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[http://www.watmm.com/ WATMM] hosted a Boards of Canada video contest a few years back.  The videos were judged by Mike and Marcus themselves, who picked the winners as follows:
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[http://www.watmm.com/ WATMM] hosted a Boards of Canada [[video contest]] in late 2002.  The videos were judged by Mike and Marcus themselves, who picked the winners as follows:
  
 
# [http://youtube.com/watch?v=POZbN5bQq_Q gyroscope] -- created by billy clayton
 
# [http://youtube.com/watch?v=POZbN5bQq_Q gyroscope] -- created by billy clayton
 
# [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lc52UB1j5ec june 9th] -- created by anon
 
# [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lc52UB1j5ec june 9th] -- created by anon
 
# [http://youtube.com/watch?v=u3TIX_0YPqY corsair] -- created by magnus hedberg
 
# [http://youtube.com/watch?v=u3TIX_0YPqY corsair] -- created by magnus hedberg
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The following text has been copied from the [[Yahoo! group]], a [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/boards-of-canada/message/6494 post] made by [http://profiles.yahoo.com/skhoinarion skhoinarion].
 
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"We were impressed with the amount of work everyone put into this
 
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competition and ended up picking three favourites rather than one.
 
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there were quite a few great films submitted, some using using lovely
 
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super8 filmclips and some very nice fuzzy video. i know it's a cliche
 
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to say it was difficult to choose a winner, but it was. so in the end
 
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we figured the john-carpenter-tachyon-video-esque "corsair" clip by
 
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magnus hedberg was nicely done, especially with the additional sounds.
 
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next up was the norman mclaren-ish abstract clip that (anon?) made for
 
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"june 9th", which upon close inspection reveals nice little
 
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synchronisations to the different melody parts in our track. and
 
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finally the overall winner is the brilliant day-glo "gyroscope" clip
 
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by billy clayton, which has just the right lysergic qabala sesame
 
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street feel to it. great stuff.
 
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[-SNIP-]
 
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well done to everyone who entered the competition and thanks for
 
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putting so much work in. and thanks for listening so closely...
 
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keep up the Wo God Rok.... mike sandison"
 
  
 
Other entries:
 
Other entries:

Revision as of 16:39, 31 August 2006

Official

Dayvan Cowboy

"Dayvan Cowboy" directed by Melissa Olson

The first official video, released online and in a promo DVD included with WarpMart pre-orders of Trans Canada Highway.

Invocation

"Invocation" directed by Melissa Olson

Promo video for Trans Canada Highway and bonus feature on the Japanese release.

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"BMW 7 series" directed by Daniel Barber

"Nissan" directed by Chris Cunningham

"Telecom Italia" directed by Chris Cunningham

Fan Made

watmm video contest

WATMM hosted a Boards of Canada video contest in late 2002. The videos were judged by Mike and Marcus themselves, who picked the winners as follows:

  1. gyroscope -- created by billy clayton
  2. june 9th -- created by anon
  3. corsair -- created by magnus hedberg

Other entries:

various