Entering 1,000 Competitions 

You won the kid's laugh. That's the most important thing.

Holy hell, the editing and production value of this video is fantastic. Don't feel bad about not getting a bunch of goodies, you definitely have a future in production! :)

I would suggest that anyone here is considering doing internet ones, create a proxy email address, not your normal one, as competitions are often an excuse to add you to spam mailing lists. So create a new address that you don't mind closing/abandoning.

I'm glad you did this so I would never have to... 4 items out of 1000 and all of them ass.

Here are a few tips - they helped my mom win a car a few years ago: 1) Pick only contests that you want to win 2) Don't enter 1000 different contests. Pick 20 or so and enter them 1000 times each. 3) They all offer 'no purchase necessary" option - these have the same chances of winning so use them so you don't have to buy 1000 bags of chips to get your 1000 entries 4) Don't mail all your entries on the same day - spread them out over a few weeks. Post days or mail bags are picked randomly then the winners are picked from those. Spreading out your entries will help your entry to be in one of those bags 5) Follow entry rules to the letter! If they say use a blue ball point pen on a 3"x5" pieces of plain paper to block print your name and address - then DO THAT! Everything that doesn't fit their exact rules are thrown out. That means if you use a felt tip marker or 3"x5" CARD or you write your address in script it will get thrown out! 6) Do it as a hobby - postage can get expensive fast 7) Don't quit - you will win something In addition to the car my mom won a new oven, microwave, blenders, coffee makers etc until after 2 years she won the grand prize - a new car good luck :)

I was starting to think youtube was just full of the same bland copy paste material. This was pretty interesting. Great Video! Subscribed

A few questions have been asked numerous times so I'll post all the answers here: 1) How much did you spend on the competitions? A) About £50. I'm not certain, but I think I actually made a profit. 2) What's the song at 2:50? A) It's a song called 'Phresh' by 'Primix for Kids'. Here's their album: freemusicarchive.org/music/Primix_For_Kids/ 3) Are you a fan of Casey Neistat? A) Yes, I'm a huge fan, especially his older movies. I didn't deliberately take any elements of his style but the work of those who inspire me is bound to affect my own as I continue to define my own aesthetic. I sent him this film; he said it was "great!!". Thanks for the kinds words, I really, genuinely appreciate them. I've already started a few more films which will be uploaded as soon as they're finished. - Andrew

The real thing you won here, Andrew, was the sense of discovery. P.S. epic video, m8.

This is awesome dude!

Great video Andrew, really got the early Casey Neistat vibes from this. :)

I love how the kid gets right into the book no questions asked lol

7:16 that evil baby laugh tho

This was outstanding. So cool! Well done!

i love ur filming style!! this was so creatively inspiring, thank u :)

I dont even care what you are going to upload after this but I subscribed because the quality of this video was absolutely perfect. I am so glad people as talented as you take the chance to actually make stuff. congrats man

When I was little my sister and I would always enter the competitions in the Funday Times (Sunday Times comic supplement for kids). I feel like sometimes we were the only ones who ever entered! We won a camera, tickets to Alton Towers (more than once!), a skateboard... loads of awesome stuff!

Love the effort you put into both doing this and making a video on it. Great idea. I'm halfway through the video so I'm very curious to see what you won.

Just came from your comment on the newest DSLRguide video and I so impressed, this is such an incredibly original and entertaining film!!

Congratulations! Now you should try entering 1,000 scholarships! Free money for college or free cash!!!

found this really heartwarming! particularly when you handed the book to the little girl!

Another wonderful film, Andrew! I know I say every single one you make is my favourite, but I actually think THIS one is now my favourite. You've really improved and the narrative style of this film is really humorous and entertaining. I don't think I'll try my luck at 1,000 competitions though, ha!

I will never have the amount of dedication as you!!!

This is fantastic! Great job!

Hey! Really enjoyed your film! Great editing and shot choices, well constructed, funny and informative! But I was very taken with "Primix for Kids - Phresh", and I can't find anything about them online... Do you know more?

Amazing edit. Nice follow through on the story. And you got some winnings!!

like 2 of the ones you won are like definite winners if anyone enters .. they really want people to go to those cheesy events

I liked the way you filmed and edited this

Dang! You made this video for 4 months. Good job, bro. If you make more content like this, you'll be in my list 😀

I got into contesting aka sweeping, a few years ago. I went to a meeting where everyone shares leads on various drawings, and what they've won. Mostly a lot of junk like sipper bottles or size small T-shirts, but one couple there just returned from a major auto race they won tix to, and when "their driver" won the race, they won a car and some really nice leather jackets. They actually turned down the car and took cash because they have won so many cars. Maybe 12. They specialize in stuffing boxes that are in retail locations. They drive all over and fill out as many entry forms as they can, using variations of their names and their kids' names. I googled them recently and the husband just won $40,000 in a weight-loss competition.

SUBSCRIBED you have a lot of potential for more great videos. Keep'em comin

Just keep doing it bro, eventually something will big will happen. Also, those free events might open up interesting and life changing possibilities...ya know, he works in mysterious ways. Great video!

