Yale: Masters of the Over-the-Top Video

Hard as it is to admit, Yale has once more trumped Harvard in the videography department, putting out yet another excellent—albeit kitschy—video.

This time, Yale’s crack team of video-gurus, whoever they might be, have produced a crisp video urging the college’s seniors to donate to the senior gift fund.

Recalling elements of Yale’s tongue-in-check but rather over-the-top admissions video, this latest piece imagines a senior who hasn’t given to the fund being accosted by a mix of professors, administrators, and friends who take on zombie-esque tendencies when they learn Dan, the senior, hasn’t donated.

Even if we were to concede to hyperbole and satire, we think chasing someone through the neo-gothic halls of Yale like zombies does seem a little excessive (just like 16 minutes of Glee-like singing for the sake of old Eli was a bit much).

Yet it sure tops our own video from last year, which urged Harvard seniors to donate to the senior gift fund with the message "Don't Give."

The bottom line? These Yale videographers apparently lack a sense of restraint, but damn, they know how to produce a video!