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- HOLY--!
male announcer: EVERY DAY, THE WORLD WATCHES
MORE THAN 7 BILLION ONLINE VIDEOS...
TURNING THEIR CREATORS INTO OVERNIGHT INTERNET SUPERSTARS.
- ACTION!
announcer: NOW, TWO OF THE NET'S
MOST TALENTED CREATIVE TEAMS...
- SCENE EIGHT, TAKE ONE.
announcer: GO HEAD TO HEAD
IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND COMPETITION.
- THE WINNER OF VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN IS...
- I GOT THE CHALLENGE.
announcer: THEY'LL HAVE FOUR DAYS TO PRODUCE...
- YOU'VE GOT TEN MINUTES MAX.
announcer: SHOOT... - NOW.
- AAH! announcer: AND EDIT...
- HOW'S THIS GONNA POSSIBLY RENDER IN TIME?
announcer: THE FUNNIEST, MOST EPIC,
AND DOWNRIGHT CRAZIEST VIDEO POSSIBLE.
THE JUDGES ARE THREE INTERNET ICONS.
POP CULTURE AND GAMING CRITIC ADAM SESSLER.
YOUR DECISION TO SHOOT DURING THE DAY I THINK WAS PERFECT.
- ONE OF THE TOP INTERNET CONTENT PRODUCERS,
BRITTANI TAYLOR.
- I WANTED MORE SHOTS. GET SOME MORE ANGLES.
EVERYTHING WAS SO BASIC.
- AND STAR OF ONE OF THE INTERNET'S
MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOWS, THE GUILD,
SANDEEP PRAIKH.
- IT'S THE TYPE OF VIDEO THAT MAKES ME GLAD
THAT THE INTERNET EXISTS.
- THEY CHOOSE THE $5,000 GRAND-PRIZE WINNER.
[laughter]
THIS IS VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
TONIGHT... - ACTION!
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WIZARDRY OF FINAL CUT KING.
- I'M NOT SCARED OF THE COMPETITION AT ALL.
- CAMERA ROLL.
announcer: VERSUS THE SHEER MANPOWER
OF HALF DAY TODAY...
- OUR PROFESSIONAL REPUTATIONS ARE AT STAKE.
announcer: IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO CREATE
A BREAKOUT MOVIE TRAILER.
- WE USED ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE.
WE'RE USING ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.
- THIS IS VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
I'M KEVIN PEREIRA, AND TODAY,
FINAL CUT KING WILL BATTLE IT OUT
AGAINST HALF DAY TODAY
TO DECIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL
WHO HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A VIDEO GO VIRAL.
OUR FIRST CONTENDER HAS OVER 37 MILLION VIEWS.
THESE GUYS GO BY FINAL CUT KING,
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR WORK.
- WHAT DID I SAY? YOU TWO ARE GROUNDED ONE WEEK.
HEY, MY NAME IS ZACH KING.
I'M FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
ON MY VIDEO CHANNEL, I HAVE 176,000 SUBSCRIBERS.
HEY, WELCOME TO BIOLA UNIVERSITY.
THIS IS THE FILM BUILDING.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE MAGIC HAPPENS.
I'VE BEEN IN FILM SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
THIS IS, LIKE, A CHANCE FOR ME TO SHOW THE WORLD
THAT THERE'S ONLINE VIDEO CREATORS
THAT CAN CREATE AWESOME VIDEOS
ALMOST JUST AS WELL AS HOLLYWOOD CAN.
THIS IS FINAL CUT KING,
AND WE'RE GONNA WIN THE VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
- ALL RIGHT, FINAL CUT KING, MEET HALF DAY TODAY.
THEY'RE A GROUP OF 16 COLLABORATORS WHO ARE KNOWN
FOR MAKING HIGH-QUALITY, STORY-DRIVEN SHORTS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR WORK.
- YOU'RE GONNA BE A CARPENTER.
- NOBODY WANTS TO BE THE CARPENTER!
- HEY, COME ON IN.
- HALF DAY TODAY IS A GROUP OF 16 PEOPLE,
AND WE'RE ALL WORKING IN THE HOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY.
BUT WE CREATE GREAT VIRAL VIDEOS FOR THE FUN OF IT.
- I'M GOING INTO MAKEUP!
- WE HAVE ABOUT 5 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 20 VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.
