On Video: Capturing the everyday...
Last week I enjoyed catching up with George. We met in Chirk to watch some trains before heading for coffee and cake...
There is something about the reflective video style that I am quite taken with practicing at present. This is a rather amateur attempt, but upon re-watching it feels as genuine as it was - an unrehearsed capture of two friends talking trains. It sort of is a short form follow up to the original George and James show filmed last year...
So come and join us - and let me know, should we do more of this? Leave me a comment with any thoughts or reflections. These sorts of videos never do as well on YouTube as the model making or layout tours, but they are perhaps an opportunity to cross over into a more conversational and engaging format. George and I enjoy them - we both say we should do more, but some encouragement certainly wouldn't go amiss! For now, until next time, more soon...
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Excellent film James. Really made me think about the current railway. A week or so ago I was told about a pair of 37's coming through on the Cornish mainline to Penzance. I realised I had 10 minutes to go before they came past Roskear signal box near where I live. I ran down the hill in 8 minutes and filmed them with my heart hammering in my chest! What made me do this?! It was so amazing to see and hear the old diesels. I stand at the crossing regularly on my way into town and see class 800 units trundle by without any affect on my heart rate whatsoever. I think I'm a fan of the exceptional rather than the mundane sadly. I saw two lads at Penzance filming the departure of an 800 Hitachi last week so there's hope for the mundane yet! Take care.
ReplyDeleteI was out at the weekend watching the logs - so hardly the Mundane either! But then also some Pendolino (yuck) on the WCML at Winsford. They might be ugly and horrible to travel on but they’re impressive passing through at 80+mph accelerating!
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