Gmail Wants Your “M” Video
The Gmail team is asking users to send in video of them passing along the Gmail “M” logo, as a way of participating in a Gmail promo video. This is the video Google made:
And you can get your face in there as well. Just upload a video to YouTube of you passing the M logo from the left side of the screen to the right side (under 10 seconds, audio not important), and Google will rotate a bunch of entries on the promo page, with the best ones becoming part of the official video and shown on the Gmail home page.
Here are some already submitted:
Too long (18 seconds)
Perfect
Who owns a unicycle?
Not bad
Eh, I don’t know
(via Philipp)
By the way, the Gmail/Threadless t-shirt design competition is only ten days old, and it looks like the “no logo” rule is really hurting. The t-shirts look great, but I have no idea what the hell any of them have to do with Gmail.
Is there a rule that none of these people is allowed to smile in their videos. Doesn’t make me want to use Gmail (though I already do).
Comment by Jason Schramm | July 26, 2007
[…] I mentioned in July that the Gmail team was asking users to participate in a fun video project, filming a quick clip of themselves passing a large Gmail-branded envelope from the left side of the screen to the right. Google wound up getting some amazing, creative submissions, and the final video is just a load of fun to watch: […]
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