Reaction video
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A reaction video is a genre of short amateur video that captures the reaction of an individual or group of individuals as they encounter a particular text, usually a short media clip
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rs uploaded their reactions, often a combination of laughter and retching--to a trailer for a particularly graphic adult film called "2 Girls 1 Cup". The trailer has spawned many reaction videos on the Internet, some of which have attracted many millions of views.
In 2008, another batch of reaction videos emerged around the viral video “Scarlet Takes a Tumble,” a video in which an obese woman sings and dances—and then falls off—a coffee table.
That same year, Twilight
fans uploaded reaction videos that captured their affect as they watched the trailer for the film for the first time.
Media clip
A media clip is a short segment of media, either an audio clip or a video clip.Media clips may be promotional in nature, as with movie clips. For example, to promote upcoming movies, many actors are accompanied by movie clips on their circuits. Additionally, media clips may be raw materials of...
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History and Examples
The first massively popular reaction videos emerged in mid-2007, when thousands of YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
rs uploaded their reactions, often a combination of laughter and retching--to a trailer for a particularly graphic adult film called "2 Girls 1 Cup". The trailer has spawned many reaction videos on the Internet, some of which have attracted many millions of views.
In 2008, another batch of reaction videos emerged around the viral video “Scarlet Takes a Tumble,” a video in which an obese woman sings and dances—and then falls off—a coffee table.
That same year, Twilight
Twilight (2008 film)
Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer's popular novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series...
fans uploaded reaction videos that captured their affect as they watched the trailer for the film for the first time.