Me in a Minute: Project Mom Casting
So my fabulous blogging friend Ciaran Blumenfeld of Momfluential has managed once again to amaze me by coming up with a clever idea about a TV show based on mom bloggers.
Sadly, however, she is not in charge of casting, so I gave up on the idea of bribing her with chocolates and housekeeping services for a year, and hunkered down to make a video to apply for the casting call, no doubt like, oh, a few bazillion other mom bloggers out there.
Still, I think my video came out pretty good, and I would have shared it on MommaSaid even if that wasn’t part of the rules for the Project Mom Casting Submission. If you’d like to submit your own video or written blog for the New York City casting call at BlogHer, you have until midnight PST on Monday, July 26th to post it here.
Meanwhile, if you like my entry, and you’d like to see me on TV on a regular basis, please do what the kindergarteners do: Share, share that’s fair.
Thanks!
Jen
Update August 2nd: Hurray! I was one of the 44 selected for the New York City casting call! Thanks for your support!
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
You made me cry. I will make them cry if they don’t pick you!
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
OMG! Well I don’t want to enter now, I can’t compete with that! Beautiful.
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Oh stop! You’d both create something awesome. Enter! (And thank you).
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Jen,
GREAT job on your 1 minute video. Loved it!
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:14 pm
I totally loved this! Thanks for sharing.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:41 am
Amazing story and such a good video. You should be SO proud of yourself.
July 24th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Wow that was amazing! I got tears in my eyes. Good luck!
July 24th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Great video, as usual! Hope you win. This granny’s too old to compete! Ha!
July 24th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Great job Jen! No surprise there… ;-) You’re list of talents is amazing!
July 24th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
That was incredible. I’d watch you every week and live-tweet it too.
July 24th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Gr8 video!! I sure hope you win, what an amazing story!
July 25th, 2010 at 12:33 am
I am rooting for you to win! I love your video!
July 25th, 2010 at 7:56 am
I’m working on my Project Mom Casting post right now. Your post is amazing and I will be shocked if you don’t receive an interview. Hope we get a chance to meet at BlogHer!
July 25th, 2010 at 10:09 am
Where do I vote???? You are a phenomenal woman mrs. Jen Singer. I will share this and the voting info with all my friends.
July 25th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Thanks Robyn! There’s no voting, but if you say nice thing over at their Facebook page through the link above, it won’t hurt my chances.
Thanks!
Jen
July 25th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Jen, I think this is great and I hope you’re cast. I’ll watch it if you are! I posted the link to my Facebook page. I’ll see if I can figure out how to post a nice thing on their Facebook page. Good luck!
July 26th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Fantastic video. I hope you get cast!
July 26th, 2010 at 11:38 am
Awesome video, Jen! I think you’ve got in the bag! Good luck to you!
July 26th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
That video was awesome:-)
July 26th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
OMG! Where do I vote!?!?!?! You are amazing! XO
July 27th, 2010 at 3:37 am
You are fabulous — wonderful video!
July 27th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Great job, great editing, great music, great story! Good luck!!
July 27th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Jen this is an awesome video and I am so glad I found your site through this project. It was harder than I thought to do mine and yours just rocks! You have a GREAT story! Hope I meet you at Blogher!
July 27th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
You know I’d pick you if I was casting. I’ve been your fan for a long time! Love the montage. I hope to watch you on TV someday! xo colleen
July 28th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
The love keeps on coming here. Thanks everyone for commenting, tweeting, sharing and saying such nice things.
My dad called today to say he loved it, too. That meant a lot to me!
July 28th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Love. You are amazing! Best of luck!
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:15 am
WOoohoooo! Congrats, Jen, and break a leg!! By the way–let’s make a point of meeting up in NYC this week, shall we?
August 2nd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I would be willing to bet that they choose you! I hope you get on! Do you know what they are requiring of the people on the show?
August 2nd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Cheryl,
I don’t think they even know yet how the show is going to go, so I would suspect that the people who get chosen may help figure that out.
August 5th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Wow – I am late to this party, but wanted to second the accolades. That video was so polished (this is why you are in the big leagues I guess….do you have a video tech guru that you like?) but what I loved most was the matter-of-fact presentation of it all. And that nice long laugh at the end — it struck the perfect note. (I keep an mp3 of my own guy chuckling to use whenever I need a boost or a reminder of what matters. I don’t think there is anything that gets to me like a child laughing.)
August 5th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Thanks Daisy.
I did the video myself with Pinnacle Studio, pictures from iStock (though some are my own) and music and sound effects (including the kid laughing) from Audio Jungle.
Thanks for the kind words!
Jen
August 10th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Wow, that video was incredible…completely brought tears to my eyes! You are an amazing person and they’d be CRAZY not to select you! You are so inspiring and would keep people tuned in for sure! Best of luck to you!
August 17th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
You continue to amaze me!! Creative, fun, entertaining and moving, as usual. You’re the best!!
Carole
August 30th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Yes….I should be working but I am playing at the moment. You know…you are simply amazing…simply amazing.
Best of luck on this!
Chris