The reason to film the fireworks is to possibly get content to send to Failarmy
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Recording has become an emotional expression like applause.
That's a good way of putting it. I'm stealing it as my own
From now on I will write:
Recording has become an emotional expression like applause.
To quote the great LadyButterfly, one of the greatest poetic and philosophical Lemmyings of all time.
That video will not capture the total environment that existed, and that you missed because you were trying to video it.
...as you recorded totally unaffected by the glares of two dozen people pissed that you could be such a douche nozzle.
One dozen. The other dozen are also videoing.
I met the neighbors who talked about their trip in Europe, and then proceeded to show me a 2 minute video of fireworks in Paris off their phone.
It wasn't even like a good shot or framing, nor could I tell it was Paris. It was just a random hotel room, and in the background, fireworks.
She then put her phone away and said, "Neat, huh?"
I don't know if it was just peak comedy or if I was being Punk'd or something.
I once had someone show me loads of photos of their holiday. Just....why?
It's a time honoured thing from back in the day when you took your camera with you on holiday, your roll of film had 36 exposures that you had to ration and think carefully about where and when to use them.
So when you got back and had your photos developed and printed, you had 36 photos to share with people.
Now you can take thousands of pictures per day with your phone and there's no life to any of them as you force people to swipe through them.
You forgot the days of "taking reversal/slide film photos and inviting friends over for the holiday photo slideshow"
Big tech tries to help, automatically making short videos with meh music and a few questionable photo choices. Perhaps sometimes better than swiping through 200 unsorted photos, made more likely if removing/replacing bad photos accordingly.
I think Apple can do it on device if I’m not mistaken, which mostly removes the creepy factor.
I do like how my refusal to ever albumize/tag anything has been given such a soft landing!
I didnt see the fireworks since we were at my parents house for the day, but we had a bunch of smaller fireworks to set off in the backyard. I took 1 video of it that was like a minute long and panned to my parents and my kids because im starting to get to the age where I realize that my parents won't be around to much longer, or if they are they wont be like they are now and my kids are just growing so dam fast. I hope one day, it will be nice to have this one min video to hear everyone laugh and play from this moment in time.
My wife's family owns a fireworks store. We demo fireworks every year and record them on my phone. We post them on the store's YouTube channel. We have people that watch and comment on them all the time as soon as we post them. We also have QR codes on our price tags linking to the videos so people can scan them and watch while shopping and it is an extremely effective tool for sales. But we might be the exception.
Additional to that, people who attempt to photograph or film fireworks tend to ruin the experience of just enjoying the fireworks for everyone else:
In my city there is an annual fair ground which has a firework show as feature. Just before the fireworks start, all caroussels and rides stop for the duration of the fireworks show and they switch off all the lights in order to get a good look of it. People who attempt to record the fireworks with their phone are blinding everyone else with their phone flashlights as they are looking for their peers in the crowd. Also, many photos of the event are taken with additional flash, because it is dark. Many of these photos will be deleted anyway, as they are out of focus or the picture has been shot right after the firework fades, because there is a delay in processing the picture. I involuntarily had to witness so many bad attempts of taking a photo, as I could see right into their phone displays.
Unless you have a tripod, a good camera, a good position, and knowledge of shutterspeed, ISO and apature, and have your camera set up ahead of time, don't bother.
Not even yourself!
My mom recorded a video of me and my younger brother taking apart a bunch of different fireworks and trying to make a massive firework with it. (Ya know, after typing that out, it sounds kinds bad right? I swear she was a great mom) It ended up being a big dud but it brings me joy every year. So at least one person watches it (its me) most years.
Does literally nobody else here ever video something so that in twenty years’ time they have something to remind them of the day they went for a nice evening out and saw some pretty shapes and colours? Not everything has to be for going viral on YouTube.
I only wish I’d shot more videos when I was younger, would be nice to retrieve some forgotten memories.
That is the mentality of people recording these things, but you will soon realise that the scenario you are describing will never happen.
I look at all my old pics, and I have many thousands, but tbh I never really watch old videos. These days I try to be a lot more careful about what’s actually worth a video and what should just be a picture and a memory
That's fine, as long as you're not going round bullying others who feel differently about their own personal approach to scrapbooking their lives.
I mean, fuck it. If you like recording stuff and posting it then go for it.
But at the same time please keep your fucking hands down if you're in a crowd.
Touché
Just like thousands of videos made at every live show.
But of course, the one time, the band does something special (like play a cover of a song they've never done before), there is no chance of finding a video afterwards.
I mean sometimes it's better that way. I like watching live comedy, in dingy comedy clubs where there's a strict no phones policy. A lot of the best stories all live in my head.
Fireworks on video boring, but the short 30 second clips i have from concerts? I watch those regularly, brings me back into the moment. Its like an anchor through time for a moment
Oh yeah I remember that show, that was the one where I was standing behind a billion people all with their phones up on the air making a shitty recording that is dark and blurry with terrible sound.
Aah memories.
the only fireworks video anyone ever needs to watch https://youtu.be/UocjQ5uiucg
NSFW language/slurs
Counterpoint: https://youtu.be/ndVhgq1yHdA
There you go, that's ya lot. Now fuck off.
go big AND go home. early even
San Diego calls its fireworks show the Big Bay Boom. But every year, I think that time was the only real Big Bay Boom.
My wife was at this one. The story she tells is amazing.
That’s the one I was looking for when I came here. I’ve watched that one more times than I can count.
Not sure about that... random recordings is how some documentaries are pieced together.
I paid for the whole phone, I'm gonna use the every feature of the phone.
I wish my brain had a record function. Like the black mirror thing minus the dystopia aspect of it.
I wanna experience some nostalgia.
Your brain does have a record function. It is called your memory.
Good thing nobody ever have memory issues /s
They will if something bad happens.
Motherfuckin' bootleg fireworks!
But I did mine of little popping fountain firework in ultra slow mo and it actually looks really cool...
I wanted to see some images or videos of fireworks in nearby areas to know what to expect but there weren't any in the search results.
Sadge.
fuck it, I will, send them to me.
Seizure warning, sped up flashing lights
idk why these are fit-to-width
thank you. Very pretty
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I've seen people record live shows with a tablet, you know to really maximize that view blocking
I saw a person recording local villagers, who live in serious poverty, washing their clothes in the river near the Guatemala/Belize border -- on a first gen iPad. I don't think I had seen an iPad before. I wanted to hurt that man.
Not unless you lose fingers or toes. Thems the breaks.
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