Apple becoming a bit of a phenomenon!

October 10th, 2011

Apple seem to be everywhere at the minute, for both good and somewhat upsetting reasons. The upsetting reasons are that sadly, Steve Jobs passed away on the 5th of October, and the ex-CEO of Apple has left behind a massive legacy and he has undoubtedly changed the way the world sees and uses technology. He was a great man, and he definitely revolutionised the technology world as we know it!

On a good note, for those of you that don’t know and that apparently don’t have any idea about what’s going on in the world then they have announced their new Apple iPhone 4S and it is set to go on general sale tomorrow. They have also just released their latest iOS update; iOS 5.

They have had plenty of videos up on their YouTube channel to try and promote their new products and boy has it done wonders for them. They announced their new handset and some of the new features that it will come with. One of these that’s captured the minds of many people around the world is Siri. Siri is basically an app that talks to you, so if you’re bored you can have a conversation with your phone!

The video that they put up on their YouTube channel about Siri has reached well over 2,000,000 views. I suppose you could argue that it hasn’t really become a “viral video” as such, but a video of a guy talking to his phone, come on. I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this?

Anyway, if you are looking at producing a video, or even a software video like Apple did for the iOS 5 then you may want to look at getting in touch with one of many different video production companies out there and see what they can do to help you and your business!

“NONONONO Cat” set to become viral?

October 6th, 2011

We all love a viral video or two and this could be another one for you to add to your collection of all time favourites. Someone has videoed their cat looking rather startled and meowing, however it wasn’t doing a normal meow.

This is one strange cat, if you watch the video you’ll see the cat begin meowing but sounds more like the cat is saying “NO, NO, NO, NO”. There are many videos that are on the web like this, some of them more cute than funny, or more funny than anything else. But whatever videos you do like then you will be sure to get some very funny, very good ones on YouTube, Metacafe and sites like these.

There are many ways that a video like this may help you promote your own business, or even a business that you work for. If you’re struggling a little bit when it comes to making a name for yourself online then you could look at making a video that will help you or business online. There are many videos that you can have produced from an interactive video all the way to a promotional video. Both of these kinds of videos can help a business to grow themselves online, so if you’re wanting to start growing the online side of your business then you should look at getting in touch with Video Tile and see what they can do for you!

Can Dead Island make it a third week at the top?

September 28th, 2011

For anyone out there who isn’t a gamer or who hasn’t been around the internet recently then, Dead Island is a game released by a company called Deep Silver. Although they’re not well known for their games, they will be after this absolute corker!

After being on sale for over four weeks, Dead Island has now been at the top of the gaming charts for more than two weeks it has been at the top of both the gaming charts; the UK Individual Format Charts, and UK Multiformat Charts. That is some feat considering Dead Island has sold more copies than any other game from Deep Silver, put together!

There have been many different zombie based games released in the last few years and many have not lived up to what they were expected to be. The likes of Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising have not quite lived up to the hype that was surrounding them prior to their release. But it seems Dead Island has outshone both of these in terms of game play and the amount of copies sold.

However, Dead Island may not be there for much longer. The end of this week sees the release of the eagerly anticipated FIFA 12. As per every other year there are thousands upon thousands of people buying the game upon its midnight release in the UK and you can almost guarantee that this will see it bound up the gaming charts.

There have been many a hardware and software video released trying to big up the game before its release, and there’s also been a few to try and big up the demo. I somehow doubt that EA have made these videos themselves, they’ve more than likely got in touch with a video production company to help them with their videos.

So this time next week, we will know whether or not Dead Island has managed to stay at the top for a third week.

Freddie Mercury reincarnated? Not quite, but just listen to him!

September 22nd, 2011

We all know who Freddie Mercury is and we all know that he’s long been dead but apparently his voice has found its way to someone in Canada who is the lead singer of a Christian rock band. The person in question is called Marc Martel. He’s from Saskatchewan in Canada and the band he sings for are called Downhere.

