What is it about certain videos that cause thousands or millions of people to view them, comment on them and forward them to others? What cconstitutes a "viral video?"
According to an online article "What makes an online video 'viral?'" a video is counted as viral if it receives over seven million views in a three to seven day time period. This article points out that many people today throw the term "viral video" around loosely without properly understanding it.
Today some people seek to create and film viral videos hoping that they will strike an interest in the eyes of millions. Though many are filmed with hopes to become "viral" they never make it big. I think the best videos that become "viral" are filmed randomly or capture a unique phenomena or occurrence.
Anyone can look up the top "viral videos and see that most are not professionally filmed rather they are random and unique or ones that many people can relate to. People like things that they can relate to and "viral" videos tend to follow that trend.
According to videoproductiontips.com Dynamic Logic studied "viral"videos and developed an acronym for what makes videos "viral"
LEGS stands for Laugh, Edgy, Gripping, Sexual. The more components that a video contains helps the video go "viral." The above mentioned website also ads a few more categories: Unusual, real, something people can relate to, compelling, joy inducing. If you are seeking to film the next "viral" video then I would say go out and do fun things, hang around unique people and always have a means to film your experiences. Life is funny, just be yourself and capture those moments.
http://socialtimes.com/what-makes-a-video-viral_b61409
http://videoproductiontips.com/what-makes-a-video-go-viral/
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