I finally finished with my NeoVision contest entry so I finally have time to write a post!
It took many tries for me to enter the NeoVision contest but Thomas and I found out how to Upload it to NeoPets. Here's what the final project looks like on YouTube:
I did everything myself besides most of the editing which was by Thomas. Please tell me what you think. :D
There's a thing called the Cookie Crumbles Contest going on on YouTube and we've entered it.
Here's our video:
Five finalists have been chosen and I'm about 99.999 percent sure that one particular video was chosen.
I want to tell you all that the five finalists aren't allowed to announce themselves. I can't remember when the winner will be chosen but it's soon :)
I entered a video as well but it was taken off because I was making fun of this lady:
My video:
Heres some of my replies to random comments:
Random person (Probably the lady) : "What a sad family effort to submarine someone else's contest entry. Good values you're teaching these kids."
Me: "Family effort? This is just me and (sort of) my mom's video. Theres no "family effort" in it what so ever.
Is it a crime for kids to make fun of adults? This lady, whoever she is, obviously treats children like they're objects. I highly doubt she ever treated her children (if she had any) like real people. Most parents don't even have normal conversations with their children...
I have my own mind unlike most children. I can make decisions by my self if I decide to. I decided to make fun of this woman because I think her explination of cookies is wrong and because I wanted to try out my long forgotten Katharine Hepburn imitation :P
Just because I have a sense of humour doesn't mean my mom is raising me, or any of my sisters "improperly"."
(She doesn't reply)
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She sent this today:
Subject: Not shouting, just talking
Ok, so I figure my beef is with you and not yr Mom. I finally managed to watch the whole 8+ minutes, b/c I want to be fair. I still think the only thing you're making fun of is the speaker. If you were going to make fun of what she was saying, you'd need to alter the text, or perform specific words with even greater emphasis. So, why make fun of the speaker? From the post at your video site, I think it's b/c "The Cookie Lady" sounds condescending. But if you're commenting on tone, you need to have a tone of your own. The Katherine Hepburn voice is a charicature (sic) of an old woman, not a condescending one. It's not meant to be flattering, right? So I assume it's meant to be insulting. But I know that I don't know what you're thinking. I would like to know.
I told your mom, I think mouthy broads need to stick together, and that's why I keep talking.
Oh I see. My moms too big of a challenge for you to take on so you decided the 12 year old would be better. Whatever makes you more comfortable...
What I was thinking was that "The Cookie Lady" (as you re-describe her) Was being VERY condescending to all viewers. It made me feel like I was back at my French school if you must know. Where they talked to me like I had never been to school before and had never heard a word of French. I don't think anyone should talk or be talked too like that. "The Cookie Lady" should change her form of speech in my opinion. The optimistic vibe was OK but the way she looked at the viewers through the camera and the way she waved her arms about was extremely annoying. And the bookshelf in the background was both distracting and irritating.
I was not offending her as I said before. She shouldn't take it so personally. And I didn't need to alter the text because it was good enough already. I liked how it went on for so long. It was good for my Katherine Hepburn imitation. It sounded like an old person who never stops talking :P
Thats not to offend "The Cookie Lady". She went on to explain. Really old people go on just because.
Anyway I think I have said enough.
I have more important stuff to be getting on with...
-Meadhbh.
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That's all.
I'll update my blog again in a couple of days. I hope you enjoy reading my writing as usual!
2 commentaires:
Some old people forget to grow up when they cross some imaginary temporal line of their own making...
Great job with the videos. Hi to Leslie.
M, you're a genious, your neopet video is outstanding, its so good!
I really hope that things are going well there, ignore the dumb old woman, bitter adults are a waste of time; next time that happens just ignore it, because its the reply they are looking for because they have nothing better to do with their boring lives =]
I hope things are good where you are; love you lots and lots! Miss you! xxx
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