The $1000 Hunted
YouTube Video Contest
Winners!

The results of the first $1000 Hunted Youtube Contest are in!  Let me start by saying that this was an extremely close competition and I want to thank all of the entrants for their hard work.  I know firsthand what it’s like to put together an episode from the ground up – rehearsal, production, editing, craft services.  It ain’t easy to follow though and finish a film.  Ask anyone in Hollywood.  And anyone who can pull that off deserve some serious props!

OK, so who won?  I know you want to cheat and jump down to the bottom of this (if you haven’t already done so), but first I want to thank all our judges for coming out to the screening and taking the time to carefully consider all of the entries.  Translation – don’t blame me if you don’t agree with the outcome.  Our panel in attendance  included Hollywood professionals: Writer & Executive Producer  Gillian Horvath, Director Bill Malone, Stunt Coordinator Jeff Pruitt, Swordmaster Anthony DeLongis, VFX Supervisor Ian Hunter, Writer / Critic Abbie Bernstein and Script Coordinator Kerry Glover.  For full credits, check out http://thehuntedtv.blogspot.com/2009/05/youtube-contest-judges-announced.html

Remember that episodes were judged based on several criteria including acting, action, story, production value and comedy, and while there were episodes that had the best scores in a select category – most notably “Fuzz Meets Fangs” for action which caught the attention of our stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt, and “EDEN” for production value which really impressed our director Bill Malone, but in the end, it was the episodes that averaged best in all categories that made for the best overall Hunted episode!

FIRST PLACE
Don’t Try This at Home
Kendall Wells, OR

SECOND PLACE
Evolving
Ann Coccagnia, LA

THIRD PLACE
The Ultimate Weapon
Jason Wong, LA

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
E.D.E.N.

BEST ACTION
FUZZ MEETS FANGS

All entries along with the winning episodes can be viewed online at
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB2331F998F04276&feature=plcp

And to hear what our winners had to say, check out
http://thehuntedtv.blogspot.com/2009/11/winners-of-first-1000-hunted-youtube.html

JUDGING STATS:
A panel of eight judges rated each episode on acting, action, story, production value and comedy.  Judges were instructed on the scale, which ranged from 1 to 10, with “1 being poor, and 10 being awesome”.  The scoring sheets from each judge were then tabulated and each episode was given a summary score on each criteria by averaging across all judges, and an overall score, which consisted of a master average across all criteria.