mercredi 25 avril 2012

When a 9 years old boy becomes viral...The Caine's cardboard Arcade story

An Internet video called “Caine’s Arcade” is one of the latest videos to go viral, or grow wildly popular. The video has been viewed more than five million times on Vimeo and YouTube since April ninth. The video tells the story of nine-year old Caine McCoy in Los Angeles, California. The little boy used cardboard boxes, scissors, tape and other things to build a game center, or arcade, in his father’s used-car-parts store... No customers in sight for days... until one day Filmmaker Nirvan Mullick paid a visit, enjoyed the boy's universe and decided to give small push to the idea thanks to social media...He created an event on Facebook, called a “flash mob.” He set up a date and time and invited people to come out to help him fill Caine’s Arcade with customers. The event was also published on the websites Hidden LA and Reddit. The news spread quickly. More than one hundred men, women and children visited Caine’s Arcade that day. Caine called it the best day of his life. Since then, he and his arcade have become famous. And so has Mr. Mullick...

More info : http://cainesarcade.com/ & http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Caines-Arcade-Video-Bring-Creativ...



Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire