CHECC Grand Prize - Best Cave Video 2016
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msmiffyyy
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Dan-Nash-Succ
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10/10 SUCC, got to be one of the best caving videos I've ever seen
Almost forgot about to put the UBSS entry in!
SRT Training 2016
Apologies for the not too great quality.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QZA6Dh4DY
SRT Training 2016
Apologies for the not too great quality.
! No longer available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QZA6Dh4DY
CavingPig
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ImperialCollegecaver
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Here follows ICCC's entry: a documentary on the exploration of Takaka Hill, New Zealand back in April 2015. Final editing finished last Christmas, so late (early) present.
ICCC goes to New Zealand
Apologies if the embedding is faulty!
ICCC goes to New Zealand
Apologies if the embedding is faulty!
falconjosh
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Hi,
Here is Aberystwyth Caving Clubs video entry for the grand prize. Featured is a short (less than 5min) video of Rose Cottage Cave in the Mendips. Hope you all enjoy it!
https://youtu.be/1Hr7bBzDCaU
Here is Aberystwyth Caving Clubs video entry for the grand prize. Featured is a short (less than 5min) video of Rose Cottage Cave in the Mendips. Hope you all enjoy it!
https://youtu.be/1Hr7bBzDCaU
rich
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falconjosh said:
You need to turn it into http://, Josh! Here you go:
http://youtu.be/1Hr7bBzDCaU
Hope it wins
Caver Keith
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The deadline for video competition entries has now passed and judging will commence shortly - after my afternoon nap.
Each of the videos will be played to a small carefully selected audience. The number of gasps, grimaces, laughs, yawns and people falling asleep will be meticulously recorded, and the results fed into a specially written algorithm.
The winner and runner up will be announced tomorrow.
Meanwhile here is a list of competition entries. Please let me know if I've missed any club's entry. The good news is that I can access all of them.
ULSA Caving in Peak Cavern 4:00
Southampton Caves and Recreational Drinking 6:33
UBSS UBSS SRT Training 2016 7:24
Cambridge The Cam: Going Underground 2:09
Imperial (ICCC) There and Back Again 9:50
Aberystwyth The Secret Behind the Belfry - Rose Cottage Cave 4:36
SUSS The Fellowship of the Sling 4:09
Caver Keith
Each of the videos will be played to a small carefully selected audience. The number of gasps, grimaces, laughs, yawns and people falling asleep will be meticulously recorded, and the results fed into a specially written algorithm.
The winner and runner up will be announced tomorrow.
Meanwhile here is a list of competition entries. Please let me know if I've missed any club's entry. The good news is that I can access all of them.
ULSA Caving in Peak Cavern 4:00
Southampton Caves and Recreational Drinking 6:33
UBSS UBSS SRT Training 2016 7:24
Cambridge The Cam: Going Underground 2:09
Imperial (ICCC) There and Back Again 9:50
Aberystwyth The Secret Behind the Belfry - Rose Cottage Cave 4:36
SUSS The Fellowship of the Sling 4:09
Caver Keith
Caver Keith
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Caving videos generally do not attract many viewers as caving is very much a minority sport. Consequently to attract and retain viewers a caving video has to be much better than videos of most other sports.
The videos entered in the competition were generally well-lit, competently filmed and show elements of post production editing. However to win a competition a video needs to be much more than this - it needs to appeal to a wide audience, engage and retain viewers, and wring some emotion from them - amusement, excitement, fear, anxiety, sadness, etc.
I scored all of the videos out of 5 for the following qualities: Overall impression, technical, post-production, audience retention and filming objectives. I hope my scoring is objective and fair. Picking a winner and runner up was not an easy task with several videos vying for the top spots.
Here are the results of my careful deliberations:
Runner Up: Imperial College - There and Back Again. This video has a narration and records an expedition and although the video and audio qualities are not great it did score highly for audience retention and filming objectives met and this was just enough to make second place.
http://youtu.be/uzpfFm1OnRA
Winner: Southampton University - Caves and Recreational Drinking. This video also has a story even if it is gross! Thought has been put into storyboarding, it does have audience retention and the editing is reasonably tight. The underground filming isn?t great as it uses mainly a helmet mounted camera, but having said this it scored fairly evenly across all 5 categories and this was just enough to grab the top spot.
http://youtu.be/_XS0mGhaw04
Well done to all videographers and congratulations to Imperial and Southampton.
The videos entered in the competition were generally well-lit, competently filmed and show elements of post production editing. However to win a competition a video needs to be much more than this - it needs to appeal to a wide audience, engage and retain viewers, and wring some emotion from them - amusement, excitement, fear, anxiety, sadness, etc.
I scored all of the videos out of 5 for the following qualities: Overall impression, technical, post-production, audience retention and filming objectives. I hope my scoring is objective and fair. Picking a winner and runner up was not an easy task with several videos vying for the top spots.
Here are the results of my careful deliberations:
Runner Up: Imperial College - There and Back Again. This video has a narration and records an expedition and although the video and audio qualities are not great it did score highly for audience retention and filming objectives met and this was just enough to make second place.
http://youtu.be/uzpfFm1OnRA
Winner: Southampton University - Caves and Recreational Drinking. This video also has a story even if it is gross! Thought has been put into storyboarding, it does have audience retention and the editing is reasonably tight. The underground filming isn?t great as it uses mainly a helmet mounted camera, but having said this it scored fairly evenly across all 5 categories and this was just enough to grab the top spot.
http://youtu.be/_XS0mGhaw04
Well done to all videographers and congratulations to Imperial and Southampton.
A_Northerner
Active member
Thanks for judging the video competition CaverKeith - I look forward to the continuation of Chunky's exploits in the next episode of Caving and Cakes!
Caver Keith
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Thanks. I was flattered to be asked but it was also a great opportunity to keep a close eye on the competition, and to pick up some tips.A_Northerner said:
Spoiler Warning: It?s not Chunky who gets into trouble in episode 3. Tune in on Thursday to find out.