I'm just waitin' for a mate!

Setting the internet ablaze, this video features a police officer finding a man in a car that has mounted itself onto the curb. When questioned about what he's doing there, the man responds that he's 'waiting for a mate'. Clearly intoxicated, the man is then questioned and then arrested by the police officers.

The situation has been found comical to many third party viewers hence making this video one of the most viral videos of early 2013.  

The video spawned in February 2013, when a video titled 'I'm just waitin for a mate' was uploaded to Youtube by John Potter, featuring footage from the Australian television show 'Highway Patrol'. The video has generated buzz across the social media network generating many memes and parodies. Facebook pages for the video were made entitled 'Waitin' for a mate' gaining up to 80,000 likes. Many remixes of the video have been, including a techno remix and also an electronic dance remix.

This viral video has created many jokes across the internet and is still generating buzz. The ongoing joke has arisen the question of why he was there in the first place, and whether or not his 'mate' actually exists.

Gangnam Style!

 Unarguably, the MOST viral video of all time. You could go to any part of the world, say the name of the song and someone will recognize it. The Gangnam Style took the Internet by a storm and has reach 1.5 billion views and still counting. What is crazy about this video is that, most people who watch it don't understand as the whole song is in Korean. The reason I believe it became viral was the weird intricacies to laugh about, the catchy music, the suit and the dance moves. All very simple yet very memorable, all making you want to go back and watch it one, maybe two more times. Through this song PSY has sold out concerts, toured internationally at festivals and has become the biggest household name ever. He has become a social icon and even nominated for person of the year. There will probably never be another viral video which will have more views than Gangnam Style.

Woman on subway asks Jay Z, Are you famous

Jay-Z is arguably one of the biggest names in Hip Hop, the second most richest man in hip hop, husband of Beyonce and much more. During a concert in Brooklyn, Jay Z decided to take the subway, going through the stations he went to when he was a child. He signed autographs, took pictures and when he got in the train everyone went crazy, almost everyone. He sat next to an elderly woman who did not know he was, asking him "Are you famous?", and then continuing to ask his name and eventually remembering who he was. This video became very viral for its "feel-good-ness", showing the humbleness of Jay Z, showing he is just another guy and has time for his fans even if they couldn't recognize him.

Sweet Brown

Who ever knew escaping from a fire can come with good outcomes! Sweet Brown ruled the YouTube channel with her interview with the news about her apartment fire in Oklahoma City. Her line which caused an international craze “"Well, I woke up to go get me a cold pop, then I thought somebody was barbecuing. I said 'Oh Lord Jesus, it's a fire'. Then I ran out, I didn't grab any shoes or nothing, Jesus. I ran for my life, and then the smoke got me; I got bronchitis. Ain't nobody got time for that?" got over 25 Million views from the original post. The video was posted up by ‘NewsBeFunny’ on the 10^th of April, 2012 whom has a specified page for funny news clips such as Sweet Brown.

3 Days later ‘Warren Wilding’ another YouTuber posted up an auto-tuned remix of the original with a mix of other clips which altogether combined a another international craze with hitting over 30 million views in just 11months. Sweet Brown found fame and riches when she sued Apple 15million for selling her remixed song for profit. She clearly had time for suing 15million.

NYAN Cat

The Nyan Cat the meme which still rules the Internet with over 95 million views (Still increasing by the day). This 3min clip was released in April 2011 introducing an animated cartoon cat with a pop-tart body, flying though space leaving a rainbow trail behind continuously.The title ‘Nyan cat’ come from the Japanese word for the sound a cat makes ‘nya’ which translates to English is their way of saying ‘meow’, having the original title of ‘Momo Momo’ which was then later changed to the Nyan cat. This viral video had reached 9th place in the business insiders top 10 viral video of 2011, also due to the popularity of this song a 10hour version had been posted up onto YouTube with over 23 million views! The soundtrack of this video had been taken from a user of YouTube named Daniwell who uploaded this sound with the title “Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!” in 2010.

Charlie Bit My Finger...Again!

‘OUCH CHARLIE THAT REALLY HURTS,OOOUUUUUCH!’ , This viral video sensation from England includes 2 young English boys, where the younger brother named Charlie bites the finger of his older brother Harry, which was then uploaded by their father in 2007 reaching over half a billion views! This was an accidental viral hit as the video had been uploaded to YouTube so the godfather of the boys would be able to access the video who lives in the United States.

The Harlem Shake

The “Harlem Shake” is a viral dance craze on YouTube. Usually goes for about 30 to 40 seconds, where it starts off with only one person dancing with a full head mask (usually a bikies helmet or a horse head) and everyone else around him not noticing. Until about half way of the video it all changes as everyone in the room starts to dance and shake usually with masks and costumes.Z
The first Harlem Shake video was posted on the 2nd of February 2013 by 5 teenagers from Queensland, Australia known as ‘The Sunny Coast Skate’. Their video created a trend craze of others uploading their own “Harlem Shake” videos onto YouTube. The move consists of two simple steps; 1. To get loose and , 2. Then shake the upper body using more from the waist.
The unknown history of the actual move originated in Lexington where gang members would shoot cripples with crutches, them falling created this signature move which was then introduced by the gang members at local parties.

Blog Design

This is our final design for the blog “ViraLeak” we are creating on the topic of viral videos on YouTube, created by Kurt, Zain and Lucinda.

For our blog design, the aim was to create something unique yet very user friendly. The font is very basic and nothing too fancy along with darker colours accompanied by a lighter background so that users can clearly read our posts without strain. Our background is a collage of small pictures which creates the impression of many videos on the internet and as our blog is about viral videos, it represents it well. At first we planned to create a background of a few large pictures of some viral videos but we decided that, it may distract the viewers and may not be as appealing.

The background behind the posts we make remains white so that the font doesn’t clash with the background. This way there is still an appealing background, but not at the expense of reading our posts.