Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Bloopers!

Watch bloopers from the video here!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Timeline of "Welcome to Knox"

Watch the Welcome to Knox video here!

Timeline of Events
The following shows how this whole thing unfolded day by day: 

August 31: Script is written
September 1: Storyboard drawn – talent hired (Jessica)
September 2: Day 1 of filming
September 3: Day 2 of fiming – Extras only
September 5: Day 3 of filming – Final day
September 6: 50 views – video is edited and premiers on YouTube
September 7: 1,500 views
September 8: 3,000 views – video gets mentioned on radio
September 9: 5,000 views – Jessica (star) and Rachel (writer) are interviewed by WKVI – Twitter page begins
September 10: 7,000 views – Interview airs on WKVI and WKVI.com
September 11: 8,000 views
September 12: 9,000 views
September 13: 9,500 views – video is now "featured" on YouTube
September 14: 10,000 views
September 15: 12,000 views – Retta (Donna), on NBC's Parks & Recreation, Tweets about the video: "Dear God. Pawnee (the fictional Indiana city Parks & Rec is based in) is looking better & better."
September 16: 14,000 views
September 17: 15,000 views
September 18: 16,000 views


Facts
• The video was filmed on 3 days - September 2nd, September 3rd (Extras scenes) and September 5th (the director's birthday).
• After the script was written, a thorough storyboard was drawn depicting each scene. This means, we had a specific vision for each scene and never strayed from this storyboard (see pictures below).
• For the 3 minute and 30 second video, exactly 2 hours of footage was filmed.
• One scene was cut from the video for time.
• The abandoned street locations were scouted ahead of time. The street where the speed limit sign falls was unofficially named “Residential Street” while filming.
• As of September 15, the video has been watched in the United States, Canada, Bulgaria, Colombia, Mexico, Hungary, Germany, Malaysia, Brazil, Argentina, Norway, Denmark, Latvia and the United Kingdom.
• About 19% of our views were on a mobile device.

Storyboard
The storyboard was drawn before any filming took place:

Residential Street - including the falling sign

The "BEANS!" scene
The "Where it all began" cornfield scene
Street location #1