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FirefoxFlicks Winners Announced
prostoalex writes "The FirefoxFlicks competition has announced the winners of the Firefox video promo campaign. The winning videos are DareDevil, Wheee!, Fox Fever, This is Hot and Give me the the soap."
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The site is down already... To google video, huzzah!
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Put the design skills behind This is Hot with the Wheee! concept and you got a real winner.
Since the site is a pile of smoldering wreckage, let's talk about something else: the web. Specifically, when did you start needed a database to serve up five static files?
Discuss amongst yourselves.
Weee was the worest piece of crap in the entire Flicks submissions. It doesn't belong on TV on any channel. If that thing airs on tv, it will turn people off to Firefox.
Give me the Soap one is the best one.
1. Daredevil. What's this about? Nice editing, pretty sweet cinematography (if extremely dark due to heavy use of solar silhouetting). Nice little homily about the surfing ethic. And the kid skateboarding with the surfboard is cool too. But there's no surfing in it. There's skateboarding. Looks too cold to surf. And too dark. Confused.
2. This is hot. Predictable. I liked the touch with the fish. Too bad it didn't hold that note.
3. Wheee! Cute, but the payoff is lame. Firefox just wants to sleep? Confused again.
4. Get the Soap. Dumb. No text, sub- or otherwise, to indicate why the kids think washing gets rid of viruses and spyware. Only the soap-on-the-lens thing keeps it from being dead last. Oh, and the fact that this one could never be anything but:
5. Fox Fever. Ultra-dumb. Lame beyond words. Everything that's wrong about the vox populi artistic movement. How did this hunk of shit get out of the in-box, much less into this list?
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Saw them all through the Google Cache. (I can't function without the Add Mirrors Greasemonkey Script which IMHO is way better than the Slashdotter Extension.)
Anyway, I thought "This is hot" blew all the others away. High production value. Gets some of the firefox message across to a mass audience without getting buried in all the product details. Most of the others will just leave people confused.
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I watched them and definitely Get Me The Soap is the best. The idea of washing the computer to get rid of viruses if funny, only because kids are so litereal now. If I was to see that on TV I would be kinda confused as to what firefox is, because, IMO, the average user just uses IE because they don't know about others, except maybe Netscape. The only thing I would add is on the GetFireFox.com logo @ the end put Get FireFox Interenet Browser to clarify what it is.
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Wouldn't it be far more daredevil-ish to use a browser that ISN'T Firefox???
Remember they were not aiming for a technical audience necessarily, so they picked the one they thought everyone could most relate to (in other words, instead of targeting one audience's 100% mark they figured they'd shoot for everyone's 30% mark, or whatever).
Fox Fever was too geek-funny. Most people would just find it stupid.
Wheee! was an excellent and clever submission but requires users to be familiar with browser icons (besides the big blue "e" that non-tech people have synonymized with the Internet).
You're on target about "This is hot" and the soap entry would be borderline confusing to joe sixpack.
For fuck sakes, this is why I hate comments on Slashdot - most of the time the moderation is pretty good, until something about Microsoft comes up.
Why can't anyone take any FireFox criticism? You'd think the Parent said "Firefox 'r dumb. IE is teh pwn". He critiqued the videos - in a nice, defined manor.
What's good about the videos:
Daredevil - nice cinematography, good surf-surf analogy, kind of touching. Touches on what Firefox does.
This Is Hot - Great animation, really slick presentation. Clearly states what Firefox is and what it does.
Whee! - Funny in a really juvenile way.
Get the Soap - Kind of cute.
Fox Fever - Funny in a crocodile-hunter-ripoff kind of way. Refers to a few things Firefox does.
What's bad about the videos:
They're all really lame. Mediocre at best. 'That Is Hot' and 'Daredevil' have great execution - but nothing to execute. There's no substance. None of the "flicks" have anything to really say.
'Whee!' is actually quite insulting. The other browsers are retarded? That's classy. 'Fox Fever' was passable until the end when the 'explorer' showed up and was "defeated". What a cheap shot. Again, really classy. Attacking IE without any qualifiers is insulting to both Microsoft and users of both FF and IE (and Safari and Netscape), as well as Firefox - there ARE reasons why Firefox is better than IE, but they aren't mentioned.
'Get the soap' and 'Whee!' don't even try to explain what Firefox is. Daredevil talks about "browsing" but that's about it. 'Fox Fever' is a bit better, but relies on "go to getfirefox.com for more info". 'This Is Hot' explains pretty well what Firefox does (1 out of 5 ain't bad).
Again, I think it's important to remember that Firefox is better than IE, but not by the leaps and bounds fanboys say it is.
"It's faster" >> well, sometimes. Sometimes it's slower. It's a crap-shoot really. And it's never that much faster.
"It's safer" >> yes it is, but not much safer (remember that URL faking exploit?) and most of it's "security" comes from active-x being turned off (which you can do in IE too). And remember: Open source = increased risk.
"Tabs, extentions, and skins provide a better user experience" >> yes! I've got a few really nice extensions I just can't imagine living without (mmm egg timer). But it's important to note that IE7 will include these exact features too.
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I was confused by it. IE apparently is mentally challenged, but very busy. Safari is bored (maybe no one is using it?), and apparently Firefox is really just a reflection by 99% of its users (willing to complain about IE, but not willing to do anything of their own to fix the problem). Who wants a browser that sleeps all day and whines at IE?
A better take on the same idea would be to display all of the icons at the same time, IE can go "whee" but keeps running into stuff and getting disoriented and diseased and then dies. Safari can be bored if it wants to, and Firefox should look like it actually getting something done.
What?
I watched the first place winner, "Daredevil" and frankly, I was confused. Besides the small text at the end, there was no mention of Firefox at all. From the perspective of an average observer, I just didn't get it.
I also disliked "Wee" (however it is spelt). It sunk down to demeaning other browsers rather then explaining and showcasing Firefox's abilities. The browser should rely on its merits, not the shortfalls of other browsers.
I loved "This is Hot". The animation was well done, and professional. The features of firefox were briefly explained, and a nice shiny logo with lots of flash was displayed at the end. In my opinion, this is clearly the winner.
Well, I guess not many Linux people are going to be watching those movies.
Come to think of it, neither will I. Not since quick time changed from being a crappy media player into a crappy media player with a big helping of invade-your-entire-machine-and-redirect-every-poss ible-file-association-with-no-escape-ware.
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