06.30.09

Italy Scholarship, GO vote NOW!!

First off, Thank YOU to all of you who played along with us and sent your entries!!! All of them are awesome!. They made us laugh, cry, sing, dance and one even scared me. 

People from all over the world entered, South Africa, Sweden, UK, Brazil, Costa Rica, and across the US. Thanks for sharing 12 seconds of your life with us and most of all,    your time and talent to be creative and tell us why you want to come to Italy.

Honestly, Gene and I would love to take all of you with us. What a fun and crazy group this would be! It was a extremely hard decision to make, and it took all morning for us to do. But, here are the top 3 + 1 videos in no particular order. The public will decide the winner of the scholarship. If you are in the top 3 + 1, we encourage you to get your friends to vote, twitter and facebook it. The winner will be announced on Friday, June 12 at 5:00 p.m. PST. All votes must be cast in the poll below. We also just want to hear what you thought of them.. 

Can’t wait to see who you made you laugh, sing, dance, cry.

Here are the names from top to bottom: View Videos and VOTE below!! 

#1 me plus italy

#2 take me to italy

#3 peanut allergy 

#4 shiz-what?

 






 

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  1. Raoul Mehta - Peanut Allergy - because it is the video that best captures the criteria: it was really creative and certaintly made me laugh!!
    June 30, 2009
  2. crissy farah - Definitely agree Peanut Allergy made me giggle, soooooo creative!
    June 30, 2009
  3. jonathan canlas - that kid deserves a new hockey stick!
    June 30, 2009
  4. vivienne - i don't know if i can decide! they are all incredible!
    June 30, 2009
  5. Mandy Sroka - They were all so well done! It was hard to choose. So much more creative than I'd have ever thought with just 12 seconds. I'm a sucker for that lil' guy though!
    June 30, 2009
  6. sally - They are all amazing!! That was a tough choice, but I went with the kid:)
    June 30, 2009
  7. Teresa Goff - But #1 is art at its best. Art makes you feel... I love it.. I want to know who she is so I can see all of her other work. she is awesome.
    June 30, 2009
  8. jo ann - I chose Take Me To Italy...what can I say? I have a soft spot in my heart for Polaroids.
    June 30, 2009
  9. Kevin Charlie - OMG - this is so difficult! These entries are really good, creative and thoughtful! I can only imagine the challenges Gene and Jose had choosing the final entrants! I need to watch them all again and choose one :$ [kc]
    June 30, 2009
  10. pamela - these videos were all darn good. can we take a little survey to find out which of the top four were made with the Canon 5D Mark II? have fun in Italy. i guess i will have to get there of my own accord. cheers!
    June 30, 2009
  11. Kevin Charlie - edit: ok - I voted 'take me to italy'. Why? I love the 'old school' feel of the typewriter and the polaroid camera (long live film!!)
    June 30, 2009
  12. Trevor Dayley - They are all great videos. The kid is amazing. He is truly an actor in the making. Shiz-What stole my vote.
    June 30, 2009
  13. jill thomas - after watching the kid like 10 times, i had to vote for him!! so hilarious... he better get a new hockey stick.
    June 30, 2009
  14. jose villa - these are all so awesome! keep voting!!
    June 30, 2009
  15. Kat Forsyth - Oh, man. Of course I want them all to win...the peanut allergy made me laugh out loud, that kid was too cute, and the polaroid one was lovely. In the end I voted for the first one because I loved the effects - it was just beautiful!
    June 30, 2009
  16. Ralle - Man, just got home from work (live in Sweden...) and saw that my personal favorite "peanut allergy" was not doing so well, don't get it, it's hilarious! REally hope that now when we Swedes start coming home from work more people will vote for her!
    June 30, 2009
  17. paul parker - shiz-what is great, off the shizzle fo hizzle!
    June 30, 2009
  18. Markus - Haha, just logged on to my facebook and saw the campaign for Peanut Allergy, was a bit sceptical at first but after reading what the competition is about I'm convinced. The two first ones are REALLY well made and the last one is so cute but Peanut Allergy is the funniest, I was so surprised when she jumped out of the box!
    June 30, 2009
  19. eden - watched. thought. watched. thought some more. watched one more time and voted #1 me plus italy then watched them all again. they are all so fantastic!!!
    June 30, 2009
  20. jill - 'me plus italy' takes the cake!
    June 30, 2009
  21. wen - I voted peanut allergy...it is a wonderful surprise that she jump out, and I love the music ;)
    June 30, 2009
  22. sandra pan - so tough. kids always get me...aww...but they're all so creative...peanut packaging is funny too, first one is so creative and artsy...can't decide!! good luck!! :)
    June 30, 2009
  23. jen may - yikes, we decide the winner! you two should choose :) they were all great videos
    June 30, 2009
  24. cynthia - These are all AMAZING videos!! It's so hard to choose! The first two are very inspiring and make we want to learn all things beautiful about editing a video! The third one is quite quirky and cute. And the fourth one is hands-down hilarious!
    June 30, 2009
  25. Geneve Hoffman - I was very close to voting for "take me to italy" because it was so chic and cute, but then the "shiz-what" just nailed it! heeeelarrious
    June 30, 2009
  26. Mary Jane - Love this idea - how FUN! : )
    June 30, 2009
  27. Jennifer Bowen - Oh man, that is a very tough call between #1 and #4. I laughed out loud (three times I might add) at the kid and almost voted for it. But I have to say #1 is pure creative genius to me. Says it all.
    June 30, 2009
  28. dan - The first one is by far the most creative and shows real skill. I know the kid is cute, but the video itself is really not something that catches my eye. Nice work #1!!!
    June 30, 2009
  29. Kenny Nakai - The production value for the first one is top notch! The kids hilarious too! But my vote goes for #1! I wish I could go to italy too! =)
    June 30, 2009
  30. kara wieler - These are great! Guess it's good I didn't have time to come up with something, there's no way I could top these!
    June 30, 2009
  31. Mary Clark - I voted for number one per request of Jonathan Canlas. However, I loved every video. Every one. I especially want to eat that kid at the end. I've watched it like 40 times just to hear him say fo shizzle.
    June 30, 2009
  32. Carebear - For shizel dizel that boy is off the heezy for sheezy! What can I say, I'm a hockey girl and a sucker for this boy's goal for a stick... GO PENS!
    June 30, 2009
  33. Tira J - wow, they were all so good. too bad you can't pick all of them.
    June 30, 2009
  34. pamela - i just think the last one is so 'Gene & Jose,' in a little man form. cute, confident, funny... love it!
    June 30, 2009
  35. cece - kills me that number one didn't win. awesome video, who did it?
    June 30, 2009
  36. wen - Are we still voting??? I thought the voting close at 5:00pm on 6/12 today...so, the vote count should ended by then???
    June 30, 2009
  37. rommel - i like the one wrote to going to italy
    September 4, 2009

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