Helmetcam Film Festival Winning Films by brule

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OliScale (Jun 8, 2011 at 16:11)

Pretty sure you said it had to be under 2 minutes long? and posted by the 24th of may?

Yet the winning submission is 2.36 mins long and posted 5 hours ago?

Plus the winning submission was done by the owner of a small ski resort in BC, which is why his footage is so good. is that fair?

and there were definitely better videos posted than the ones chosen, IMO

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9inedivine (Jun 25, 2011 at 13:14)

agree

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fraktiv (Jun 9, 2011 at 1:58)

Firstly, let me congratulate TFK for the Downbeat and raising money for such a worthwhile cause. I give a lot to charity - both time and money - in the UK, so it's good to see events like this happening.

However, my 'goodwill' ends there, as the winning film isn't in the spirit or within the rules of the competition. As @OliScale says, the film is over the quoted max of 2 mins, does not contain bike-related footage (as we were urged to do), is from someone not on Pinkbike, and AFAIK, has not been on the Headcams section of PB, which is where all entries were to be placed. The video contains flash frames of naked women, atomic bombs and other unrelated content, which is hardly suitable! Ok, there's helmet cam footage in it, but it is not of a great quality and poorly shot and edited.

This comp may not have captured the PB community's imagination like previous comps, but there were many entries from around the world, including my own, which far exceeded the quality of the winning edit and were within the rules. At least the 2nd place edit was within the comp's remit, so if the judges decided this was worth 2nd place, they should give the goodies to the guy who made this at least!

I understand PB may not have had a deciding vote on this comp, but given that viewing of entries was hosted here, I feel it's very unfair to the PB community to allow a non-PB member to win. I and many other active PB members give and take crit about our own videos, photos and comp entries and regularly comment on each other's work, which helps to develop the community, but the attitude demonstrated here to comps and their judging is pretty saddening, considering the time and effort people have put in.

Maybe next time, we all won't bother...Oli

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david-hill (Jun 9, 2011 at 2:26)

Well said Oli, well said.

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fraktiv (Jun 9, 2011 at 2:52)

Thanks bud. Pinkbike have to know this as a similar thing happened with the LifeCycles recut comp. I work in a corporate environment too with investors, sponsors and other people with vested interests to keep happy, but if PB supports an event like this, the PB members who take time/effort to contribute, deserve some recognition...or at least a big pack of Pinkbike stickers. How can we compete with a video that was never uploaded and no one else but the organisers saw?

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Pires31 (Jun 10, 2011 at 4:18)

Spot on Oli. Typical PB competition results!!

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david-hill (Jun 9, 2011 at 1:57)

So the winning film was posted by TripsForKids 15 hours ago. There were definitely better vids, no disrespect to the winners and I really don't want to sound like a whiny bitch but this doesn't seem all the fair bending the rules. Oh well, well done winners

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outhouse (Jun 9, 2011 at 19:30)

That decision is rediculous. I didnt spend a day filming and editing to get the vid to the right specs and length, for a random skiing vid on a bike website to win. Any of those other edits deserve the win alot more than either of these two easily. My Entry : www.pinkbike.com/video/197762

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nouser (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:26)

yours should have won, not a crappy skiing video, and a kid going round in constant circles This competition was such a fix

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9inedivine (Jun 25, 2011 at 12:53)

All I have to say is : NOT FAIR to other video makers !!!!!

My entry:
www.pinkbike.com/video/198266

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9inedivine (Jun 25, 2011 at 13:02)

And they only have like 1 (ONE) fav....... c'mon!!!