The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary Final Entry: Closing Up

There is not much left to say and my tea has almost run dry. The report I’m doing for my uni project is entering its final stages and it will be time to move on and find something else to get involved in.

We made the news here: http://ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_122966.htm

And here: http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-digital-media/typhoo-sets-itea-challenge-for-liverpool-students-20120403100956972

and it all started with a box full of mugs, teas and a cheque for £100. The day I dragged that box home I could feel an intense weight. I put it down on the pavement to rest my arms, but they were still heavy. Only recently has the weight been lifted and I walk into the distance, the mugs now chipped.

As I fade out, a soft sound can be heard. Like a ghost whispering from the woodwork. Oo, it said.

End.

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 24: Advice For The New Generation

So, Typhoo may be doing this social video competition again. Rules may change and the current entries will become retro relics. When entering the competition I visited a local top-secret Liverpool shrine and asked the Typhoo Guru for help to get me far. I managed to get him to dish out ten top tips for the new generation of Typhoo Social Video entrants. Meet… the Typhoo Guru!

Hallo! I am the Typhoo Guru and here are my words of wisdom, just for you. I’d ask you to come closer and whisper them into your ears, but you can’t get through, you just can’t reach me. After all this is just a screen. 

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 23: Press Release 2

The second press release to announce the success of the project and some pictures have been unleashed! God, do I miss having my hair that long… and it’s only been a few days!

And here is the press release. I was very happy that they used my quote unaltered.

Press Release: Typhoo UniversiTEA Challenge – April 2012

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 22: The Rivals

With the Typhoo UniversiTEA Challenge over, I feel I should share the rival videos I faced in the event. I like the word rival, to fight against someone but without the malice. Everyone needs a rival in life, I’m sure it’s what gets people somewhere in life. Now the show is over I need to look for some other people to compete against. I’m sure there is someone out there ready and waiting to try and outdo me on every level while I do the same. It’s almost like looking for love…

Five videos, go!

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 21: And The Winner Is…

And there you have it. We pushed hard, then just as we were about to pull out we… hey! Keep the innuendo out of here! This is a celebration, not a gag a minute blitz!

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 20: The Day Before

It’s the day before the winner is revealed and things are getting intense. View the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_RFjT-xx0 and give it a like and share to help support me to the very end! Also like this link: https://www.facebook.com/TyphooTea and either like video three or vote in the poll for video three. Every vote, view and share counts!

A couple of questions have popped up during this competition. One wonders if this will be on TV. No. The other asks how the winners gets decided. I don’t know really. But I’ve decided to do some speculation on how they may pick the winner. Grab that cup of tea and settle down for some small discussion on views, likes, briefs and quality. And not the underwear briefs.

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 19: The Video Again

As one post leaves the front page, another takes its place. With the competition still going, it feels right to have the Typhoo Social Video grace the top spot one more time. View the video and give it a like to help make it come out on top. Share it around and give everyone the oos! You can also vote by liking this link: https://www.facebook.com/TyphooTea, and my video is number 3: Going Tea Total For The Oo!

It has been a long month or so of planning, filming, editing, promoting and drinking tea. The results are near… I can feel the butterflies I keep in my body fluttering wildly in anticipation. They just won’t stop, as if they’ve been absorbing all the caffeine I’ve been drinking.

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 18: Rejected Ideas

We’ve entered the second half of the Typhoo Universitea Challenge and hopefully the second half will be as successful as the first! View the social video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_RFjT-xx0&list=PL190F87D7B85515E4&index=3&feature=plpp_video then like and share! Alternatively you can like this link: https://www.facebook.com/TyphooTea then the third video down. Hopefully we won’t end up like the hare in that popular fable. A video for those who enjoy pirate hats and dancing. And who doesn’t like these things?

And today: rejections.

I ended up with a video on teetotalism and happy dancing Typhoo people trying to welcome in the outside world. It works to a degree which is great, especially due to all the problems on the run up to filming, but before then I had other things floating around my mind. In fact, the original concept I submitted to Typhoo changed when I received suggestions on how to take it further. Here are five of the other ideas I was thinking of going with and why they didn’t make it to the other side. Just in a plastic bin. 

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 17: The Press Release

Vote and help us win the Typhoo Universitea Challenge! View, like and share here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_RFjT-xx0&feature=g-all-u&context=G24f26e3FAAAAAAAACAA or by liking the third video down after liking this link: https://www.facebook.com/TyphooTea It is a social video to bring the younger generation together for Typhoo Tea. Spread the word and don’t worry about the man with the goggles, he is just enjoying a cuppa a little too much. A week to go!

And now, the Press Release. It provides some context to what’s actually going on here.

Typhoo UniversiTEA Challenge Press Release

Merseyside based Typhoo Tea Ltd have teamed up with Liverpool John
Moores University for an exclusive social media project. Students from the
Liverpool Screen School were given the opportunity to create online videos for
the tea company’s digital marketing campaign as part of the Typhoo
UniversiTEA Challenge.

The Typhoo Video Project Developer Diary 16: The Music – Typhoo Disco

We’ve hit 1000 views on our video which you can view here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_RFjT-xx0&context=C42ea4e6ADvjVQa1PpcFOswqA4dy5T7kweYO45SUS90NJF5t8Vkeg= and here: https://www.facebook.com/TyphooTea. Give it a watch if you haven’t, and be prepared for some bloke with man breasts shaking a rattle. Then like it, because that is exactly what you want to be seeing when you’re feeling a little blue and in need of a cup of Typhoo tea. Promoting tea total, promoting a fun community, and of course promoting Typhoo. We’d be going a bit wrong if they were drinking something else.

And now we’ve hit 1000, here is a special treat just for you.

Typhoo Disco by Earth, Wind and Fuck It. Or **** It for the younger audience. Take it away guys.