- WE ARE, LIKE, AN ARMY,
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF MANPOWER
TO GET WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE DONE
AND DONE BY SOMEONE WHO CAN DO IT WELL.
- ALL RIGHT, SO CLEARLY, TWO VERY DIFFERENT TEAMS,
BOTH INCREDIBLY CAPABLE,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ONE OF YOU CAN WIN,
SO GOOD LUCK. all: THANK YOU.
- LISTEN, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE USED TO GETTING
YOUR VALIDATION FROM CLICKS AND VIEWS AND LIKES,
BUT I WANT TO NOW INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ONES
WHO WILL BE DECIDING YOUR FATE TODAY.
OUR FIRST JUDGE HAS SPENT THE LAST 14 YEARS
AS A TELEVISION HOST AND RESPECTED VIDEO GAME
AND POP CULTURE CRITIC.
PLEASE SAY HELLO TO ADAM SESSLER.
- HEY, GUYS.
- NOW, SHE HAS WRITTEN, EDITED, DIRECTED,
AND STARRED IN OVER 500 VIDEOS
WITH A TOTAL OF OVER 150 MILLION VIEWS.
PLEASE WELCOME BRITTANI TAYLOR.
- HI!
- AND OUR FINAL JUDGE HAS BEEN SEEN BY MILLIONS ONLINE
AS ONE OF THE STARS OF THE GUILD.
WITH OVER 200 MILLION HITS FOR ALL OF HIS PROJECTS,
SANDEEP PARIKH, EVERYBODY.
THESE JUDGES WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHICH VIDEO
THEY FOUND TO BE THE MOST ENTERTAINING,
CREATIVE, AND OF COURSE, WORTHY OF A GRAND PRIZE,
AND WHOEVER THEY CHOOSE WILL WALK OUT OF HERE WITH $5,000.
FIRST, LET'S HEAR WHAT THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS.
YOU'LL TAKE AN EVERYDAY LIFE MOMENT AND TURN IT INTO
A THRILLING, 90-SECOND MOVIE TRAILER.
CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EVENTS:
- I'VE NEVER DONE A REAL HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER TRAILER
BEFORE, AND IT IS SCARY.
- YOU'LL HAVE $4,000, AND AT THE END OF FOUR DAYS,
YOU MUST UPLOAD A COMPLETED VIDEO TO OUR VIRAL VIDEO SERVER.
GOOD LUCK.
- WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CREATE A STUDIO-QUALITY MOVIE TRAILER
FOR $4,000.
UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA PULL IT OFF.
- OKAY, LET'S DO PLOT.
LIKE, IT STARTS OUT WITH HIM
WALKING OUT THE DOOR, GOING TO CHECK HIS MAIL EVERY DAY.
BUT THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT CHANGES, RIGHT?
WE'RE CHOOSING TO TAKE THE THEME "GETTING YOUR MAIL"
AND MAKING IT IN A SCI-FI WORLD.
LITTLE DOES THIS CHARACTER KNOW,
IN HIS MAILBOX IS A VERY IMPORTANT PACKAGE
THAT EVERYONE ALSO WANTS.
LIKE, WE SEE HIM IN THE BEGINNING, LIKE--PFF--
HE PREPS FOR-- DA DA DA DA DA.
- SO THEN THAT BRINGS-- THE QUESTION IS,
IS THIS GUY AN AVERAGE JOE,
OR IS HE, LIKE, A KNOWN SUPERHERO?
- I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO EXPLAIN IT.
- WELL, THAT'S JUST WEIRD.
- MAYBE WE'RE GOING IN KIND OF THE WRONG DIRECTION.
- WE'VE GOTTA WRITE THIS. THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW.
FOR US TO WIN, IT'S ABOUT STORYTELLING.
- ALMOST THE ENTIRE WORLD'S POPULATION HAS BEEN WIPED OUT
EXCEPT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2005 CLASS REUNION.
- WE THINK THAT HAVING 16 PEOPLE COMING UP WITH AN IDEA
MAKES THE BEST IDEA POSSIBLE.
- WE COULD DO A HORROR MOVIE TRAILER VERY WELL.
I FEEL LIKE THAT TYPE OF FORMAT IS EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.
LIKE, WHY DON'T WE JUST DO A DATE AS THAT?
I JUST HAVE TO MAKE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION FOR THE WRITERS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE EASIER CHOICE,
WHICH IS HORROR. [all clap]
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF STORYBOARDING OUR VIDEO.
