Youtube Video - Political debate turned into a remix

This video makes me laugh for two main reasons. Number 1, its insanely clever how the people who edited the clips together to make it into a very catchy song and secondly its just plain ridiculous :) I think it's a good example of a small group of people's interpretation of how they want people to see political debates: with humour.

Youtube Video - Actual news report remixed into a rap

This video is very high up in my personal list of favourite internet clips. The group that created this genius video are a small group of remixers from America. They take news clips, political debates and almost anything that involves a strange person with an extreme personality. They then manipulate what the person has said, edit bits of it together and make songs more catchy than songs from the current top 40 chart. This is probably my favourite video of theirs, it has been veiwed millions of times all over the world and the man in the video became an over night celebrity because of it. Another great example of how to publicise a complete stranger (idiot in this case) from taking something stupid they've said and turning it into what can only be described as a complete lyrical masterpiece.

Youtube Video - Evaporating Water

This video might be boring to some people, but for the rest of us its a geeky little self indulgence, plus its quite cool to see it actually happen.

Youtube Video - Flip Flop Guy

The scale of idiocy of the video is very high, but never fails to make me laugh. I feel sorry for the guy, but then again who hasn't laughed at a drunk person during a festival? Especially one who is intensly concentrating so hard that he nearly falls over every time he finally gets his flip-flops on. Bless him.

Youtube Video - Prank couple

I've put this video on here, because of my absolutle immaturity. He spanks her then shoves a pie in her face, not much more to it, just pretty funny and would guarantee a smile on anyone's face who watches it. Although i do feel sorry for her, because that spank looks like it really hurts.

Youtube Video - Suprised Kitten

I don't need to explain why this is on here. It just makes me happy :)

Youtube Video - Anthropology of Youtube

We watched this in media and it really sparked my interest in digital anthropology, I've gone on to watch more videos by this American class that they;ve put onto youtube. I really enjoy learning about the growth of youtube and internet identity as a whole, some of the facts are unbelievable.




Notes I took whilst watching this video in class:

• The video focuses on Networks individualism - cultural inversion.
• Participant observation - the way we understand people's actions - Digital anthropology: focusing on how people identify themselves on the web.
• Medium of cummunity through webcams and computer screens - invisible audience - different contexts.
• Context collapse - videos may be remixed mitigating the collapse of the original context - copyright.
• Trying to form a mask of new identity - everyone is watching but nobody is there?
• Developed self hyper awareness of ourselves and seeing yourself in a video minues or even years later.
• Self reflective mood while filming yourself, showing the internet community a different side to you than you may show to everyone else in daily life.
• Allows you to watch people without them knowing - you aren't staring or making them feel uncomfortable whilst talking to them because what they have done or said on camera has already happened, you're watching people in the past.
• Cultural tension - connection without constraint, youtube offers this freedom.
• Youtube is a highly competitive website, people sometimes post videos just to recieve high ratings - celebrity system within this video postng network.
• Authenticity crisis - people can create fake videos or pretend to be someone else entirely.
• Lonleygirl15 - fake videos created by small time producers who wanted publicity, people responded by saying how disgusted they were that people do this on a website that is supposed to be about creative and human responses, not fakery. People have different ideas as to what youtube should be used for.
• Sexual thumbnails may be put on the picture of a video to recieve more ratings, because once you've clicked it counts as one more hit to that video - extra exposure for the maker.
• Much we do is illegal - copying, remixing, downloading - age of prohibitions, the small crimes everybody makes do not seem like they matter - a time of rebellion and not being aware enough to care about your small actions such as downloading a free MP3 instead of buying it from a legit store.
• Mad Rev - a man who started a craze flow of videos by asking other people to write a message of importance (what they personally thought what important) on their hand and posting their videos as a response to his video - this has become the largest viewed and responded video in the history of youtube.
• Cathartic release - personal videos people post as self expression - they are in control of letting people respond or if they just want people to listen thats what they can post the video as.

Youtube Video - Gabrielle Alpin 'If you run' cover

I discovered Gabrielle Alpin a couple of years ago, by browsing around on youtube. A great singer she started off when she was around 14 on youtube. She's a good example of how a great fanbase and positive reviews can help with people's dreams. From the start of her publishing videos of covers and heher own songs on youtube, she would leave comments saying how she hopes that her songs reach at least a few people, because she just wanted to make people happy with her singing. She now does tours in England and has an album of covers and personal songs on itunes. She's still not exactly 'celebrity scale famous' but she's definately on the music business radar now and hopefully she'll go far.

Youtube Video - Angry girlfriend emails boyfriend not realising he is on holiday

Pretty funny video, we can all relate to it. We either all know someone with a psycho girlfriend or have had a psycho girlfriend. If you don't find this funny and think to yourself that you would do the same in her situation... then you're probably the psycho girlfriend.

Youtube Video - What happens when you steal a hacker's computer

A friend told me about this video and i watched it while i was at their house. I thought it was very funny and very very clever. Shows the power of hackers...moral of the video? Never under estimate a geek!

Youtube Video - Animated Graffiti

This is one of the most creative videos i've ever watched online. The amount of time, effort and money on spray paint that must have been ludicrous. All in all a very worth while video to watch, it's rather abstract but really clever and really interesting, a real piece of feel good art.

Youtube Video - Free Hugs

Feel good, lovely video. Great idea and makes me smile :)