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The Little Things

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Recently I’ve been watching several short, but touching videos on the internet that certainly pack very powerful messages that I feel are worth posting about in my passion blog. The first of these two videos was released by the Anti-Defamation League that can been watched here if you are interested. Lasting only a minute long, this is by far one of the most powerful videos I’ve seen in a long time. To summarize the video, it depicts several well-respected “martyrs” such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank with headlines highlighting things they could of potentially went on to do had they not been murdered. I found this video after it popped up on my facebook feed and after watching it touched me in a way that most things can’t. It invoked a sentiment of both hope and sadness as you leave the video thinking of all the wasted potential that was killed as a byproduct of both hate and intolerance. It really makes you think about the power of symbolism and the things a message can deliver.

The other video I watched I discovered through this organization called Upworthy that I  follow on facebook. I’m not very clear what Upworthy is all about, but it just seems to distribute really emotional videos that suddenly go viral. If you interested in watching the video you can find a link to it by clicking here. To summarize what this video is about would be difficult because it’s hard to put into words. The video targets the emotions of other peoples by telling several stories of love including the boy who provided a guy with few friends with a new and valued one or the biology teacher who retells the story of how he met his beloved wife. While the other video revolved around death, this video provides its theme around life and why we should aim to cherish it. With the tagline being “Watch this when you are sad and this will make you 100 times happier” it aims to bring you to a realization that, most likely, you life isn’t nearly as bad as you think it is and no matter bad life gets there is always things to look forward to.

Viral Videos

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Over the past few weeks a video has been released that has gained a significant amount of attention know as “Gangnam Style” by South Korean Rapper “Psy”. From dance routines at the football games to skits on Saturday Night Live, in just a few weeks this song has gone from unknown to viral.

Now my question is, why? What makes or breaks a video from hitting the absolute threshold in order to touch every nook and cranny of the globe. The team backing Psy didn’t just release the video recklessly. Careful intrigate planning went into assuring that the video went viral, so let me give you the crash course on how to make a viral video.

The first part to making a video go viral is having a plan. As many people are very familiar with the now famous-infamous “Kony 2012” video from last spring, they released it with an intricate plan. On March 5th, every member of the Invisible Children organization shared the video via every social media medium at the same time. With more then 100,000 members in Invisible Children, the video spread like wildfire. That being said, with every viral video the first is having a plan to assure that it gets to as many as people as possible in a quickly fashion.

The second part to a successful viral video is the delivery. If you are trying to make an informational video, you want the video to be short and deliver the information in a quick, concise fashion. If you are attempting to make a music video go viral you want it to be particularly flashy with several different settings and backdrops along with jaw dropping special effects. Regardless of viral video genre, every viral video should focus on the delivery of a “big idea” whether that idea is implicit or explicit.

The third part is finally releasing the video on the web to be criticized and critiqued by the masses . One thing to keep in mind when releasing the video is to be aware of the audience that it is suppose to be targeting. Once you have determined the audience you will be targeting, carefully execute your plan and your set. If you are lucky, you’ve made it to the promise land and your video has gone viral.