Within 2 weeks to come, I propose a special Viral Video Award. I will present some of the videos that are nominated for the prize with my analysis. I will comment especially the potential of each of these viral videos. The Viral Video Award is an associated event at the 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin.
Note a characteristic: they are eligible for the festival that the viral videos that promote an idea, product, brand ("It Must Either ENDORSE Something between gold and / or a message communiquer "). In short, exit the video of the little cat that sings or the staging of the individual grotesque.
I start my selection "To a Friend":
I think this video is not copy a good viral video (not to be confused with a good video). I would be surprised to see her win a prize. It has been online for more than six months without having passed the 10 000 viewings.
The message is unclear. The application of protest only appears at the end of the video. Fort is to bet we will have lost a majority of'internautes who believed themselves to a public health campaign. In short, no suspension leads to rant against the Pope.
is typically a video licked too reminiscent of traditional television advertising. The danger is that the unconscious association made this style. Nobody likes the idea of sharing advertising to friends. The only exception to this rule is the gag. An advertisement in classic can operate successfully if it is very funny but this is not the case with this one.
Another huge problem with this video: the name. It is very difficult to find. Try "To a friend" into Google, a lot of hit, but not the good.
Finally, it is neither very original nor very significant. A nice video that misses its viral effect and did not thrust required to spread.
The second video I am proposing today is "Chemical Party ":
Much better. There is a viral effect in action:
- seen by over 325,000 on YouTube.
- it exists in several versions
- it was taken by other secondary sites
If it has not reached peaks - the magic number is 1 million - I would say potentially because of its complexity. To go there a bit simpler would have helped. It's not easy for the user to decide who will benefit from this video. Who wants a short refresh chemistry fun? Or who find the treatment sufficiently original to appreciate the video beyond its message? Ultimately this video
friendly finds himself confined to a niche not particularly large.
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Posted by Marie-Louise Gariépy