Gates' example has had on him and his approach to crypto - a really great moment in crypto 'film' history! Showing passion and emotion usually 'works' well in non-fiction videos!
Tai Zen & Leon Fu - Interview December 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_E47oQpT0This is an interview style dialogue between well known NXT'er Tai Zen and another guy, Leon Fu (who I don't know much about). It's a dialogue, and Tai is interviewing Leon who seems to have some pretty high level 'expert' knowledge on crypto tech. I think I first saw this video within 48 hours of its appearance on youtube, and it really had an impact on me in my thinking about NXT back in December 2013. Not too many 1 month old cryptos have youtube interviews, and Tai obviously has some experience in front of the camera and looks comfortable as a 'host'. This video got me 'interested' in NXT!!
I think all three of these videos are excellent, and while they're all different, they're all very effective at promoting crypto, plus they're ALL entertaining and enjoyable to watch. They're probably too long for CryptoFest, but I could see shorter versions of these video 'styles' being very effective at spreading the general crypto message to the wider community, and the fact that these videos are 'simple' doesn't make them less watchable, or less effective.
I've said before that CryptoFest is trying to unearth crypto videos with viral potential. As good as the videos above are, none of them has too many views so far which is sad, but that can change!
What makes a video go viral? Viral videos have an 'X-factor', and that's impossible to 'manufacture' ... or is it?
Here's a recent viral video I saw doing the rounds on the internet. The original version had over 1.6 Million hits on youtube! This is another copy (the original must have been taken down). It's a video of a bikini clad girl trying to take a 'selfie' of herself in a public place. It's funny, and thought provoking too. Which girl comes of 'worse', the bikini selfie girl, or the girl shooting the video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B81OsN2k0n0 What makes a video go viral? What would happen if a crypto video went viral?
More people probably watched the 'selfie girl' video in a couple of weeks than the total number of bitcoin users in the last 5 years. That's a pretty weird thought!
