Chip’s Not Dead Yet video contest winners announced!

The Chip’s Not Dead Yet video contest challenged Vancouverites to put their creativity to the test in coming up with their best idea for a theme wave.  It was a tight race to the finish, but we’ve established our winners.  Drumroll please…

Congratulations to:

Alicia Krywaniuk! Her video ‘Run like a Canuck,’ featuring her son, Ethan, won the People’s Choice Award with the most votes.  She will receive a cash prize of $1,000.  Well done, Alicia and Ethan! (And Go Canucks, go!)

AND

24 Hours Vancouver & Yoyomama for their video ‘do the PJ wave’ as well as the Infant Studies Centre at UBC, for their video ‘Childhood Character’. These amazing teams have both won a shared sponsorship of the family wave! Look for them at the race.

Memelabs would like to give a big thanks to everyone who participated in this campaign. It’s been tons of fun for us. We adore doing work which benefits non-profits and look forward to doing more of the same in the future.

The Chip’s Not Dead Yet memorial mile is being held on Saturday June 20th, 2009.  People will run, walk or parade one mile uphill to raise critical funds in support of the BC Children’s Hospital.  Registration is open. Get in there early for a discounted rate and to start fundraising now!

We were honoured to work with Wells Fargo to produce the Someday Stories video contest, which endowed one lucky winner with $100,000 to put towards their dream. The contest also gifted $450,000 to three wonderful charities: Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Junior Achievement.

The contest ran for two months and garnered over 10,000 submissions.

Congratulations to Evelyn from Sharon, MA. With a whopping 28,880 votes, she won $100,000 to make her Someday Stories dreams come true. Her daughter’s magazine now has the funding to continue inspiring young women everywhere. Second place went to Danny from Provo, Utah, who earned 24,071 votes.

As part of the contest, voters were prompted to vote for one of the three aforementioned charities before casting their ballot for their favourite Someday Story. It was a close race, but in the end Habitat for Humanity won the $250,000 prize with 25,542 votes. Second place winner Junior Achievement will receive a donation of $150,000, and Boys and Girls Clubs of America will receive a $50,000 donation. All the prize money was donated by Wells Fargo.

Memelabs would like to give a big thanks to everyone who participated in this campaign. It’s been a very satisfying project for us. We adore doing work which benefits non-profits and look forward to doing more of the same in the future.

Wells Fargo will hosting the Grand Prize event at the Wells Fargo History Museum in San Francisco. Details after the jump.

Posted by Nadia Nascimento

New Filmmaker, Devin Dunn from South Africa is currently sitting in first place for IndieMV’s Art of Dying Music Video contest- and wants to keep it that way. With some stiff competition coming from Ruth Anne Rich in second place and GonzoFilmmaker in third place, Devin went through some of his production stills and sent them over to show us that to make a hot looking film- you don’t need a huge budget.

Grab a camera. We’re not expecting a 35 mm film here so keep it simple.

No Tripod? Use what you’ve got. Books stacked up can give you the height you’re looking for. Just don’t try doing a roaming shot.

Film 101- don’t overlook your lighting. Dunn created his own set up which ups the appearance of video’s production value.

The IndieMV contest is open until December 1st- So head back an give a nod to your favorite. We wish all of the amazing videographers the best of luck!

Alright people…this is the last call for your Art of Dying music videos!

We’ve got some amazing pieces that have been battling for the votes,
and following November 15th, the contest will be closed to submissions.
On December 1st, the contest will be closed to all votes and we’ll
announce the winner soon after- handing out a new Macbook and video
camera to the top 2 entries. Just a little seasonal gift from IndieMV
to you for all of your hard work and creative genius.

So get the final shot list down, challenge your inner Coppola, cast
and shoot your brilliance by November 15th, and you’ll make it into
the final voting spree.

Good luck to all…and be sure to check back for more updates!

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Mitchell Stafiej, a participant for the Card Gone Crazy contest , is on the right track. He has recently announced that should he win the contest, he will donate the $3000 prize money to the Save Darfur Coalition and to help build his site Magic for Darfur (http://www.magicfordarfur.org).

Stafiej has been actively promoting his entry and his site, Magic for Darfur, a non profit organization dedicated to offering aid to the citizens of Darfur in hopes that the organization will grow within the magic community to raise awareness about the crisis and ultimately aid those affected by the genocide.

The Cards Gone Crazy contest asked participants to showcase crazy card games from stunts, tricks, to card creations an is open to votes for one final month before the winners are announced. Participants are encouraged to try any creative means of getting the word out about their submission, and Stafiej’s recent announcement is a great example of encouraging the community to rally behind an entry.

The memelabs team congratulates Stafiej on his amazing incentive and wishes the best of luck to all participants during the upcoming month’s voting spree!