The making of The Cowling Cup!

As you can see from the content of our video, due to the nature of our idea (no pun intended), we couldn’t exactly plan what was going to happen during the shoot, we just had to go along with whatever occurred. Quite understandably, I was terrified at first when approaching this big group of giant cows – but as we began filming it was quite apparent that they were a lot more scared of me than I was of them, so I began to relax (well, maybe just a little bit)

I really wanted to get a shot of the ball rolling through a cows legs, however this was impossible because the cows kept moving every time the ball rolled near them. This wasn't exactly good, seen as we wanted it to look like they were taking part in the game but never mind! We managed to do a lot during post production, to make it look like they were playing.

Overall i was really happy with the outcome of our video. I have to say, the country music was a brilliant touch - it just adds so much more humour. I think our video would be a successful viral because it’s so unexpected. For starters, you don’t expect to see someone dressed as a cow, playing football with a load of cattle and the fact that it’s me – a girl – makes it even more unexpected. People would probably expect it to be a lad kicking the ball about and making an absolute idiot of themselves, so I think the fact that it was created by a couple of girls makes it quite surprising.

Secondly, you have to admit it is pretty funny to watch. The look of ‘disappointment’ on that cow’s face when I score my ‘goal’ is priceless, and the voiceover - well if cows could talk, i think that's exactly what they'd sound like! Ha ha!

Although i was pleased to get the video finished and submitted, i just cant get enough of it... so here's another little imovie i made showing some unseen footage from our shoot:



Doing this has allowed me to further practice my digital skills, particularly my video editing skills. The music i have use is a slightly different take on the music we created for the viral itself - i created the melody on a harmonica and replaced the guitar with a banjo to make it even more country and to add more comedy value. This was the first time i have ever used GarageBand - and oh what fun it is! I think i've found myself a new hobby.