He recorded his cover of Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’ for The Queen Extravaganza which is something that searches for musicians and vocalists to tour with a Queen Tribute band. This guy, Marc Martel is looking like a good bet to be selected to sing with the tribute, but to be honest, he’s that good he should be chosen to sing with the band should they ever reform.

He’s recorded his audition and put it up on YouTube and within 4 days it had over 1.5 million views. This just goes to show how good a voice this guy has got, the video has almost turned into a kind of promotional video for The Queen Extravaganza.  There’s no doubt going to be lots of videos that people have recorded of themselves for this event but they can’t all be good. Maybe they should look at getting hold of a video production company and have a montage of all the funny, good and also bad videos that they have been sent.

 

Home Videos can go Viral too…

September 14th, 2011

There are many people out there who record themselves doing stupid things, or maybe they are wanting to have a rant at or about someone or something or there are some that are just plain cool. Either way there’s an array of videos out there that have done really well for themselves and have shot the person who uploaded them, or starred in them, to fame.

You could be one of these people if you decide to make your own home video. Someone who did this is a young boy in America known on his YouTube account as CopperCab. For those of you who don’t know and haven’t seen his hilarious video, he is the guy who uploaded the “GINGERS DO HAVE SOULS” video.

In this video he has a rant about how people at his school ridicule him for being ginger and saying that he has no soul, to which he obviously disagrees. It was uploaded in 2010 and in nearly a year it has amassed over 21million views.

There are some things that you put on the internet and they just blow up, go massive. Just like this has, not only has it got millions of views in the space of 12 months but it has also had a remake from the creators of South Park. They made Cartman ginger and he says the same as the young lad in the video. You couldn’t ask for better publicity than South Park including part of your video in one of their episodes.

You could become this person, if you upload the right kind of video, you may not need to treat it as a promotional video. It may just kick on and become really popular. However if you haven’t got a home video that you think will cut it then you should look at getting in touch with a video production company and see what they can do for you and your video!

Some Viral Videos are a bit different than normal…

September 8th, 2011

There are some Viral Videos out there that are slightly different in comparison to your “average” viral video. Or it may not even be intended as a viral video but it may have been picked up by some medias and they may like the video and then promote it themselves. Or they may even find it relevant to what they do and then promote the video to help them promote their product.

A viral video that has surfaced and is almost certainly not what you would expect to see in the work place. A boss lets his employees shoot at him with an AK-47 while he is sat behind a bullet proof glass window. A bit on the strange side, but I suppose if you work/own a bullet proof glass company then you need to test your products out properly, and what better way than to get your staff to shoot at you?

There are many different kinds of virals that are out there and are being used to promote different people’s products or companies. For example there’s a video of a number of youngsters on a massive water slide that was built on private property in Paradise, Utah and they go flying down the slide on their rubber rings and go flying up 120ft in the air to land in the lake, however if you were thinking of trying this at home just bear in mind that three of the people were knocked unconscious upon impact with the water. The water was initially intended to try and promote Vooray clothing; however they didn’t really do a good job of promoting the clothing line as they were all wearing next to nothing.

If you quite like the sound of having a viral video to promote your company’s products or services then you should definitely have a look around and see what the different companies out there can offer you various different video production services, or maybe you’re not looking for that, maybe you need someone to help you present a video that you have already had made, in which case you would need a web presenter.

Either way there are many different things out there that you could look at buying that would benefit your business.

World Record Phone Drop – Phone Survives!

August 27th, 2011

There are many of us out there who are a little clumsy and have probably dropped a phone or two in our time. Well, now you need not worry about whether you have broken your phone or not, well at least you don’t if you’ve got one of the latest devices from mobile phone manufacturers, Sonimtech.

Sonimtech have designed, and made the very first mobile phone handset that you can quite comfortably drop from 25 metres high, or the equivalent to 10 storeys, and it will still be fully functioning when it hits the bottom! Now that’s some phone!

