RootClip.com - Friends and Family Beta Launch

Hey gang!

Not unlike my brother-in-law Kevin, I too am shamelessly self-promoting the launch of our new website RootClip.com.

Last year, we came up with the idea of creating a website that would build a community around online video, but also challenge people to get creative and collaborate on projects. Our collective brain-child was born and we named him, RootClip. (awww!)

In short, we create a video that starts a story. From there, users (that means all of you) watch the video, then go and shoot their own version of what happens next in 1-minute increments. Think choose-your-own adventure meets YouTube.

Obviously, you aren't going to have our actors, but that's the fun of it. Get creative and use whoever you want, but try to keep them in similar clothing so that the story has some linearity. (Whoa! Linearity is actually a word!! Must remember this for Scrabulous.)

Every 2 weeks, a winner is chosen based on positive votes for their submitted video and that video becomes the next minute in the story and the next 2-week shooting/voting period begins to continue the updated story.

The coolest part about RootClip is that every 2 weeks, we give away $250 to the winner and they become eligible to compete against the other 2-week winners to create the final scene and take home a $2,500 VISA gift card. Cash, money, what?!

So, what are you waiting for? Check out RootClip.com, watch the video, create the next minute, then vote for your favorites. You could win over $2,500!!