The Development of Video Clips

Millions of video clips were uploaded in 2006. Also with the spread of broadband Internet connection, video clips have become very famous online. Video clips is the word used for any short video clips, oftenly less than the length of typical television shows.

The popularity of online video clips continued to develop very fast. Its popularity became a 'clip culture'. It is similar to the 'lean-back' experience of watching conventional movies, usually less than 15 minutes. Clip culture began in 2005 when websites such as YouTube, Google Video and Yahoo! Video let video clips uploading.

There were numerous kinds of videos uploaded such as free funny videos, odd videos, prodigy performance videos and journalism videos. Common sources for these video clips are news, movies, music video and homemade videos.

Online video advertising also became a powerful platform to deliver an effective message to their potential clients. MAGNA estimated that money spent on online video advertisement reached around US$700 million in 2008. Since businesses want to budget their advertising costs, online video advertising still warrants to positive results-driven delivery platform.

Moreover, video uploading sites became a venue for amateurs to highlight their skills. According to the report of The Economist in May 2006, 90% of Youtube video clips came from young amateurs such as the two popular Chinese students Huang Yixin and Wei Wei (Back Dorm Boys) who showcased their talent by lip-synching a song of the Backstreet Boys. After uploading their funny video clip on Youtube, many TV networks have asked them to be their guests. They even got a contract from a media company in Beijing to lip-sync some famous songs.

In addition to showcasing talents, online video clips became a perfect venue for citizen journalism. Like in the December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, many ordinary citizens became instant news reporters of the disaster.

Various Funny Videos

I have a selection of those utube funny videos which I gathered from online. I will start creating my school output for final requirement about video analysis and a few days ago, I decided to give my attention on those funny skits.

In fact, those videos only run for a minute or two. They may look not hard to make, rather, it means a great deal of preparation and directing. Making of such skits concerns an innovative thinking paired with enthusiasm and determination.

And so I started with the analysis after I have watched each one of them. I did not able to focus during my first view since I ended upwas just laughing with my classmates. I picked my pen and paper with me and finally went on with it.

The act of creating a funny skit is not as simple as writing of some jokes or funny scenarios and then getting out of the camera. Producing a funny skit requires a huge deal of determination, perseverance, and attention to tiniest details. If you go over these tips on proper funny video creation, you are definitely sure of creating a funny video that is extremely fun for your audience.