Diser's for CMO!

[Tuffcookie]

Alright, I'm revoking Thumper's Law just to say:

I must have missed the rule that stated:

Only viedos of professional quality stand a chance of making the final cut. Amatuer videographers need not apply.

TC

 

[AmericanItGirl]

It's good to know that there's so many of us who are disappointed and feel that the choosing of slick videos is thoroughly unfair. I don't feel so bad for feeling bad.

I just can't help but feel like the essay portion counted for very little, when it should have counted for half, if not more at this stage in the competition. What can you do, though? Other than joining the writers' strike picket outside of Disney Studios in Burbank today and get them riled up even more because it's obvious that Disney doesn't respect writing as much as cinematography, editing, and special effects...

 

[TLP127]

Rabbit stew anyone?

This was priceless!!!!!

I so needed this right now! If I have one more family member or friend tell me to get over it, I think I'll slap them, but having someone who is feeling the same disappointment think about actually cooking Thumper......makes my grapes not quite so sour!

Thanks HMF. This was the first time today that I smiled!

I say it's time us disser's back our own independent candidate. HMF for CMO!!!

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

Alright, I'm revoking Thumper's Law just to say:

I must have missed the rule that stated:

Only viedos of professional quality stand a chance of making the final cut. Amatuer videographers need not apply.

TC

It is Rule 4, section 18, sub section a, sub-sub section IV..... tiny, tiny print.

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

I say it's time us disser's back our own independent candidate. HMF for CMO!!!

Yaaaay me!

 

[iwynlea]

I told DH last night that I hate feeling like sour grapes, because I really WANT to be happy for the winners. Their videos truly are AWESOME.

After doing some soul searching, I think what has bummed me the most is that I didn't know I had to be a video expert to make it to the Top 20. I mean, how can you not LOVE the winning videos with all their effects and such? They are truly AWESOME videos, and I ABSOLUTELY do not want to take away from their making it to the top 20, which out of 1300 videos is an amazing achievement. It's not the Top 20 winners we've seen so far that I'm frustrated with or bitter at. They did great videos and based on video editing alone, I would certainly put them in the Top!

I compare my video to those videos, and there's just no comparison, really. Those videos are better than mine any day!! But, at the same time, I will admit I do feel like mine has more heart and passion to it than a lot of the videos I've seen, and I feel like that should count for just as much as fancy video editing. If Disney & CareerBuilder were going to judge based on professionalism of shooting and fancy editing of videos, they should have said that somewhere in the rules, and I know I would have thought twice about entering, because there just wasn't enough time to learn how to do all that in just two weeks.

I think experience with video editing needed to be taken into consideration...some of the best videos I watched clearly weren't done by "experts" but just people like me who happened to have a video camera and did basic splicing of footage and talking at the camera, but who had passion and a true love for Disney. Or, like one of the DISers, someone who drug her computer with the built-in webcam all over the house -- that counts for A LOT more in my book than knowing how to do tricks with video editing! And, maybe if we ever track down who all the Top 20 are, we will see some of the videos just like this, and then I can come back and edit my post and eat my words.

Again, just my sour grapes, which taste nasty because this isn't the kind of person I want or like to be. But I am only human, and I guess when you want something so badly, this is all part of the grieving process when you don't get it. So, today I wallow, in the company of good DISfriends who feel the same. Tonight, I will forgive myself for not being a great video editor, be proud of the strengths I do have (I'm a great scrapbooker, for example), and remember that a very wise man said, "Brick walls are not there to keep you out. They are there to see how badly you want something." So, I want to work for Disney. Guess I'll have to find another way to make that dream come true!

Take care, everyone, and again to the Top 20, you guys&gals had great videos. I can't wait to see who makes the Top 10, and I'll be voting!! And hopefully I can even make it to WDW when the Top 3 are here, to see what "reality type challenges" they put you through....at that point, I may be glad it wasn't me!

 

[AnnDisneyFan]

I was part of the last minute (cause it took me that long to make the video) crying wretchedly over my keyboard as the green bars would not load the instructions even for loading my video.

Then it erased my application completely.

Not knowing if the counter just stopped at midnight...I, too quickly, tried to enter all the info again. MY HANDS WERE SHAKING OVER THE KEYBOARD.

Didn't make the midnight deadline.

It did make it to the site the next day.

All this makes me wonder how many of those winners entered early?

Seems like they got their entries in right away?

 

[catotigger]

You know - I'm thinking that today is a good day to embrace the "dark side" of Disney - the Villains!

Let's release our inner Cruella, Jafar, or Maleficent, and get it out of our system!

We can go back to embracing our good natures tomorrow.