Lazlo: "Well, this batch makes it one million six hundred and fifty thousand. I should win thirty-two point six percent of the prizes, including the car."

Awesome to see a fellow Welsh person go viral! Nice one man :D Great video quality too! 10/10

Excellent production quality! Good job man. Came here via Digg, btw.

You are my spirit animal for contests.

Such an awesome video man! I have never seen anything like this before.

Your editing/production skills are fantastic man!!

Did you keep a record of how much you spent vs. the value of what you received?

I'm here from Psych IRL. I'm really sorry about you getting scammed by Storyful

Love the video! Excellent production and an interesting subject. You just got yourself a new subscriber!

Amazing. Great story

The kid at the end with the laugh sealed the deal. Nice video mate :)

I admire the sheer effort that went into this video and hope I never have nothing better to do than to do something like this. Ok maybe I do

Well now you can have kids to give them this stuff. This video was brilliant.

Amazing to see how much Casey Neistat has influenced the language of video on youtube. Cant think of an other creator who is having this much of an impact. Great vid BTW.

This was incredible! Great work Andrew, I'm sad I didn't get to see this sooner

Great video! Nice job documenting the steps. I wish you won more.

Great video, really nicely thought out and put together. I was eager for you to win a biggie but I think you should have skipped the magazines, prize draws and flashed products and tried a few creative competitions - you clearly have the camera skills & imagination to win a few photo/video comps!

Great commitment to the video and great way to explain that all these contests are a waste of time

getting nearly half a million views probably made it worth it! awesome video!

One of my favourite videos. Great work 🙌🏻

Your videos are seriously awesome. Why aren't you uploading more!?

This needs so many more views!

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

Great production! got a documentary vibe from this

Great video! Thanks for the giggles and what an amazing adventure!! lol i've subbed =)

this video was amazingly made for 2015! love it

Silverpicker sent me here. Loved the video, make sure to thank silverpicker for giving you an extra subscriber ;)

Life well spent.....good job with this video. Thank you

Awesome video! Kept me entertained for the duration of my meal. I'd watch more of your stuff depending on what you do :)

I appreciate the time and effort you put into this video

What a great video. I’m gutted you don’t have more subscribers

Nice job! Really interesting experiment to see what you get out of all the effort!

Really good stuff you have here, love the idea!

this is the best film i have ever watched like srsly, dude !

What's the background music starting at 2:50?

How much did it cost you to enter all of those contests?

I approve of your wasted time for my enjoyment, and your little sister's evil laugh, mwwahahahha

Now this is a wlee done video! thank you for the effort.

watched this again and it's still such a great film, can really see how much effort went into it but do have 2 questions. Why at 5:42 does it say 'google absolutely no internet' and also how long did it take u to make this? the Aviva final was in march 2014 and this was uploaded in july 2015. Did it actually take u that long to make???!!

Awesome video ! what's the name of the track at 0:26 - 1:00 ?

I think it says something about my character that I find how methodically he went about this to be fascinating.

This is amazing The quality is amazing Your channel is amazing

This is crazy good, especially for a 2015 RU-vid video. Surprised this isn't at like 5Million+views!

A friend of mine used to do that when he was jobless, he'd spend his time entering competitions and won many times.

Great job on this video! Very interesting and entertaining cinematography. 👍

who is here after pshygh IRL

+Andrew Lloyd (AndrewMadeAFilm) dude I had this idea when I was a little kid too! As I got older, I realized that I had to factor in my time and effort, and that kinda made me lose interest (which I regret), but thats awesome for you man! Congrats on your video!

I want to do the same, I always felt "unlucky" and the only thing I've won in a contest was a mouse that lasted for 3-4 months

the production of all your videos are amazing i really love the videos

You have a great film career ahead of you.

It reminded me a lot of casey neistat videos! I liked it a lot! Good work man!

You have a bright future, kid.

Great Video and insight.

that montage was top notch sir!

haha I did the same thing back in March/April, I won a trip up the BT Tower in London, 52 Hollands Pies (A years supply apparently), 2 deckchairs and a Fake tanning kit...looks like we averaged a prize for every 250 competitions!

You won the youtube community!

Just like me entered 225 Steam game giveaways and manage to get 3 games (Sadly its all cheap game). But at least i'm spent nothing for entering the giveaway. Can you share how much did you spent(for all mags,phone,etc) and how much did you win :D

2:51 FOTC... Respect bro

Such a great video idea! Do this with RU-vid Giveaways pls... would be so cool.

Reminds me of Nasubi, a Japanese comedian who spent 335 days naked in an apartment living on nothing but competition winnings for a reality show. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi

I once won a bag after collecting toffee wrappers happiest day of my life

nice job. I would never have this patience. Newspaper has picked up your story btw. It's also been translated into other languages and gone viral :)

Funny video :D Too bad about the winnings, although I do love Organix snacks :D

It worth because of the great video you made it

Well you're about the most likeable person I've ever encountered.

Dude this is so clever! And interesting. And also kinda depressing to any of the competition entering folk :')

THis movie is really great. The story is very entertaining. Also, I felt Casey Neistat vibe too, which is great.

What were all the songs?

whats the music that starts at the part where he unboxes his prizes?