15 minutes of fame.
From the newspaper...thanks to Uncle Chris for waking me at 6 this morning to let me know it was in there...
Brian Fuller, Lake Villa
Teenager lip-syncs way into rock video
By Maria Lozada | Daily Herald Staff WriterContact writerPublished: 3/16/2008 12:05
Who knew that embarrassing yourself in front of a camera could be so rewarding?
For outgoing 18-year-old Brian Fuller of Lake Villa, it paid off after committing to a dare by his father to participate in a lip-syncing contest held by Nokia at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Fuller, who "will not back down from a dare," proceeded to perform in front of a camera and did what looked like the robot to Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole "Last Night."
The video was uploaded onto Nokia's Web site for judging by the general public and was voted as one of the best videos and as the best lip-syncer in Chicago.
Fuller was one of 25 contest winners that received the opportunity to be part of the filming of a video for the musical group, Panic! At the Disco. The band's video, "The Green Gentleman," will premiere on Nokiausa.com this spring.
During the three days he was in California, Fuller briefly met Panic! At the Disco in the hub of screaming fans and filmed his portion of the video, which took six hours to film. In the video, he and the other 24 grand-prize winners were featured as part of "a magic show audience," said Fuller. "It was a good experience," he said. "I never thought that much work went into it."
Fuller, a senior at Lakes Community High School, said the experience helped motivate him to pursue a career in movie or video production when he goes to college.
Nokia also toured Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Miami, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Phoenix in search of -- not singing talent -- "but of whoever dreams of being the next singing sensation!"
Let me just say how excited I am that he has had the experience and it helped him think about his future. Prior to this, he had wanted to "do something with psychology". Let's hear it for MOVIE MAKER!!! or PRODUCER!!!!
Way to go BJ.
Brian Fuller, Lake Villa
Teenager lip-syncs way into rock video
By Maria Lozada | Daily Herald Staff WriterContact writerPublished: 3/16/2008 12:05
Who knew that embarrassing yourself in front of a camera could be so rewarding?
For outgoing 18-year-old Brian Fuller of Lake Villa, it paid off after committing to a dare by his father to participate in a lip-syncing contest held by Nokia at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Fuller, who "will not back down from a dare," proceeded to perform in front of a camera and did what looked like the robot to Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole "Last Night."
The video was uploaded onto Nokia's Web site for judging by the general public and was voted as one of the best videos and as the best lip-syncer in Chicago.
Fuller was one of 25 contest winners that received the opportunity to be part of the filming of a video for the musical group, Panic! At the Disco. The band's video, "The Green Gentleman," will premiere on Nokiausa.com this spring.
During the three days he was in California, Fuller briefly met Panic! At the Disco in the hub of screaming fans and filmed his portion of the video, which took six hours to film. In the video, he and the other 24 grand-prize winners were featured as part of "a magic show audience," said Fuller. "It was a good experience," he said. "I never thought that much work went into it."
Fuller, a senior at Lakes Community High School, said the experience helped motivate him to pursue a career in movie or video production when he goes to college.
Nokia also toured Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Miami, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Phoenix in search of -- not singing talent -- "but of whoever dreams of being the next singing sensation!"
Let me just say how excited I am that he has had the experience and it helped him think about his future. Prior to this, he had wanted to "do something with psychology". Let's hear it for MOVIE MAKER!!! or PRODUCER!!!!
Way to go BJ.
posted by Danielle's Mom | 5:13 AM
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here is the link if you want to see the photo in the paper
How neat. Any way to see the video?
Wow!!! He's a ****STAR****.
How cool is that!
Is Panic! At the Disco the band that did the video with the treadmills? I'm sure this one will be equally as cool (whether or not I'm right about that previous statement).
I'm going to YouTube right now to track down that audition.
Savannah Lane
No luck. But did you know there's a professional bowler named Brian Fuller? Any relation?
Savannah Lane
i searched for his video too and I cant find it either. I think it is on his myspace page.....will see if he can give me the link. we did the original video on October though at Navy Pier so the Nokia site no longer has the images.
jen
Psychology...that's just crazy!! And 6am is a stretch...more like 6:35ish.
Cobbler Ct.
OK GO! i believe was the band with the treadmills.
6 635...all still early for a weekend.
Jen
Ok, I texted you..Don't make it sound like the phone was ringing off the hook at 6am!!
Big Bro!
Ummmm. When are we going to see pictures from the dance of BJ & his date that were coming soon?
Bj's date was Kevin Rice...do you really want to see that?
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