All i can say is WOW... Kudos to the lass

[silverfoxcc]

https://www.facebook.com/DailyViralStories/videos/...

[FurtiveFreddy]

Her acting?

It's a reasonably well done bit of trickery, but fake nonetheless.

[FourWheelDrift]

Fake.

Edited to add for two reasons.

1) Facebook
2) Facebook

[FurtiveFreddy]

[LimaDelta]

FurtiveFreddy said:

Can't vouch for FB, but Twitter can be an excellent news service, primary sources being infinitely more reliable than a story which has been 'spun' by a journalist. One just needs to carefully choose who to follow. I'd take my Twitter feed over any mainstream news outlet any day. If you follow vacuous slebs then your feed will be full of dross, but with the right accounts the information can be invaluable.

[silverfoxcc]

Ok i was suckered..but how fake was it and why

Be interested to know the mechanics behind it

[FourWheelDrift]

Train carries a lot of energy and wind as it passes, but there is no effect on the power cables from the pantograph or any light objects being blown around as it passes.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 25th October 15:17

[HorneyMX5]

There's some great comments on there. This is my fave:

Chris Thomas "I know this will probably get lost in the comments below, but sometimes when I’m home alone I like to go out in my garden and cover myself with dirt and pretend I’m a carrot."

[boyse7en]

LimaDelta said:

Can't vouch for FB, but Twitter can be an excellent news service, primary sources being infinitely more reliable than a story which has been 'spun' by a journalist. One just needs to carefully choose who to follow. I'd take my Twitter feed over any mainstream news outlet any day. If you follow vacuous slebs then your feed will be full of dross, but with the right accounts the information can be invaluable.

Story written by professional journalist = "spun"
Story written by random person on Twitter = authentic

How can you possibly know the bias (intentional or otherwise) of any of the posters on Twitter? People use Twitter to spin their desired version of events just as much as the "mainstream" media

[FurtiveFreddy]

silverfoxcc said:

Ok i was suckered..but how fake was it and why

Be interested to know the mechanics behind it

Simplest way is to set up the fake CCTV camera on the platform, record the train going past and then once it's gone act out the 'save' then splice the two pieces of action together in editing using the edge of the platform as the 'join'.

A more sophisticated approach would be green screen where the actors are performing their bit in a studio and that's effectively superimposed over the train footage, but I doubt that was the way this clip was faked unless it's an SFX studio trying to show off their capabilities.

What gives it away is the bad acting and lighting inconsistencies mainly.

The motivation for making it is interesting and could just be attention seeking by the creator(s) or clickbait for something they want to promote. These days, it's not easy to find out who the originator was when a video clip 'goes viral'. All we can say is that they wanted a lot of views for reasons known to themselves.

Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Friday 26th October 00:38

[LimaDelta]

boyse7en said:

LimaDelta said:

Can't vouch for FB, but Twitter can be an excellent news service, primary sources being infinitely more reliable than a story which has been 'spun' by a journalist. One just needs to carefully choose who to follow. I'd take my Twitter feed over any mainstream news outlet any day. If you follow vacuous slebs then your feed will be full of dross, but with the right accounts the information can be invaluable.

Story written by professional journalist = "spun"
Story written by random person on Twitter = authentic

How can you possibly know the bias (intentional or otherwise) of any of the posters on Twitter? People use Twitter to spin their desired version of events just as much as the "mainstream" media

Like I said, it depends entirely on who one follows. There is nothing 'random' about it.