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Shepherd's Pie – with a change

The above video is what I call dual purpose. It was produced for a 48 Hour Film Film event (the Wis-Kino 48 Hour Kabaret in Madison), but with the intent of tweaking it afterwards for the Kraft Cooking Video Challenge on YouTube.

I noticed the contest on YouTube a couple weeks ago and had thoughts about where to shoot and produce it, how to add a twist and when to work on the video. Coincidentally, “the where" tied into the location with friends who like to cook, and the curator of a mustard museum/store who has a flare with mustard. Both the friends mustard museum curator were in Mt Horeb, Wisconsin. The Wis-Kino Kabaret provided the catalyst of “the when” for the location.

The theme for this particular 48 hour event was "change". It worked perfectly into my thoughts for a Shepherd’s Pie recipe, and to replace ketchup with mustard. I wrote the script on Saturday morning for my wife Jacalyn to play the second part, but then I called Barry Levenson at the Mustard Museum (www.mustardmuseum.com) who was happy to participate. The rules at Kraft only allowed two people to be in the film, so that created a challenge where I had to get creative with the number of actors, using voices, doing double shots with masking and having a bit of fun.

By the way: This video has closed captions (CC) which can be viewed in the 4:3 ratio video at YouTube.


4 responses to “Shepherd's Pie – with a change”

  1. Roger Bindl Avatar

    And here is desert to go with the Shepherd’s Pie… A follow up video on “Molten Chocolate Cakes”, but shot with a Panasonic Lumix still camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZdpRtOYSxs

    Check ViodiTV next month for a report on producing video with a still. The quality ain’t all that bad.

  2. Ken Pyle Avatar

    Congratulations Roger on winning the Grand Prize in this contest!

  3. Dave Carter Avatar

    Hmmmm… Seems like Grey Poupon owes you some ad revenue, too.
    Highly entertaining and spicy video. Good job, Roger!

  4. Roger Bindl Avatar

    Interesting thing is that Kraft owns the Grey Poupon brand now. See history at http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/about/HistoryofKraft.htm. The Chipotle we used is from Silver Spring Foods, and Eau Claire Wisconsin company; they put the recipe on their website, and embed the video. 🙂 http://www.silverspringfoods.com/video.aspx

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