With each passing month, online videos are getting more creative, more fun to watch, and less expensive to produce. Below are 5 remarkable viral videos from March. There are dozens of others likely just as deserving as these, so if you have a favorite please include the link in the comments below.

1. The Aurora – Some of the most beautiful northern lights spectacles you will ever see are in the video below. This filmmaker shot over a one week period in northern Russia, and edited it down to 2 minutes of greatness.

2. Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral With Smartwater – This video concept is interesting because it mocks other successful viral video tactics, and shows a side of Jennifer Aniston that we aren’t used to seeing. How refreshing!

3. Angry Birds: The Movie Trailer – Angry Birds is completely blowing up! If an Angry Birds movie was created this could be its trailer as it tells a very interesting story that really brings the birds and pigs to life.

4. Will the iPad 2 Blend? – These blending videos have generated tens of millions of views, and generated millions in new sales for Blendtec’s high end blender products. If you feel like watching an iPad 2 get completely destroyed, then this video is for you!

5. Old Spice – Behind the Scenes – Learn how Old Spice creates their viral video sensations by going behind the scenes on a shoot. Old Spice products smell good, but their viral videos smell and look amazing!

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With each passing month online videos are getting more creative, more fun to watch, and less expensive to produce. Below are 5 remarkable viral videos from February. There are dozens of others likely just as deserving as these, so if you have a favorite please include the link in the comments below.

1. Mario Kart Is Back – Mario Kart was always a favorite video game of mine growing up, so when I saw this real life version it had to be on this list! Strap yourself in and enjoy the ride!

2. Christina Aguilera Messes Up National Anthem At Super Bowl 2011 – OK so she got most of the words right, but messed up some. I would like to know how many people actually noticed on the day of the game after all the tailgating parties that were attended!

3. Playable Angry Birds Birthday Cake – I’m a former Angry Birds addict, I’ll admit it. Seeing this kid get to play Angry Birds as his birthday cake sure beats the traditional routine of blowing out the candles.

4. College Pep Band Plays Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls On Parade” – This song used to be on repeat back when I actually used a CD player! To hear a pep band play this so well leaves me speechless.

5. Charlie Sheen Bi-Winning Dubstep – In case you haven’t heard the word, Charlie Sheen is on Twitter now. Here is a recent interview with him that’s been edited to make him look even crazier than he already is, if that’s even possible!

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You’ve likely never heard of Illinois-based Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival before until just now.

What is this film festival all about? The Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival is a young film festival that will highlight independent films from around the corn fields of the Midwest. The film festival is to honor the independent drive Film Makers of the Midwest have to create films without the support of the Hollywood machine. All the films shown will have no funding from Hollywood and will have a completely independent voice. The Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival will also be a chance for film makers of the Midwest to come together and network together, thus improving their ability to make impressionable films.

The 2011 event is on April 3rd in Urbana, IL, and below outlines how the day will unfold.

Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival

2011 Festival Listing

2:00pm International Showcase

Wolke Jacob Seifert Bastlerz

Lokschupen Jacob Seifert Bastlerz

Implants Pardis Parker Flying Dish Productions

Afghan Pardis Parker Flying Dish Productions

Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns Pardis Parker Flying Dish Productions

Run Granny Run Nikolaus von Uthmann Envy You Productions

3:00pm Feature Film Showcase

Connor’s Woods Joe Taylor Sleep Creek Films

Dark Matter (Best Feature Film) Tye Wilson Broken Shadow Entertainment

6:00 Short Film Showcase I

Cannibal Caverns Ian Havermale

The Jersey Devil Jon Klemke & Nick Nylen OOO, Candy Productions

The Magician’s Box Ash Ahrens Ash Fire Films

Two Rows In Bob Zimmerman R.A.Z. Films

7:00 Short Film Showcase II

With Me Now Sasan Shabrou Gladius Arts

His First Day Brian Rose

Mogul Tye Wilson Broken Shadow Entertainment

Heart Candy Tye Wilson Broken Shadow Entertainment

Cemetery Blues Matt Packman Legacy Pictures

8:00pm Short Film Showcase III

Back Home Tye Wilson Broken Shadow Entertainment

The Last Ride Sasan Shabrou Gladius Arts

8:30pm Best of the Festival Showcase

Bedtime for Timmy (Juror Pick) Thomas Nicol Unfocused Films

Broken Dolls (Best Short Film Non International) Kevin Sedall B.S.E.

Afghan (Juror Pick)

Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns (Juror Pick)

Run Granny Run (Juror Pick and Best Film in the Festival)

We are proud to be a sponsor of this fun, new, and exciting film festival, not just because of the event itself but because of the wonderful people behind it too. Cheers to the filmmakers, viewers, organizers, and everyone else involved with Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival, 2011.

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Travis Gordon is a video creator who manufactured the brilliant fantasy action web series Spellfury which has now amassed over 3 million views throughout its incredible existence! In addition to being a web series creator, he also teaches others on how to promote their videos to receive more views, comments, likes, subscribers, and love.

Spidvid has sponsored his latest video “How To Promote Your Videos –  Collaboration Edition” and it’s a worthwhile watch to learn how to collaborate with other talent to improve your production and entertainment quality, and how to leverage each other’s networks to drive more video views, and attract more overall attention for your team’s content.

If you create videos that may interest us to sponsor, please contact us and let us know how we can mutually benefit together.

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So ends another year of Super Bowl fun and excitement, and congrats to the Green Bay Packers for a much deserved championship in 2011. I have embedded a few of the top and worst Super Bowl TV commercials of this year, and commented to provide some lessons for video creators.

Viewers seem to like Volkswagen’s “The Force” ad the best. It now has over 21 million views, and with good reason. Video production lesson: use kids to your advantage because viewers love seeing cute kids doing adorable things.

Bridgestone’s “Carma” ad has just over 1 million views on YouTube, but it’s still a lot of fun to watch. Video production lesson: Like kids, animals are very much loved by viewers of all walks of life. Combining a friendly animal with a funny gesture is genius.

Sex sells, but that doesn’t always mean it’s liked in a video. Go Daddy are known as being big Super Bowl spenders year in and year out, and usually do a pretty good job of matching their brand with sex, but in 2011 they failed with “The Contract” ad. Watch the 30 second spot below and see if you can tell me why. Video production lesson: using pretty woman in your videos certainly doesn’t hurt, but make sure you use them effectively to tell a worthwhile story.

Super Bowl commercials have been dominated by car companies over the years, and 2011 was no different. Chrysler had a brilliant one featuring Eminem called “Imported From Detroit” which told both Detroit’s and Chrysler’s stories together. Video production lesson: tap into viewer’s emotions and tell them a powerful yet simple story that they can tell to others to in turn inspire them.

The NFL did a spectacular job of promoting the sport of football, and most importantly celebrating their fans this past weekend with their campaign. It would be interesting to hear how much they spent on getting the rights to the content they used for their “Best Fans Ever” ad. Video production lesson: use objects and people in your video that viewers recognize. Giving viewers a frame of reference will help them remember what they saw, and motivate them to share your video with their friends and family.

It seems with every passing Super Bowl, viewers are getting more and more excited about seeing the new viral ads.

Until that special time comes again in 2012, it’s now your time to shine! Create better quality video entertainment by collaborating with our talented community, be sure to get a Spidvid profile and if you need any help at all just ask!

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