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Tetris Day!

2008-06-01 · announcement · Hank · 3:42 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Announcements · tags: civic or action cta, community lore, song or performance, self promotion

Hank declares Tetris Day and asks Nerdfighters to help make a music video for Bill Martin's (Dr. Noise's) hardcore cover of Hank's Tetris song: build paper Tetris pieces, film themselves playing Tetris and being hit by them, lip-sync a verse picked by formula, and send clips by June 14.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank in a new spot in the room; Tetris Day; a birthday present from Helen; the project has been running by email; Bill Martin (Dr. Noise) covered Hank's Tetris song

  • ★★ Hank declares Tetris Day: a Tetris-related project viewers will do together, already running by email; material sent in will be used, but much more is needed. — 00:00:00 · also in: Tetris Day!
  • ★ Hank shows a birthday present he was given by Helen and thanks her. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Hank recalls writing a Tetris song, 'The Man Who Threw the Tetris Piece', on acoustic guitar; nerdfighter Bill Martin (Dr. Noise) covered it hardcore, and the cover plays under this video. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria · also in: Tetris Day!

00:00:47 — The plan for a Nerdfightastic music video; an example with Katherine; how to build and film the Tetris pieces

  • ★★★ Hank and Bill Martin have decided to make a Nerdfightastic music video for Bill's version of the Tetris song, and need viewers' help. — 00:00:47 · nerdfightastic · also in: Tetris Day!
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to build Tetris pieces at home for the Tetris music video, each made of four squares of about eight inches. — 00:00:47 · also in: Tetris Day!
  • ★ Hank tells participants in the Tetris music video that nothing has to be perfect: be fast, awesome, creative and excited. — 00:00:47
  • ★★ In the Tetris music video, Nerdfighters from all over the world pretend to play Tetris and the pieces pop out of their TVs; Hank shows an example he made with Katherine. — 00:01:29 · Nerdfighteria, Katherine Green
  • ★ Hank lists the tools for making Tetris pieces (scissors, knife, tape, a video camera, a tape measure, a straight edge, coloured construction paper, a Sharpie) and says viewers will need their parents' permission to use the knife. — 00:01:29 · also in: Tetris Day!

00:02:25 — Where to send clips, the June 14 deadline, lip-syncing verses by formula; thanks to Bill and Russia; sign-off

  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to send their finished Tetris videos to Dr. Noise's Gmail address; the submission deadline is June 14. — 00:02:25 · also in: Tetris Day!
  • ★★ Participants in the Tetris music video can also lip-sync the song; instead of memorising it all, each person gets a verse by a mathematical formula given with the lyrics. — 00:02:25 · also in: Tetris Day!
  • ★★ Hank thanks Russia for Tetris and notes the Tetris song is a folk melody and so not protected under US copyright. (playful) — 00:03:13 · also in: Tetris Day!

In the description and comments

  • ★ Hank's verse formula: add the numbers of your birthday, multiply by the first three digits of your area code, and the first digit of the result picks your verse of the Tetris song. — video description

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Central: Bill Martin · Tetris · The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece

Also: copyright · Katherine Green · Korobeiniki · nerdfightastic

Only in the description or credits: Russia

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