A student’s film about pancakes has become a worldwide hit after he put it out on the internet. James Provan shot the video in his flat as a tribute to his favourite snack and placed it on the YouTube website.
Within three days it had received hundreds of thousands of hits and was shown to around six million viewers when it featured on US breakfast television show Good Morning America.
The video, which has now received more than 700,000 hits, is accompanied by a song he composed on his keyboard.
The song, which he sings, is currently sitting at number three in the Israeli radio charts.
The 23-year-old computer science student from Aberdeen said he could not believe the huge following his film had attracted.
"I am generally quite overwhelmed," he said.
"It is very exciting and I have already had various companies contacting me to ask if I would be interested in directing their television adverts and internet videos."
Mr Provan made the film, which shows him getting out of bed in the morning and cooking the pancakes, using a home video camera on a tripod.
"I make pancakes a lot and some days I eat up to 30 of them, so I figured I would take the world into my home and show them pancakes," he said.
"It took me a week to make, and then I put it on YouTube on August 13.
"Almost immediately I got an email from ABC’s Good Morning America asking for permission to feature it on their programme.
"My family are quite proud of me and most of my friends just keep saying ‘Oh my God’ – they can’t believe it.
"The fact the song is in the charts is the most random thing I have ever heard."
Mr Provan now plans to return to his second year at Aberdeen University.
"I will go back to university unless I get any big job offers but I will still keep doing my videos for the world to enjoy," he said.
His pancake film can be seen on his www.gir2007.com website.
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