WTF? Video Remix Project from OK Go

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We are pleased to announce a video remix project for our video “WTF?”
[vimeo width="551" height="303"]http://vimeo.com/7166047[/vimeo]
We want you, our lovely and creative fans, to remix the WTF? video using the raw footage as shot by filmmaker Tim Nackashi. Tim shot the whole video using a “greenscreen” background like this:
[youtube width="551" height="303"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVuvNJfW8gg[/youtube]
Which allows you to supply your own background layer to the video like this:
[vimeo width="551" height="303"]http://vimeo.com/8878427[/vimeo]

So Remix Our Video!

We invite you to:

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And don’t feel like you need to remix the entire video. A small excerpt is just fine. Here’s an example by our friend Casey Opstad (thanks Casey!).

[vimeo width="551" height="303"]http://vimeo.com/8886373[/vimeo]

Helpful Links

What is Chroma Key / Greenscreen?
Chroma Key / Greenscreen Tutorial for Final Cut Pro
Chroma Key / Greenscreen Tutorial for iMovie
Chroma Key / Greenscreen Tutorial for Adobe Premiere Pro
Download the Greenscreen Footage File Here

Video Contest for The French!

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Today we received this video, and it made us smile:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LcMldsVA8c[/youtube]

So now we’re going to have a quick contest and the winner gets to come hang out backstage with the band at the show in Paris on January 26th.
NOTE – If you cannot attend the show in Paris, France on January 26th, this contest probably isn’t for you.

OK. Here’s how it works:

1. Make a video that somehow relates to OK Go

2. Upload it to YouTube and tag it “okgofrancecontest”

3. The morning of the show (January 26, 2010) we’ll pick a winner and send them a message on YouTube.

4. That night you come to the show on our guestlist and get to meet the band.

Sound good? Go forth!

An Open Letter Regarding Non-Embeddable YouTube Videos

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This letter from Damian was posted on the OK Go Message Board today…

To the people of the world, from OK Go:

This week we released a new album, and it’s our best yet. We also released a new video – the second for this record – for a song called This Too Shall Pass, and you can watch it here. We hope you’ll like it and comment on it and pass the link along to your friends and do that wonderful thing that that you do when you’re fond of something, share it. We want you to stick it on your web page, post it on your wall, and embed it everywhere you can think of.

Unfortunately, as of now you can’t embed diddlycrap. And depending on where you are in the world, you might not even be able to watch it.

We’ve been flooded with complaints recently because our YouTube videos can’t be embedded on websites, and in certain countries can’t be seen at all. And we want you to know: we hear you, and we’re sorry. We wish there was something we could do. Believe us, we want you to pass our videos around more than you do, but…

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