Viral Video Trend: Remixes Dan Koelsch, January 13, 2010January 21, 2010 Thanks to the wonders of technology, it is easier than ever to edit video and showcase your talents online. We’ve seen these editing skills in all sorts of ways, with my particular being recut movie trailers to make them look like another genre (check out this Sleepless in Seattle horror trailer). Another trend that is more recent is adding Auto-Tune to pretty much everything. Add those together and you get the most recent trend: Remixing films to create a music video. Not sure what I mean? Check out these popular videos below that remix Up and Terminator 2, both created by YouTuber Pogo. Apparently these videos are created using only sounds from the respective movies, which is even more impressive. What do you think? Check out Pogo’s YouTube channel to see even more videos. Viral Marketing TerminatorUpViral video
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