What are Viral Videos?
We’ve all received those emails from our friends that say at the end, “If you like this send it to a friend.” Those are early forms of viral marketing that are effective to this day. Short video clips that spread quickly across the internet are known as viral videos. Usually comical or unusually informative, these videos can be seen on popular video upload sites, such as YouTube, and they are also passed along through friends’ emails, forums and social network sites. Producing Viral Videos Having the best quality video content is not necessarily the way to produce great viral videos. Production quality must be decent of course, because no one will watch a video they can’t see or hear clearly, but you don’t have to agonize over your script. Content needs to generate interest, but we’re not trying to win an Oscar here. In fact, the shorter your video is, the higher the viewing. Keep your viral videos 15 – 30 seconds long. Make the middle part the most interesting as this helps create an
A man demonstrates the evolution of modern dance, two slackers rap about their Sunday afternoon activities, and an overweight teen practices with a fake Jedi sword: this is the world of viral videos. Viral videos can best be described as short video clips with unusually shocking or humorous themes often shared on social networks, video sharing websites and personal emails. Viral videos get their name because of the seemingly virus-like way they explode across the Internet landscape. What may start out as a private family video in Idaho could easily be featured on a Japanese website in literally hours or days. In the days before Internet sharing and digital video uploads, the only way most people saw “viral videos” was through local television station feeds. Filmed footage of an unusual or humorous news event might be shown at the end of a local news show, and sometimes that same footage would be shown again and again on other stations receiving the same feed. Because there was no feasi
Viral Videos has become quite a buzz word on the internet over the past few years. So what is a viral video, and what is it that makes the best viral videos stand out? According to the wikipedia, a Viral Video is a video clip that gains widespread popularity being passed around the internet through email, blogs, video sharing sites, and social networking. Renowned Viral Video creator, Len Foley (the Bionic Burger) describes them as: a mental virus. Its a contagious idea or experience that invades the imaginations of many thousands of people, which is then spread to many MORE thousands of people. Once a video reaches a critical mass, it has a massive snowball effect, and cannot be stopped. These web videos can be seen by millions of viewers worldwide. Many have also been featured on live television and on the news. Some viral video creators have gone on to become celebrities and appear on television programs like Oprah. Viral Videos are typically 1 3 minutes in length, although the most
viral videos are videos that gain attention VERY VERY FAST!! sort of like the numa numa guy here’s a better description of viral videos http://en.wikipedia.
