Dorito’s Crash the Super Bowl

I’m at it again with another contest video and this is the sixth year Doritos has ran this competition and it is the most well-known and competitive contest all year! Why? Because 1 million dollars and Super Bowl-level exposure is at stake! In addition, this year they are adding the opportunity to create a commercial [...]

Video | Sock Love and Hang Gliding

Voting for my newest competition film ends this Wednesday, so please take a moment to go vote! You can vote by going to the contest’s YouTube page HERE. Then click the “Vote” tab, and look for my video in the “Vote for these Videos” window to the right of the current video that’s playing. I [...]

Video | 3rd Place and Animation Assignments

After reading Graham Taylor’s keynote speech from LA’s Film Fest, this is me taking the time to blog, which I should be doing more. The biggest news from me recently is I placed 3rd and won $3,800 in the Brisk Tea animation contest. I created this animation concurrent with my school assignments so I didn’t [...]

Video | Contests . . .

I’ve taken quite a long hiatus from entering video contests after not making the finals, or placing, in about one dozen contests last year. The whole crowdsourcing and contest-entering thing can get pretty old pretty quick. It’s great practice but I definitely needed a break and scale back how many I was entering. But, with [...]

Video Contest | King Kong

I recently submitted a video to a Zooppa.com contest for Universal Studios Hollywood who will be opening up a King Kong attraction this summer. They wanted a short film that showed the destruction in your town after King Kong came through (on his way to Universal Studios). To vote for this video go HERE. I called [...]

Video Contest | 48hr Cannes Young Lions

Here’s my entry into the 48 hour Cannes Young Lions Contest. To vote, click HERE, then click the “Vote” tab, and search “LucasRidley” to find my video, then click the thumb’s up button. Voting ends in 6 days! It’s a great concept of a contest: You only have 48 hours to make a video from [...]

Video | Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

I recently completed a contest entry for Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Here’s a link to the contest site. There’s no voting for this one, but the winner is chosen by judges. I want to thank Ashley and Isaiah for letting me have their time and patience to make this, as well as, Angela and Jen for [...]

Video | How I won

I just wanted to post a quick video explaining how I did some of the things for my winning HP video. Don’t forget to subscribe to my videos on youtube – HERE! Hope you enjoy!

Blog | Interviews

Above is an interview my flying friend Steve Prater did at this past Team Challenge. He makes some great push-to-talk gear that if you’d like to find out about, make a comment below and I’ll get back to you on it. Also, below is another interview I did for a website I use a lot [...]

Kiva.org Contest

I entered in a contest at Tongal.com where you had to describe the loan process at Kiva.org. I’m proud to be apart of this contest because I really think Kiva.org is an incredible service. Basically, you get to pick who you give a microfinance loan to, with the minimum you can give being $25. You [...]