LG Media Talent Liveblog
5:45pm: Home time!
5:31pm: The lovely Georgia has won our presenting job - she's got true Shiny style, complete with making fun of the way she fluffs her words! True Shiny presenting... And the editing job was won by Richard. Again, his editing was tres Shiny, and he's all about delivering great work fast. And they're off to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, so look out for their work.
5.30pm: The results are in. Who's it going to be?
5pm: Time for the results of the second challenge! All the videos are dead polished, which makes me wonder if Shiny Media willl dump their older long time video wife for this younger funkier model... Luckily I signed a pre-nup.
4.15pm: Chris has decided that we have to channel Simon Cowell and Sharon Osborne in our judging (which is perfect because I have stupid hair and he has high waisted trousers).
3pm: I've just had a little chat with everyone and checked on pastry consumption. Everyone seems to be getting on like a house on fire, and they're fine for pastries. Good news.
2pm: Having completed the first bit of our quest, everyone's now going off to record their second video. It's all about proper reviewing this time around, so we've given them a full two hours to make the video and edit it together to a final fabulous product.
1.45pm: Everyone has put together lovely packages, and there's lot of smart editing to disguise the fact that they've only just picked up the phone. That's how we roll here at Shiny Media...
1.30pm: OK. Everyone's put together their first video package and we're about to settle down with the popcorn.
12pm: The directors are now busily editing together their packages, and the presenters are trying out the phone. There's loads of specs, so luckily there's lots of lovely features to talk about.
11.30am: Just like 3GSM, we're having a few technical hitches with the laptops, so Chris is doing a fab job of baptising people via fire into the Cult of Mac, and his editing software. It's actually a great way of seeing how people cope with such issues, because without a doubt *something* will go wrong with equipment whilst we're out there.
11am: As if there weren't enough ways to find out about what's going on, you can also check out our moblog here.
10.45: It's a roar of activity here, as people are busily filming, editing and eating pastries. Incidentally, 'that phone' I referred to is... nope. I can't tell you. We're so cutting edge here the phone hasn't even been released in the UK, so it's under wraps as to what exactly we're looking at. The clue is: it's going to be released at Mobile World Congress (which the winners today actually get to attend). And it's an LG. Obviously.
10am: So, you're joining us here today at the culmination of a our wonderful LG Media Talent Awards, and at the end of the day we'll have the finest of all the director entries and the best presenter out there. Fingers crossed. Can't wait for the champagne.
Everyone's arrived, fresh faced and slightly damp (from the rain, you understand) and Katie is saying things like "I advise you to have fun". Marvelous advice.
God, it's my turn to talk specs regarding the phone.
People have been paired up, and are going to produce a piece of video based on what I've just told them about the phone. The idea is it's under pressure, and a bit like being at the live press conference.
We shall see how everyone gets on...

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