WE'VE GOT THE SCRIPT IDEA.
WE'VE GOT THE TRAILER, AND HOW WE KIND OF WANT TO CUT IT.
SO FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT,
ANDREW'S GONNA BE SCORING THE MUSIC.
AARON'S GONNA BE DOING EFFECTS.
AND I GOTTA DO THE PROPS, CASTING,
SET THE LOCATION FOR SURE.
GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
- YES, SIR? - YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING.
WE NEED TO SHOOT AT A HOUSE. - OKAY.
- DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WITH A HOUSE?
- [laughs] UH...
- WE'RE COLLEGE KIDS RIGHT NOW,
SO WE'RE MAKING ALL THESE CALLS TO ADULTS
AND TEACHERS LIKE, "HEY, CAN WE BORROW YOUR HOUSE?"
WE GOT SO MANY WATER GUNS,
SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S A MATTER OF SPRAY-PAINTING 'EM,
MAKING 'EM LOOK LIKE SCI-FI GUNS.
- OKEYDOKEY.
- IT'S GONNA BE GOOD NEWS. - ZACH, WHAT'S UP, DUDE?
- UH, I THINK AARON CALLED YOU EARLIER
ABOUT THE HOUSE, RIGHT? - YES.
- YAY. - AWESOME.
HUGE RELIEF THAT WE GOT THE HOUSE.
YES!
LET'S SET UP, UH, THINGS FOR YOU GUYS TO DO.
- WAIT, WHY ARE WE FIGHTING EACH OTHER?
- UM...
THE PLOT IS DEFINITELY ON THE BACKBURNER RIGHT NOW.
- I'M GONNA SIT HERE DRINKING MY POP.
- LOOK HOW PROFESSIONAL THAT IS.
THAT'S A STORYBOARD, PEOPLE.
- SO IT'S THE MORNING OF DAY TWO.
I THINK I COULD'VE SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON STORY,
BUT A LOT OF THE TIME, OUR VIDEOS AREN'T PLANNED OUT.
WE'LL JUST SHOOT 'EM.
WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT AROUND AND TALK
AND DEBATE ABOUT IDEAS.
WE JUST WANNA GET GOING.
- GREAT, WE'RE READY TO GO.
- SO THE FIRST SHOT,
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE 'EM ALL IN HAZMATS, RUNNING AROUND.
THESE GUYS ARE GONNA BE THE BAD GUYS, ALIEN FORMS,
AND I'M GONNA PLAY THE MAIN HERO IN THIS VIDEO.
LET'S SET UP, UH, THINGS FOR YOU GUYS TO DO
SO WE CAN JUST DO THAT OVER AND OVER, LIKE A PATTERN.
THE SCENE IS A GUY'S GOING TO HIS MAILBOX
AND GETTING THE MAIL,
SHOOTING INVISIBLE ALIENS AND SPACESHIPS.
JUST LIKE, HEY, I'M GONNA SHOOT YOU RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE THEM IN OUR COMPUTERS LATER
AND ADD 'EM TO THE SCENES.
- WAIT, WHY ARE WE FIGHTING EACH OTHER?
- UM...
JUST HAVE A CHOREOGRAPHED THING
BETWEEN YOU AND AN IMAGINARY THING.
IF THERE'S A SPACESHIP, ONE OF YOU SHOOTING UP THERE.
YEAH, IT'S SCI-FI.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT RACES OF ALIENS HERE.
THE PLOT IS DEFINITELY ON THE BACKBURNER RIGHT NOW.
I'VE--I'VE KIND OF TAKEN THE TEAM, LIKE,
"LET'S START FILMING."
YOU KNOW, OUR STRENGTH IS THE VISUAL EFFECTS
AND SHOWING THAT OFF, SO WE NEED TO GO THAT DIRECTION.
ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
ARE YOU GOOD?
- ANY CONCERNS? JUST THAT IT ALL--
WE GET THE STORY IN THERE. THE STORY'S KIND OF DEAD.
- ACTION!
[leaf blower humming]
- I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT,
BUT I THINK I'M AN ALIEN.
- CUT. GOOD JOB.
- SO JESSICA, YOU'LL BE ON THIS SIDE.
EVAN, YOU'LL BE RIGHT OVER HERE.
- OUR TRAILER'S ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER WHO SENDS PEOPLE
ON FIRST DATES AND THEN SENDS THEM
STRANGE TEXT MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE DATES
TO MAKE THEM DO WEIRD THINGS.
