What's this challenge all about?
You’ve seen lip dub music videos, flash mob dances, and great wedding party videos.
The Vindicator wanted to capture all that viral music video enthusiasm and challenged Valley High Schools to produce their own music video. Using the track "I'd Like to Get to Know You", by JD Eicher & the Goodnights, Valley schools will compete and take a stand against bullying.
Congratulations to our 2015 winner, Warren G. Harding High School. They will take part in an anti-bullying commercial that will allow them to showcase their school pride. Stay tuned!
MVC - Fitch
None | posted Mar 9th 2015
Austintown Fitch students participate in the High School Music Video Challenge featuring the song "I'd Like to Get to Know You", by J.D. Eicher and The Goodnights.
The Submissions:
Bonus Content:
About Your Video
- Judging criteria for winning video will include:
- Best use of campus and community, including number of people and places in the shoot.
- Communicating the theme of acceptance, friendship and anti-bullying.
- Overall technical production quality — video, audio, lead singer lip-synching
- Celebrate your school!!
The winning school:
- Gets a full JD Eicher and the Goodnights band concert/party.
- Will be featured in a 30-sec anti-bullying ad campaign on WFMJ and vindy.com.
General Rules
- Video must be student-produced. Teachers/staff can only watch, keep you out of trouble, and do weird things in the background.
- Participants must send commitment to schoolvideo@vindy.com no later than Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. If you’re late, we’ll find chalk erasers for you to clean even though you have no idea what those are. Ask your parents.
- All videos must be submitted to The Vindicator by Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015.
- Must use JD Eicher’s song “I’d Like to Get to Know You.” A free download of the song for EVERYONE!!!! “Free” is always cool.
- Open to ALL high schools in 5-county Vindy coverage area: Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull, Mercer and Lawrence. If you live outside those 5 counties and still want to do this, email us. We might let ya come off the bench.
- Winners will be determined by judges who are some pretty cool people. You’ll also get to sandbag the voting process by getting all your friends to vote for you as well. Get your enemies to vote, too. That will happen in March.
Video Absolutes
- You must use JD’s song in its entirety — uncut, unmixed, etc. Don’t go extended techno on us!!!! No countrifying it. Hip-hop is no-no.
- Your video can use scripting/acting before the song and after the song, but no 4-part HBO documentaries!!! Maximum video length is 6 minutes. (The song is 3:45)
- Students can choose
- The strict lip-dub format of a single-camera shot with people lined the hallway from start to finish of song
- An acted/scripted video that is less people, but more theatric
We suggest that a great video will blend both concepts.
So these are the rules. We encourage you to bend them; find loopholes; surprise us and the community. And produce a great video that celebrates your school and shows your creativity.