Energyman: the one week student video challenge

About a month ago, I showed my Flip camera to some of the students in the school’s video club. They thought that it was pretty cool, so I gave them the challenge to use the flip camera and put together a short video in one week, including time for scripting, filming and editing. They were also interested in submitting a video on the theme of energy conservation for a contest so they decided to combine the two ideas. Here is the result:

One of the students (the one who plays Energyman) remarked on Friday that if the view count reached 300, he would eat a milkshake made from his own pants. I’m not suggesting that we make the video go viral or anything like that, but if you were interested in letting friends know about the video, you can find it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVpmqdEdJsc

Some may ask, is this an inappropriate and childish use of the power of a personal network? Yes, it most certainly is. But it will also be fun, and I will do my very best to put the video of the student drinking the trouser milkshake on YouTube if proper consent is given.