- [screaming] WE HAVE TO GO SKINNY-DIPPING, NOW!
- MOVIE TRAILERS REQUIRE SCOPE,
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF ACTORS.
AND WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF SHOTS.
AND CUT.
- THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. - COOL.
- BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE US THREE HOURS
TO GET THAT ONE SHOT.
- CLOSE UP ON SPAGHETTI. - ACTION!
THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING A LARGE GROUP
IS YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS.
- [crying] - [growling] FINISH IT.
- LUCKILY, WE HAD A CONTACT AT A RESTAURANT IN HOLLYWOOD,
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO USE THEIR RESTAURANT
BEFORE THEY OPENED.
AND CUT.
[laughter and applause]
- WELL DONE. - WELL DONE.
- DO YOU LIKE IT?
- SOMEHOW, WE'VE MANAGED TO OBJECTIFY
THREE OF OUR FOUR WOMEN IN THIS VIDEO.
- LIKE THAT? - YEAH, KINDA LIKE THAT.
THAT'S NICE. OKAY.
- IT ALL COMES BACK TO GOING VIRAL,
AND I KNOW HOW WE GET HITS--***.
- SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR OUR LAST EPIC SHOT.
AS A FILMMAKER, MY STRENGTH IS DEFINITELY DOING VISUAL EFFECTS,
MAKING THE SHOTS LOOK REALLY GOOD.
AND SO, I'M PLAYING TO THAT STRENGTH
BY HAVING A LOT OF COOL ACTION IN EACH SHOT.
- THIS HURTS SO BADLY.
I THOUGHT I WAS JUST THE COMPOSER.
- READY?
- YEAH. - ACTION.
- OUR EFFECTS ARE GONNA BE
OUR SIGNATURE TO THIS VIDEO.
BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN EPIC CHALLENGE.
I THINK WE'RE REALLY GONNA BRING THAT TO THE TABLE HERE.
- I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE ITCHING OR BURNING IS WORSE.
- WE'RE TRANSITIONING FROM SHOOTING
INTO OUR POST-PRODUCTION NOW,
AND OUR EMPHASIS IS DEFINITELY ON THE VISUAL EFFECTS,
WHICH IS POST-PRODUCTION, SO VERY IMPORTANT.
- DUDE, FRICK US.
IT FROZE OVERNIGHT.
- THE RENDERING IS FOR OUR COMPUTERS TO PROCESS THE VIDEO,
AND WE JUST SET IT AT NIGHT.
SO WHAT'S THE PLAN NOW?
VISUAL EFFECTS, THESE SHOTS TAKE SO LONG TO RENDER,
SO WE'RE PUT BACK HOURS.
LET'S GO THROUGH ALL THE EFFECTS SHOTS WE HAVE,
DIVVY UP WHO'S GONNA DO 'EM.
BECAUSE WE LOST THE EIGHT HOURS OF TIME FROM RENDERING,
WE'RE POSSIBLY HURTING OUR DELIVERY SCHEDULE,
AND THE SHOTS ARE GONNA BE DOWNGRADED, THEIR QUALITY.
OKAY, COOL.
- LET'S GET TO WORK. IT'S THE START OF DAY FOUR,
AND WE'RE STILL SHOOTING.
HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON: IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME,
THEY'RE SHOOTING THE LAST SCENE.
- [screams] WHY?
- IN FRONT OF ME, MATT IS SITTING WITH THE EDITOR.
- THE TWO BLACK GAPS
ARE FOR WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING RIGHT NOW.
- 3:00, NICK IS THEN GONNA START
DOING AN AUDIO MIX IN THAT ROOM.
THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THIS,
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR HOURS.
- I HOPE IT'S FUNNY. - IT'S GONNA BE FUNNY.
- I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WERE CONVINCED LAST NIGHT.
- OKAY, IS THAT IT? - WRAP ON PRODUCTION!
- WHOO! [cheers]
- WE JUST FINISHED SHOOTING OUR LAST SCENE
AND WE'VE GOT TWO HOURS LEFT. THIS IS CRAZY.
WE'RE GONNA GO IN THE OTHER ROOM,
CUT IT INTO OUR TRAILER,
AND SEE IF IT WORKS.
- 3 1/2 HOURS. - LESS.
