Long shot, but we have to try
February 27, 2010
I got an email late Friday afternoon from the Smile Train people asking if we can make a movie of us talking about Smile Train and why we do it and like it, and then uploading it on a private YouTube spot by Monday morning.
It has to be five minutes long, and there are some guidelines, but it's mostly free-for-all, and I'm thinking we do have a Flip video camera, and Dave knows how to put things on YouTube, but we don't have the kind of set and presence and experience to make a good show.
They're asking for a demo tape, and if it makes a cut, then somebody real would come by and shoot it professionally.
I don't know what to do or say, whether to do it inside or outside (those of you who've been here know how unimpressive it is).
At best, the chances are super slim that we'd get picked, because there are other people doing them, and I can't imagine that we'd make a better one than anybody, much less everybody else, but we'll see how it goes.
Anyway, we were picked because our fund is doing well, and so Smile Train must think we're slicker than we are. The bikes are slick, and the bags are slick---that's for sure---but we, and our building are far from it.
Anyway, that's what I'm thinking about this weekend.
Who's going to hold the camera, if we're all in it? I don't want to be the only guy. One of the other tenants here can, maybe. We'll figure it out. We're going to lose!
G
If you don't know about our Smile Train fund (and the benefit to you for donating, and how easy it is, and how much good it does), here you go:
http://www.smiletrain.org/
