Car Fire
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AppleTV (960x540) [1:15m]: Download (286)This occurred in April during the videoblogging course I taught at the Phoenix College downtown campus. Yet, out of myself and all my students, I was the only one with a camera at the ready. One student had his with him, but the battery was dead. So my lesson to them was “always have your camera with you - you never know what you’ll run into while you’re out.”
Of course, my lesson to myself might be “edit things quicker!”
Just in case you are wondering, it’s not my car, nor any of my students. And we don’t know why it caught fire.
Music: This Is Funnn by the Boogiemen, via podsafeaudio.com
November 18th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I knew I shouldn’t have parked it there.
You didn’t tell me you were a hard news hound too. I was going to say hot off the press, but I won’t.
You did that brilliantly. Let that be a lesson to your students. In fact you couldn’t have organized it better.
Was slightly fearful those guys were rather close with their hoses, though. I felt something was going to blow any minute. Thankfully, alls well that ends well…
November 19th, 2007 at 3:30 am
Fire, yeah! Je suis un pyromanaic… Well, I just like looking at fires, you know, not starting them… a pyrophile?
November 19th, 2007 at 8:54 am
I hope you posted this on YTube with title “Car on huge fire ablaze burned screaming”! Guaranteed 100K.
PS I can only imagine how the owner felt.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Whoa, that was a trip. Cool that you were able to show us the entire progression from before they got there until it was done.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
whoa indeed!
…. oddly this reminds me of a story … oh if only I’d been vlogging back in high school …
November 19th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Wow! Yes, never leave home without your camera and a charged battery!
November 19th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
GoGen, I’m trying out your suggestion over on YouTube.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
how long did you shot for, from start to finnish? cust curious, and very nice editing btw
November 19th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Ha! Excellent! Now, let’s all go to your YTube post and rate it! C’mon, people, move it!
November 20th, 2007 at 12:40 am
Heath, I shot for a total of 13 minutes & 20 seconds, making three separate clips. The total time was probably 20-30 minutes. The building manager came into our classroom, told us that a car had caught fire in the parking lot, and asked us to remain inside. I ran to the window and turned on my camera, and we heard the siren from the fire truck 50 seconds later. They showed up really fast, particularly when you realize the street we’re on was nearly impassable at the time due to construction of light rail.
December 6th, 2007 at 6:16 am
I’m a little behind in my vlog watching. For obvious reasons this one hit home! Thanks for your nice comment on my car fire video. My car did burn, but I made up the part about the money. I like to keep everyone on their toes — media is dangerous, you know!! I hope you aren’t mad.
Cheers
Rob
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Great philosophy. I have learned my self to always have a camera with you at all times. Hence another reason I love my Xacti.