- IT'S DUE 4:30. - 4:30.
- THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TIME RIGHT NOW.
- CAN YOU, LIKE, JUST BACK UP...
- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. - INTO A BREAK?
- JUST TAKE OUT "DON'T CHECK YOUR PHONE"
AND MOVE THE OTHER TWO UP. - YEAH, GOOD.
- SOMEHOW, ALL 16 MEMBERS OF HALF DAY TODAY
SNUCK INTO THE EDITING BAY AND ARE GIVING NOTES,
WHICH--IT'S REALLY A BIG MESS.
EVERYBODY OUT. - OH, MY GOD.
- 30 MINUTES.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS DEADLINE
IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
- GREAT. - WHAT?
- IT JUST WON'T IMPORT.
I'M JUST DOWN TO THE WIRE HERE.
- REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE NOT GONNA BE
THIS PUSHED FOR TIME.
- 'CAUSE YOU KEEP ADDING STUFF.
- NICK'S GOT THE STORY,
I'VE GOT THE COLOR AND THE LOOKS,
AND ANDREW'S GOT THE GRAPHICS.
TELL HIM HE'S GOT TEN MINUTES--MAX.
- ZACH, SEVEN MINUTES.
- MAILBOX, YEAH. I NEED TO MAIL IT.
- WATCH IT, WE HAVE A MINUTE.
- DELIVER THIS. "DELIVER THIS."
I REALLY WANT TO WIN THIS THING,
AND IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE,
ALL THIS LAST FOUR DAYS WAS FOR NOTHING.
THAT'S IT, BOYS.
WE GOTTA UPLOAD IT, READY? - ONE...
- ALL AT THE SAME TIME, UPLOAD.
- UPLOAD! [cheering]
- YES! [ding]
- [shouts]
- WE'RE SO CLOSE.
- AND...COME ON, COME ON.
BOOM! ON TIME! [cheering]
ALL RIGHT.
- I REALLY WANTED THERE TO BE BIGGER STAKES.
- AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU MADE A TRAILER
OUT OF ONE ACTION SCENE.
- THE WINNER OF VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN IS...
- THIS IS VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN,
AND TONIGHT, FINAL CUT KING WILL BATTLE IT OUT
AGAINST HALF DAY TODAY TO DECIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL
WHO WILL WALK AWAY THE WINNER OF VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN
AND $5,000 RICHER.
ALL RIGHT, FINAL CUT KING CHOSE "GETTING THE MAIL,"
SCI-FI STYLE.
NOW LET'S CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AND SEE IF THEY
HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THIS VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
[low, intense music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- DELIVER THIS.
[gunshot]
[triumphant music]
♪ ♪
UGH!
[sudden quiet]
[faint mystical music]
♪ ♪
[static]
- SANDEEP, WHAT'D YOU THINK? - I FEEL LIKE
THERE WERE SOME GREAT, GREAT, GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT.
THE EXPLOSIONS IN THE BACKGROUND, I MEAN,
WERE REALLY NICE TOUCHES.
YOU ARE TRULY A MASTER OF EXPLOSIONS.
- IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE MAILBOX,
LIKE, "HEY, A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM MY MOM,"
SO YOU ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF CHARACTER.
- OKAY. - FROM A CAMERA PERSPECTIVE
AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE SHOTS,
THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU MADE A TRAILER
OUT OF ONE ACTION SCENE.
- RIGHT. - ALL RIGHT, HALF DAY TODAY.
LET'S CHECK OUT YOUR FINISHED PRODUCT.
YOU GUYS CHOSE TO SHOOT A FIRST DATE,
HORROR-MOVIE STYLE.
LET'S SEE IF IT'S WORTHY OF THE $5,000 PRIZE.
[static]
[soft piano music]
- DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS?
- I'VE GOT A BROTHER. UH-- [phone dings]
EXCUSE ME.
- I HAVE A SISTER.
- THERE'S A TINY EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN YOUR SKULL.
- WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
- LOOK AT HER CLEAVAGE,
AND YOU'LL DIE.
[eerie music]
- [screams]
- FOR YEARS, DATING HAS BEEN ON YOUR TERMS.
TONIGHT, I DECIDE WHAT'S FOR DINNER.
[phone dings] ORDER THE ROASTED GARLIC CLOVES.
- WHAT? - JUST FOLLOW MY DIRECTIONS,
AND YOU'LL LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DATE.
