Viral+Content

CCT300 - **Group Final Project - Creating and Propagating Viral Content (30%)**


 * Proposal**


 * Alex Gougeon**
 * Matt Lee Poy**

New Proposal:

For our viral video, we ultimately decided to devise a prank. With exams approaching, we thought of making a day on campus more enjoyable to whoever involved, or even just lighten the mood. Inspired by many successful and popular youtube pranksters such as //Edbassmaster// and //Jack Vale//, we decided to create our own unique prank in the same direction of approaching random strangers with a hidden camera. We ultimately decided to execute a prank that would cause an extremely awkward situation based on its unexpected nature and reaction. At first we attempted several pranks, but none had the expected reaction or were already recreated by several people on the internet. These included randomly worshipping people walking by, or pretending to drop a pen under a table full of people then crawl for it. Instead we decided to do something completely shocking to someone upon meeting them; proposing to random women on the spot.

Original Proposal:

For our viral content we will be creating a video involving us playing our musical instruments in public or places with a large amount of people. Inspired by the “sexy sax man” video of a man playing his saxophone in malls, classrooms and football fields, we will play guitar in drums to popular hair metal songs. The content is viral because it creates a humorous approach to freedom of expression with the spontaneity of our social actions. We want to break everyone from the regular daily grind and create entertainment in places where there is none, such as classrooms or malls, or even the cafeteria of the school. It may annoy people, or it may even make people laugh and enjoy it, but it is all part of the idea of expression and performance.