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While far from the most famous videos on the Internet 2009 has had some memorable intertube moments. Susan Boyle's video topped the list at 120 million views, followed by "David After Dentist" (37 million views), "JK Wedding Entrance Dance" (33 million views), "New Moon Movie Trailer" (31 million views), and "Evian Roller Babies" (27 million views).
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Video Taken On:
April 11, 2009 |
Place:
Stage of Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow Scotland |
Behind the Camera:
"Britain's Got Talent" TV show |
Picture Summary:
Boyle audtioning for Simon Cowell's "Britain's Got Talent" TV show |
Number of hits:
120 million views |
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Susan Boyle's first appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" tallied the most worldwide views on YouTube for 2009. She captured the hearts of everyone when a seemingly dowdy middle aged women appeared and to the surprise of everyone belted out the "I Dreamed a Dream" song from the Les Misérables Opera.
Later in the year her CD debuted as one of the best-selling albums on charts around the globe. It was actually the second time Boyle had been on a CD as in 1999 she recorded a track for a charity release produced at the nearby, West Lothian school. The small release, with only a 1000 copies being pressed, is a now a serious collectors item.
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Video Taken On:
2009 |
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Picture Summary:
Babies digitally altered to appear they are rollerskating |
Number of hits:
47 million views |
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The bottled water company hit commercial pay dirt when they approved a video of digitally enhanced babies dancing on roller skates. This is not their first “baby” commercial as they had success with their Water Baby ad in 1998. Helped by the Moving Picture Company (MPC) Evian were able to create one of the most viewed online advertisements. MPC filmed 134 different babies and then matched live-action heads with CG bodies over motion tracked data.
| MPC’s team of animators used Autodesk Maya to create the baby skaters’ bodies. To ensure the babies appear fully realistic, it was important to carefully match movements, paying special attention to interaction between the shoulders, neck and head. To help achieve this, full CG babies were created and their heads were replaced later by the live action versions from the shoot by MPC’s compositing team led by Ludo Fealy.
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Video Taken On:
May 2008 |
Place:
The back seat of the DeVore car |
Behind the Camera:
David DeVore Jr |
Picture Summary:
David DeVore Jr in a car driving home after a dentist appointment. |
Number of hits:
37 million views |
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In mid 2008 7-year old David DeVore Jr. had just finished his first surgery to remove an extra tooth. His mother couldn't be there so his father video taped the event for his her. While filming David apparently was still feeling the effects of the anaesthesia the dentist gave him. His father uploaded the resulting video to Youtube where it exploded and inspired many remixes and remakes. The DeVore family have been donating a portion of the video proceeds and the related merchandise to various dentistry charities via their website davidafterdentist.com.
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Video Taken On:
June 20, 2009 |
Place:
Christ Lutheran Church, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, across from the state capitol building. |
Behind the Camera:
Heinz-Peterson wedding party |
Picture Summary:
Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz getting married |
Number of hits:
33 million views |
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Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz were married on July 19, 2009. Instead of the usual here comes the bride they choose, Chris Brown's 2008 song "Forever". Then to the surprise of everyone at event the wedding party proceeded to dance down the isle. When the video was uploaded it exploded over the Internet and as a result of the video's popularity Brown's song shot to number 4 on iTunes and number 3 on Amazon.com. After Chris Brown and Rihanna's infamous domestic abuse incident the newly weds decided to donate part of the proceeds from the video to the Sheila Wellstone Institute, an organization whose strive to end domestic violence.
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Video Taken On:
2009 |
Place:
New Moon movie set in Vancouver, Canada and Montepulciano, Italy |
Behind the Camera:
Director: Chris Weitz |
Picture Summary:
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Number of hits:
31 million views |
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The Trailer for the New Moon movie of the Twilight Saga had young girls everywhere a tizzy as shown by an impressive 31 million views online.
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