- GOOD YEAR. - WHERE'S IT FROM?
- DON'T MENTION THE ITALIAN WINE TO HER.
- IT'S, UH--
- TELL HER IT'S FROM A GAS STATION.
- IT'S FROM A GAS STATION.
[phone dings]
- TAKE HIS HAND. NOW INTERLOCK THE FINGERS.
DO THE THING WHERE YOU RUB HIS THUMB A LITTLE.
THAT'S GOOD.
male announcer: THIS SUMMER...
- ORDER THE SPAGHETTI.
announcer: YOUR FIRST DATE...
- YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE PHRASE,
"REALLY? THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TAUGHT ME."
announcer: COULD BE YOUR LAST.
- SEDUCTIVELY LICK HIS ICE CREAM CONE.
[woman sobbing]
- WHAT HAVE YOU READ
SINCE THE GREAT GATSBY?
- [sobbing] I DIDN'T EVEN READ IT.
WE HAVE TO GO SKINNY-DIPPING, NOW!
[intense orchestral rock music]
announcer: HALF DAY TODAY PROUDLY PRESENTS...
[music intensifies]
♪ ♪
- WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
announcer: WINKYFACE.
[two phones ding] - PAY FOR THE CHECK.
announcer: COMING SOON.
[laughter]
- VERY CREEPY. VERY EPIC.
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT THE JUDGES THINK.
ADAM?
- THE ONE ISSUE IS--
IS THE PACING ON SOME OF THE JOKES.
JUST AS YOU'RE KIND OF APPRECIATING IT,
YOU'RE KNEE-DEEP IN THE NEXT JOKE.
- I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT VIDEO.
I--YOU COMPLETELY ENCAPSULATED, TO ME,
WHAT WOULD BE A-- WHAT IS A HILARIOUS
MOVIE TRAILER PARODY,
AND THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
- I LOVED ALL THE VISUAL ELEMENTS
THAT YOU GUYS HAD,
THE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
YOU'RE LIKE A VIDEO-MAKING BRADY BUNCH.
[laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, THEY SAW YOUR VIDEOS,
AND NOW YOUR FATE IS IN THE JUDGES' HANDS.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE THEM
JUST A SECOND TO DELIBERATE.
[door creaks shut]
AND NOW IT'S UP TO OUR JUDGES TO DECIDE
WHICH VIDEO IS THE BEST
BASED ON CREATIVITY, STORYTELLING,
SPECIAL EFFECTS, AND THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING
THAT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO SHARE IT
WITH ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS.
LET'S START WITH FINAL CUT KINGS.
WHAT'D YOU THINK?
- I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NICELY DONE.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY I SAW THAT
THEY'RE SHOOTING ON THE 7D.
LIKE, THEY HAD IT STABILIZED NICE.
THERE WASN'T SHAKE.
I THOUGHT THAT THEY USED
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ANGLES TOO,
WHICH WAS GOOD.
LIKE, THEY DIDN'T JUST HAVE JUST ONE SHOT.
- AND THEN THEY ALSO JUST KIND OF THREW
THEIR BODIES INTO IT.
THAT, TO ME, POPPED OFF THE SCREEN, YOU KNOW.
- THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD EITHER SPEED UP THE CAMERA,
SPEED UP THE FILM, THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE THE ANGLE,
KEPT YOU ENGAGED,
AND IT GAVE IT A SENSE OF RHYTHM,
RATHER THAN JUST KIND OF A WIDE SHOT
AND THEN A TIGHT SHOT AND ANOTHER WIDE SHOT.
- DO YOU GUYS THINK, IN THE END,
IT HAD THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING?
- IF I WAS WALKING PAST A COMPUTER
PLAYING FINAL CUT'S VIDEO, I WOULD STOP AND TAKE A LOOK.
- YOU WOULD STOP. - YEAH.
- 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I USUALLY EXPECT
TO SEE ON A SCREEN THAT SIZE.
- IN THE END, WITHIN THEIR WHOLE GROUP,
STORYTELLING WAS JUST NOT THEIR STRENGTH.
WOULD--YOU AGREE?
- YEAH. - I AGREE.
- SO THAT WAS FINAL CUT KINGS. WHAT ABOUT THEIR COMPETITION?
WHAT ABOUT HALF DAY TODAY?
- THE JOKES WERE SMART, AND THEY WERE RELATABLE.
