BRILLIANT! Yay College Humor!

samreich:

Font Conference, directed by me, produced by CHTV.

The story:

Streeter, myself, and a group of people thought of the idea coming back from Internet Commenter 3.  The consensus was that the internet commenter series was becoming hackneyed and we would have to find another funny computer-y premise.

Everyone on Editorial contributed ideas, and Dan and Streeter crafted the script, their only stipulation being that they got to play Wingdings and Old English respectively.  Since there were so many roles, we decided in order to lighten the budget that everyone from Editorial should play a part.  This is the first time Vince, our cinematographer, has played a role (Ransom).  Vince is an absurdly talented actor, and doesn’t step in front of the camera more often simply because he’s usually behind it.

We shot at Kingsborough College, where we also shot Honest College Ad and Why Girls Don’t Fart, making this the third hit video the location has spawned for us.  It was a disorienting shoot, done in bits and pieces depending on what was convenient for lights, and by the end of the day, we weren’t sure we had everything we needed.  We did a second day for Ransom and Comic Sand in our landlord’s warehouse and had to pause several times for Hasidic Jews to cross frame.

Our new editor Adam’s cut was quickly genius and our composer Dimitri’s score was the icing on the cake.  This has been up for less than 10 hours and has 40 reblogs, 3,000 Diggs, and 100,000 views.

Great work, everyone.

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  1. somethingmeaningful reblogged this from fletter
  2. esbee reblogged this from superamit
  3. bsawford reblogged this from deadlybrad42 and added:
    This is amazing! “Mailbox… Open Mailbox!”
  4. heynic reblogged this from sarahschneider
  5. talienat reblogged this from samreich
  6. jesstugas reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    This is pure genius. Or win. Or a genius/win hybrid. Oh, how I love typeface humor!
  7. cammertime reblogged this from jstn
  8. biglyre reblogged this from joshmohrer
  9. so-calledwriter reblogged this from sarahschneider and added:
    This is RIGHT in any writer geek’s wheel house...humor. Also, I am friends with...
  10. shellyleonard reblogged this from jeffrubinjeffrubin and added:
    Maybe I’m a nerd and only like this because I write for a living, but so what? This is good stuff.
  11. brosstumble reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    They talked about this on the latest episode Net@Night. Funny stuff but how is it that Arial got invited to the same...
  12. aatw reblogged this from jacob and added:
    CollegeHumor’s “Font Conference”
  13. luxuryluke reblogged this from jstn
  14. vccvc reblogged this from jeffrubinjeffrubin
  15. sciencevsromance reblogged this from jstn and added:
    Oh, why not? Everyone else is reblogging it. Where, though, is beloved Gill Sans? And who ever heard of “French Script”?
  16. hunsonisgroovy reblogged this from jstn
  17. tleslieb reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    This is pretty clever
  18. jstn reblogged this from rickyv
  19. jeffrubinjeffrubin reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    The spiritual successor to Internet Commenter Business Meeting.
  20. pyromnyac reblogged this from samreich
  21. adamgotterer reblogged this from samreich
  22. sarahschneider reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    SO excited that this video finally came out. I was part of the original conversation that spawned this idea (on the van...
  23. ericlodwick reblogged this from samreich
  24. heyaloverly reblogged this from samreich
  25. vickistep reblogged this from samreich
  26. samreich reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    Font Conference, directed by me, produced by CHTV. The story: Streeter, myself, and a group of people thought of the...
  27. starline reblogged this from rickyv
  28. theaardvark reblogged this from bradybd
  29. coryhubbard reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    This is easily one of the best internet videos I’ve seen. Well done, CH staff.
  30. ivor reblogged this from deadlybrad42 and added:
    Brilliant Sans compare.
  31. chrisprobert reblogged this from rickyv
  32. hodad reblogged this from fletter
  33. evan-mulvihill reblogged this from prettylegit and added:
    Where was Helvetica,the perfectly dressed PoMo hipster?
  34. uichelle reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    I love it, but the thumbnail kinda gives away the ending, no?
  35. iamdanw reblogged this from ketchupandbeer
  36. prettylegit reblogged this from jacob and added:
    Comic sans, the hero? C’mon, now.
  37. ckck reblogged this from rickyv
  38. fletter reblogged this from caitoppermann and added:
    This just got passed around work too. We’re having a Papyrus poster design contest. Oof.
  39. liz reblogged this from rickyv
  40. jonheslop reblogged this from rickyv
  41. marc reblogged this from jacob and added:
    Awesome as always.
  42. xgetsthesquare reblogged this from superamit and added:
    Props to the CH dudes for the MTV dealzies! Also, I love Amir in frenchiewear!
  43. ketchupandbeer reblogged this from deadlybrad42 and added:
    fucking brilliant.
  44. shannern reblogged this from rickyv and added:
    Font Conference This will go on the list for “Other reasons I’m obsessed w/ College Humor and Vimeo”
  45. caitoppermann reblogged this from superamit
  46. dearyouloveme reblogged this from superamit
  47. jacob reblogged this from rickyv

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