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  1. Original post
    subsonic87
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    Hey everyone, Thomas (halfbike) and I made a movie. It was for Thomas'
    Advanced Placement (AP) English Comp. class (in which I am the
    teacher's aide). The class was charged with making a creative project
    having to do with the terms and techniques of the AP English class.
    Thomas chose the theme "follow the prompt," that is, the act of
    following the essay prompt on the actual AP test itself (e.g. "In a
    well-organized essay, discuss how Woolf's diciton adds to the meaning
    of her work as a whole..."😉. Thomas chose to make it a metaphoric
    exploration of that theme, which happened to take the form of a
    unicycling video. Let me stress here that the video is not about doing
    tricks, but rather is a sort of "unicycling art film." And it may also
    be the first filmed unicycle chase scene in the history of cinema. But
    I digress. Here, without further ado, is '-Follow That Prompt-'
    (http://tinyurl.com/cya7n).

    --Nathan Hunt

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  2. squeegy
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    that video was great! (artistic wise) (and unicycling wise since im not
    that good) rep for you!

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  3. madmattunipro
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    Hey that's pretty cool. I'm curious what kind of a mark he got on that.

    The homestarrunner music was a nice touch.

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  4. subsonic87
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    madmattunipro said:

    Hey that's pretty cool. I'm curious what kind of a mark he got on that.

    The homestarrunner music was a nice touch.

    Well, actually, Thomas attends an "alternative education program,"
    which is kind of like a place where homeschoolers can take classes, so
    grades aren't often given out. However, his English teacher gave it an
    A+ in a half-joking way (and it was a higher-quality project than many
    of the other creative projects).

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  5. DanDan
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    odd..... but good. i liked it i hope u did well on it.

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  6. uni-steve5111
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    That one beats the [censored] out of my video😄

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  7. ntappin
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    hah what a great excuse to make a uni video. got to love the strong bad
    music too. as well as the music from the koxx video

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  8. halfbike
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    Those were some good times, eh? Anyway, I've returned to, how you say,
    reep some reps.

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  9. leo
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    When I was watching this movie... it took me a minute... but suddenly I
    remembered 'this commercial that contains juggling'
    (http://tinyurl.com/9e73c)
    so was this music some hit I missed?

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  10. subsonic87
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    leo said:

    When I was watching this movie... it took me a minute... but suddenly I
    remembered 'this commercial that contains juggling'
    (http://tinyurl.com/9e73c)
    so was this music some hit I missed?

    Hmmmm. Interesting. Thomas actually got the music from the Koxx video,
    but could find no information on the particular song. I wonder of Koxx
    got it from that commercial, or if they're unrelated?

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  11. boo radley
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    subsonic87 said:

    And it may also be the first filmed unicycle chase scene in the history
    of cinema.

    nice video guys. there's another uni chase scene in 'this vid'
    (http://tinyurl.com/dy6ru) if you're interested.

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  12. boo radley
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    edit for previous post: nevermind, that vid is a guy chasing someone on
    a unicycle. it's sort of an "art film" like yours though.

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  13. ColDawG
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    just curious

    how come u (or halfbike), the main rider (the prompt guy) wears a full
    661 body armor torso suit for riding around on the street, especially
    without wearing even a helmet, seems like overkill

    I could understand it for the hardest of muni (like INSANE) or the
    craziest street/trials lines, but jumping up curbs? isn't it a little
    much?

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  14. subsonic87
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    ColDawG said:


    I could understand it for the hardest of muni (like INSANE) or the
    craziest street/trials lines, but jumping up curbs? isn't it a little
    much?

    That's me wearing the pressure suit. I did buy it for MUni and
    street/trials, after my friend Scott cracked his rib doing MUni and I
    was faced with enormous potential for serious injury (I really don't
    want to harm my back, that would take me off unicycling -and maybe
    walking- forever). I know some of you people would scoff at me for
    wearing it, but I happen to UPD a lot, and make spectacular ones when I
    do, and I'd rather be wearing a pressure suit if I fall down a
    mountain. As for wearing it in the video, Thomas made me do it 'cause
    it looks cool. I ended up glad that I did, too, after my biff off the
    bench (you can't really tell from the video, but that was an amazing
    fall that hurt me a lot less because I was wearing protection). Moral
    of the story, you wear what you want to wear when unicycling, and I'll
    wear what I want to wear and we'll leave it at that (and for the
    record, I don't wear any protective gear when riding distance on my
    29er, which some would regard as foolhardy).

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  15. ColDawG
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    Cool, i was just curious not questioning your judgement.
    I was thinking of something to protect my back but thought i would
    probably be scoffed at.
    I think i'd only wear one for the hardest of muni on not too hot a day.

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  16. halfbike
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    All I can say is become an AP student. My brain is way too dead from my
    AP History test to explain it to you. Maybe Nathan or some other smart
    type guy can explain it to you. Oh my gosh! My brian is leaking out
    of my ears! I better go call 661... I mean 911!

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  17. dorfman
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    dude that was pretty sweet .....the homestar music really put it all
    together man
    i give you some wicked mad props...wicked mad props

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