LIKE--LIKE, EVERYONE'S BEEN IN THAT SITUATION
OR FELT THAT KIND OF PAIN, OR, LIKE, THE WHOLE,
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE HANDS HOLDING THE THUMB THING.
- DO THE THING WHERE YOU RUB HIS THUMB A LITTLE.
- LIKE, THAT--BEEN THERE. [laughs]
- I THINK THE THING IS,
THERE'S SO MANY GOOD IDEAS YOU COULD HAVE WITH THAT
THAT IT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES.
- AND I HATE-- AND I HATE TO SAY IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, LIKE, THERE IS SUCH A THING
AS TOO MUCH STORY. - RIGHT.
TO ME, IT WAS LIKE-- IT WAS TOO MANY IDEAS.
- YEAH. - TOO MANY FUN IDEAS,
AND THEN ALMOST NOT ENOUGH CLEAR STORY.
- I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IF IT WAS FIVE MINUTES.
- BUT IF THERE WAS LESS THERE, I THINK
I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID, "OH, IT'S LACKING SOMETHING."
- LESS IS MORE. RIGHT.
- I MEAN, I-I THINK THAT
THINGS WERE MOVING SO FAST
THAT YOU DIDN'T GET THAT SENSE OF, WHO IS THIS ABOUT?
- JUDGES, IT'S DECISION TIME.
- I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
- I-I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON SOMETHING HERE.
[laughs] - FANTASTIC.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHO WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER
WHEN WE COME BACK.
THIS IS VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
- WELCOME BACK TO VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
NOW, WE'VE SEEN BOTH FINAL CUT KING
AND HALF DAY TODAY'S FINAL VIDEOS.
AND NOW, IT'S TIME TO SEE WHO WILL WIN IT ALL.
JUDGES, IT'S ALL YOURS.
- FINAL CUT KINGS, YOUR VISUAL CREATIVITY
AND YOUR ABILITY TO DO SPECIAL EFFECTS
WITH LIMITED BUDGETS, LIMITED TIME, AND LIMITED PEOPLE
IS ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING.
I JUST WISH YOU COULD WRAP THAT AROUND
A MUCH STRONGER NARRATIVE TO MAKE THE WHOLE THING POP.
HALF DAY TODAY, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
AT WHAT THE SPIRIT OF A TRAILER IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE.
THERE WAS JUST SO MANY GOOD IDEAS
THAT ALL OF THEM GOT A LITTLE DILUTED.
- IT WAS SO HARD.
YOU BOTH TURNED OUT QUALITY PRODUCTS.
SO ANYONE LOOKING AT THEM WOULD GO, "WOW, THAT'S REALLY COOL."
- I WAS HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE A CLEAR LOSER,
SO I COULD JUST RAIL ON THEM, BUT THERE JUST--
[laughter] THERE REALLY WASN'T.
- ALL RIGHT, SO JUDGES, OBVIOUSLY,
TWO VERY INCREDIBLY TALENTED, PASSIONATE TEAMS,
TWO GREAT VIDEOS.
WE ALL THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THEM.
BUT WILL IT BE FINAL CUT KING,
OR WILL IT BE HALF DAY TODAY?
THE JUDGES HAVE MADE THEIR DECISION,
AND THE WINNER OF VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN IS...
HALF DAY TODAY!
[cheering] - NO!
[excited chatter]
- THAT'S SO GREAT.
- SO WE LOST.
IN MY OPINION, I THINK
OUR VIDEO IS BETTER, AND IT'S A BUMMER,
BUT FROM HERE, I THINK WE JUST KEEP MOVING
AND KEEP MAKING OUR STUFF.
- WELL, FINAL CUT KING,
YOU GUYS ARE DRIPPING WITH TALENT,
SO THIS WAS NOT FUN FOR US,
AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT FROM YOU GUYS.
- COOL. - SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
DO YOU AGREE WITH OUR JUDGES?
WOULD YOU HAVE GONE WITH WINKYFACE?
GO TO SYFY.COM TO WATCH
BOTH VIDEOS AGAIN AND VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE.
WE WILL REVEAL THE VIEWERS' CHOICE NEXT TIME.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WATCHING VIRAL VIDEO SHOWDOWN.
NEXT TIME, WE'LL BE BACK WITH A BRAND-NEW CHALLENGE
AND TWO NEW WORTHY CONTENDERS.
WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.