[REC]: Movie Promotion Going Viral

Written by Daan Jansonius on May 2nd, 2008 | 3 comments

[REC], from what I gather, is a Spanish Cloverfield wannabe. The scenes are shot in a deliberate amateurishness way to heighten the suspense and they are using the internet as their main form of promotion.

Edit: Thanks to Ian in the comments I now know Cloverfield was actually shot after [REC], which would make Cloverfield the wannabe!

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Viral Friday: Love China

Written by Paul van Veenendaal on May 2nd, 2008 | no comments

Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 10 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.

This weeks Viral Friday #1 position goes to Love China. Chinese internet users en masse added “Love China” or “(L) China” to their MSN chat names as a patriotic gesture. The runner up spot is for Britain’s Got Talent: Michael Jackson. Opera singer Paul Potts became an internet meme thanks to Britain’s Got Talent and YouTube, will Michael Jackson imitator Suleman Mirza follow in his footsteps? Shortsbus.com completes this week’s top 3 with Trapped in an Elevator with Diarrhea. A funny parody to last week’s #1 position “Trapped in an Elevator for 41 Hours”.

Do you want to see this week’s list from 1 to 10? Go on then, and have a look! We’d like to hear your opinion about the virals. Have fun!

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