-Cat

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

I told DH last night that I hate feeling like sour grapes, because I really WANT to be happy for the winners. Their videos truly are AWESOME.

I hear ya. I watched some videos that may be deemed "boring" by others, it was just someone standing in front of a wall talking about Disney.... but they came across as so endearing and passionate, that I truly appreciated their love for Disney. I guess the analogy I could best go with is the summer popcorn movie versus the period drama. Everyone ohhhs and ahhhs over the special effects and digital wizardy, but most of the time the script and acting are fluff. Now the period drama has intense acting and a witty script, but people are bored by it because there isn't eye candy. Now I'm not implying this attitude towards any of the finalist's videos that I've seen so far..... but I feel like I've only seen one or two "period dramas". Does that make sense? I'm with you iwynlea... if one of the top 10 is just someone standing with Mickey ears on, talking about their love for Disney with passion and no fancy edits, computer effects, or digital wizardry.... I'll put my words on O'hana bread pudding and finish it with a Dole Whip.

 

[AnnDisneyFan]

Don't you think a large part of this is the promotion aspect and who would be in the best position to campaign and get the Disney message out?

 

[AmericanItGirl]

You know - I'm thinking that today is a good day to embrace the "dark side" of Disney - the Villains!

Let's release our inner Cruella, Jafar, or Maleficent, and get it out of our system!

We can go back to embracing our good natures tomorrow.

-Cat

I agree.

Today is my official wound-licking day.

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

Don't you think a large part of this is the promotion aspect and who would be in the best position to campaign and get the Disney message out?

Oh definitely!!! That is why I made the comment earlier that out of the finalists that we have seen so far that almost all of them are in the same age bracket and all have the same "look" for lack of a better term. My thought on the winner will be male, white, mid 30's to early 40's, dark hair, and clean cut. That I've been thinking since day one..... it IS a PR position after all.

 

[AmericanItGirl]

Don't you think a large part of this is the promotion aspect and who would be in the best position to campaign and get the Disney message out?

True, but just because someone doesn't know how to add animation to their video doesn't mean that they wouldn't be able to sell the people on their love of all things Disney.

 

[DSNY4ever]

Yeah I knew I was going to have to have some sort of special effect because even though Disney might pick me for top 10 just based on my passion...when it came down to random viewers picking based on my video I would have had no chance without something to make it "professional." And I tried really hard!..but I still lost anyway.

And not that I am bashing the ones that we have seen so far that did make it (I am very impressed, they are great)...but their written applications must have been FANTASMIC because some of them were not in my personal top 20 out of the ones I watched. There were several that I really thought were clever, and apparently they didn't make the cut. So maybe these people really did wow them with their answers in order to beat out the other ones I watched.

Either way all of the finalists seem to share my passion for Disney, so I am happy for them.

 

[Carolwoodpr]

Either way all of the finalists seem to share my passion for Disney, so I am happy for them.

That is the one thing I can take solace in. Every person who took the time to do the video and application shares all of our passion for Disney. Some of us (not me obviously) were able to show that more clearly both in their video and on the application which has made them frontrunners.

So, sad or not, heartbroken or not, those are the things I am trying to remember as I try not to completely break down from utter disappointment today.

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

Either way all of the finalists seem to share my passion for Disney, so I am happy for them.

Bite my tongue, bite my tongue, bite my tongue *ow*.

 

[limabeanmom2003]

They were definitely looking for a certain type of person. This is a PR position, so the look, voice and personality are important. Honestly though, in watching the chosen videos that have been posted, there are definitely a couple that stand out from the others. There were a couple videos that I would not have picked as the best, but Career Builder and Disney have certain criteria they are looking for, and we are not privy to that info.

 

[AmericanItGirl]

I too feel congratulatory towards the top 20, but that doesn't make the disappointment vanish instantly. At least this way I won't be excluded from winning any of the other YOMD prizes.......all the pixie dust in the world couldn't get my feet off the ground right now.

 

[AnnDisneyFan]

Trying not to be too specific because I don't know the guy at all.....but the radio guy, for example, no special effects, just saying love of disney, having kids sing (which I was afraid of cause the whole music thing) and then showing his radio studio.

You know? Just another video applicant with the ability to promote career builder et al to a very large audience.

Seems like a great guy though......

 

[DSNY4ever]

Bite my tongue, bite my tongue, bite my tongue *ow*.

Haha. I hear ya! We are all apparently die hard fans, but if they put in the effort to make a video they must be too, right?... Maybe Disney will lets us see some of their application answers when we vote so that we can maybe see what the judges saw.

I am trying to be nice while I am pouting at the same time.