Monthly Archives: October 2009

It’s Official: “The Most Generous Person I Know” Has Launched!

Know someone unusually generous? Inspire thousands of others to be more generous by bringing the story of this individual to the world through this contest. (And: win cash doing so.)  http://www.reelinsights.com/?page_id=472
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All Green Families Entries Now on YouTube: Watch and Comment!

What do you think?  We’re thrilled!  If you have comments that could help the judges, please leave them on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C71833804843E3D5
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“Green Families” Officially Ends with Six Entries, “Most Generous Person” About to Launch

One entry Saturday and three on Sunday gave us a grand total of 6 — a number we’re thrilled with (after all, our this was our second contest, and six was more than we’d received in the first contest).  The videos will be posted later today on this site. November’s contest, “The Most Generous Person I [...]
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Watch “Gabe Goes Green”: Entry #2 to “Green Families”

Kudos to Richard Templeman of Rexburg, Idaho, who submitted “Gabe Goes Green” as an entry to our October “Family Struggling to Go Green” contest.  Richard is a member of the RT Film Club, which is associated with Brigham Young University-Idaho (the club, if certified as legitimate, will earn $1000 should Richard win the Grand Prize, [...]
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Shoot and Edit This Weekend: Green Contest Open Until Sunday at Midnight

Curious minds with cameras can document families struggling to go green in our October contest. It’s easy and fun, yes, but it’s important too. Enter today!
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From Tacoma, Washington: First Entry To October’s “Green” Contest

Michael McKenzie created this portrait of his family’s unusual approach to reducing their environmental footprint. Watch it, post comments — what do you think?  Are they making a difference? Could you do the same?  What does this video say to you?  Congratulations to Michael and his family for being the first entrants in our contest, [...]
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Families Going Green Contest Extended Through Sunday

We had a request which we’re happy to oblige. Final deadline is Sunday at midnight (New York time). Make those videos! Please write to us with any questions using the form on this site or directly to info@reelinsights.com.
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September Contest Winner Tells All!

We offer Reel Insights contest winners a chance to tell their story (briefly!) on video. Here Joshua Hawker of Provo, Utah, tells us why he entered the contest and how he chose his wife (to be the subject of his video, anyway!).  The next winner could — make that “should” — be YOU.
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Six States and Four Countries: People Say They’ll Enter The Green Families Contest, But Will They?

We’ve heard from aspiring documentarians in Minnesota, Florida, New Mexico and California, plus from Mexico, Holland and Croatia, that they will be (or at least are seriously thinking of) creating a video entry for our October contest. How about you?  Contact us at info@reelinsights.com or call us (Kenie or Ed) at 212-594-9500 if you have [...]
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Our September Contest Grand Prize Winner: Joshua Hawker

Congratulations to 29 year old Joshua Hawker of Provo, UT!   The college student (studying documentary film making at BYU) and father created the video you see below for our September contest (Profile of a Mom Changed in a Struggling Economy) by filming his own family.  The judges were impressed by Joshua’s insight into his [...]
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