Man Thrilled with Decision to Spend Entirety of Concert Filming via Snapchat
Signals intention to transition to landscape videos ‘soon’
Most people are used to using their pair of brown, blue, hazel or green lenses to view concerts that they pay good money to attend. Michael Downey, however, made the decision to rely exclusively on the iSight camera and Retina display used in his iPhone 6S for the entirety of the Pointer Sisters 55 minute-long setlist that rocked the very foundation of Perth Arena on Saturday night.
Some may view it as a gallant sacrifice made by a man who was most concerned with ensuring none of his 143 Snapchat friends nor his 296 Instagram followers missed out on the historic concert. Downey says these views are misguided.
“I actually enjoy watching the concert through the blue-ish tinge of my phone screen. The camera has really great megapixels and that 6-inch screen makes for a pretty good field of view when I watch what’s happening. I’m hoping to upgrade to the iPhone 6S Plus soon so I can see even more of the exciting action.”
Downey says that his friends initially heckled him about his decision to view the concert entirely behind the 2D screen of his phone rather than observing it for real in 3D by using his eyes. His response was remarkable. “They talked about 2D vs. 3D and they might be right in that sense. But we all know that the 4th dimension is time and there’s only one of us that can enjoy the concert in that 4th dimension by coming back and experiencing it at a later date.”
“They might have enjoyed being in the moment but I’ll have ‘the moment’ stored in my computer memory in glorious portrait video forever, and last I checked there’s nothing called ‘memory’ in a human.”
Downey’s girlfriend Kate Piggott says that his startling observation saw his friends come around, both symbolically and literally. “Previously Michael and I used to love nothing more than to get into bed early some nights, snuggle together and rewatch old videos that he took of all the festivals we’ve attended over the years. It was a weekly ritual for us and was probably one of our favourite activities. Now that his videos have been accepted with a bit more warmth in our friendship group we are in talks to host monthly viewing parties where everyone can come over and sit together and enjoy the concert just as much, if not more, than they did the first time.”
The pair is in talks with NASA to develop an advanced algorithm which can repair the audio from its current state as an overblown booming which dominates every single video, unfortunately rendering songs unrecognisable. Talks are promising, says the aspiring videographer. “We’re getting there, but there’s still a long way to go. What really excites me though is the prospect of repairing the video. Sitting in the cheap seats you get a bit of pixelation when you go at 64x zoom so I’m still not quite sure whether my favourite video is of Kanye West or Elton John. Regardless, it looks great in portrait mode with those huge pillarboxes and really makes the most of my $6,000 4K OLED HDTV I bought last week for these viewing parties. It would be good if I could remove the Snapchat caption but it’s a fine balance between informing my legions of followers where I am on my ‘My Story’ and getting that timeless video.”