This handset is probably the right handset for those of you who are quite clumsy or who find themselves working on a building site on a daily basis, and there’s also a video that was taken whilst they dropped the phone, just in case any of you out there were a little bit sceptical.

Videos like this can at times be excellent for promoting a business or a company and in this case, this video could be used as a promotional video for this particular company, especially as they are a smallish company and they have to compete against the big boys in the mobile phone market such as Apple, Blackberry and HTC.

So if you need a film production company then you should start looking around now!

Online news for new games can be massive!

August 19th, 2011

With Gamescom being held this week as you may imagine there was a lot of fuss about some games, but not all games. There were a lot of games that were being looked at, at this year’s Gamescom and one of the big hitters this year is the latest instalment of EA’s FIFA game.

With the release date just over a month away some people are starting to go a bit FIFA crazy. There were some big announcements this year at Gamescom about some of the new features that we can expect to be on this year’s instalment of the game.

There has been a lot of hype surrounding FIFA 12 at this year’s Gamescoms and to be fair to EA Sports’ FIFA branch they have covered it fantastically well online. They have had updates straight from their Twitter feed to all of the followers that they have, who are eagerly awaiting any news that they can get.

The first big announcement was that the demo for the new game will be released on Xbox, PS3 and PC on the 13th September. The demo will again have a select number of teams on it, and unlike last year’s demo version it will not have both Real Madrid and Barcelona on it. Just the Catalan giants, Barcelona. The rest of the teams are as follows: Two from the Premier League in the shape of Arsenal and Man City. One French side in the shape of Marseille. One German team in the shape of Borussia Dortmund and lat but not least, one Italian team in the shape of the current Italian champions, AC Milan.

There have been many a promotional video released in the build up to the official release date of the new FIFA game and there have also been one or two trailers released so that the fans have something to wet their appetite and build up people’s hopes and expectations in the wake of the release of the new game. One thing is for certain though it’s certainly going to be a hit!

 

Animal videos can be a big hit at times!

August 11th, 2011

We all love, and adore animals and times they do some rather stupid things that make us think “if only I had got that on video”… Well some people out there do catch their pets doing some stupid things and one of the more recent videos on YouTube that is currently trending is a video of someone’s pet cat trapping another moggie in a cardboard box and sitting on top of it and refusing to budge!

Well we say refusing to budge but he soon gets bored and after seeing the trapped cat pushing on the lid of the box. He eventually gets out and then shakes his head and wanders off himself, probably wondering what had just happened and thinking to himself “I won’t be going near one of them for a while!” and who could blame him really?

A viral video  could be a good way of promoting a product or a service that you or your business provide and if perhaps you’re struggling for business, if you come up with a good idea for a video to advertise your particular product or service then you could be quids in! There are many different kinds of promotional video about that could help you in this instance, like a software video!

Either way there are many different things out there that can help you and your business!

Viral Videos can be great for your business!

August 3rd, 2011

Perhaps you are a part of a struggling business and you want to make an impression on everyone else that you work with, including your boss. Or perhaps you are the boss of the company?

Either way, there’s something that you could do that will help both your reputation in the business, and help the business to grow and develop. For starters if it is struggling in the online world then you may want to have a look around as to whom, and what businesses may help you out and may be able to help you grow your online reputation.

There are a few different things you can do and if you pay a visit to a company called Video Tile they certainly have the tools of the trade when it comes to helping you out. They offer a wide range of services and depending on what you’re looking for they will almost certainly be able to offer it to you as a service.

If you have developed a video to advertise what your company does then you may need a web presenter, someone who will be filmed and then the video can be put on the homepage of your website so that when someone clicks onto it they don’t need to find an “About” page.

Also, you could maybe look at getting a promotional video or maybe even a software video produced that will almost certainly help your business grow online.