I like the concept of viral videos, but there's been so many of them of lately, mostly from companies looking for a "big bang" with little cash outlay, that I think the genre is getting stale very quickly.
Here's the latest one making the rounds, along with some reporter's observations about it:
Viral Wedding Video
I live on the Edge of Nowhere on the Oregon coast where we can't get high-speed Internet access, so I haven't watched the whole thing, but I did see a clip of it on one of the Portland TV news shows. One thing which occurred to me which the reporter didn't mention is that it appears to have been shot with at least two cameras. That suggest to me that it was staged. It doesn't prove it, but it increases the likelihood that the video was planned rather being a case of someone just happening to catch this accident on tape. If this is a fake, I don't know what it's promoting, but that may come out in the fullness of time (ooh, fancy language!)
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I have to say, it could go either way; the initial trip looks fake, perhaps even planned... That is until you look at the foot of the BM as he steps up.
Then watch the bride.. Her excited nervous sway; she looks like a girl actually getting married to me.
I don't see a break-away that would lead me to believe is was 2 cameras though, perhaps the Portland station edited the clip, but the original looks smooth.
I have videoed weddings before, I say real or very well stagged leaning to real..
I have never been to a wedding where the bride and groom weren't holding hands...or where they were standing so far apart (due to the hand-holding they were just a few inches apart). I don't know any priest that would wear sunglasses at such a serious moment...even if the wedding were outside. I would think eye contact is important.
Could be fake. Could be real...but if the person filming was the photographer...why would he risk losing his business by showing this? It would have to be a cell phone or personal camera that would had to have done it. I don't know how to tell the difference, but the zooming was VERY nice. It appeared to be an optical, rather than digital zoom.
1) I don' see a second camera, but looking at the locaition, it wouldn't necessarily be all that strange to have more than one camer filming the wedding after all
2) When the best man slips, he actually tries to catch himself by quickly moving his left foot up o the step (which also slips). This is very instinctive and natural, and not something that I would expect when being faked. Which just might mean they are good fakers! I've taken acting classes, and the way he falls really doesn't seem faked. Of course, if they were determined to make this real-looking, they could always have lubricated the step allowing him to really slip and fall. The soles of men's dress shoes, especially new (and cheap!) ones, do tend to be quite slipery.
3) People who are focused on something actually tend not to react quickly. A lot of people will freeze up in such a situation. Deer-in-Headlight syndrome is quite real when something like this happens that is completely out of context. The Groom, being close naturally reacts, but others would likely be "stunned" while they process what happened.
4) I've seen priests wear sunglasses at outdoor weddings. Anyone with blue eyes can tell you just how painful the sun can be wihout them. I actually have great difficulty just being outside in bright sunshine without shades. As for holding hands, I've seen weddings done both ways, just a matter of the local or church custom I guess.
Hard to call on this one. It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be real. If it is a fake, I suppose it'll end up selling non-slip footwear, or some sort of non-slip coating for exterior walkways, hehe. If it is real, they re very lucky that it was a sheer drop-off to the pool, they don't seem to be injured.
It's pretty flimsy evidence, but that's my 2 cents worth.
Non-slip tape? Water purifiers? Dunking insurance?
Shouldn't a viral video give you a clue as to what you're being infected with?
Yeah, you'd think so but sometimes, the advertiser waits until the "viral" video gets a gadzillion hits before revealing what it's for. We'll see.
As for the "multiple camera" thing, I said that based on the few seconds of the video I saw on the local TV news. The camera position jumped but that could easily have been a result of the news show having edited out where you actually saw the person holding a single camera move.
You guys have seen more of the total than I have so I'll accept your judgment that it doesn't look like a multi-camera shoot.
It is, quite simply a video clip that gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing.
i.e. it spreads like a virus. You are infected with the enjoyment and tell others about it, they see it & enjoy it, then the whole thing repeats.
Lately it seems that most "viral" stuff is promoting something but not ALL viral media has a commercial basis.