Dash Cam

Dash Cam: Compilation 7

South Florida Driving 101 Dash Cam Compilation 7.  7 is on YouTube and it’s almost ten minutes long.  When I started this project I had no idea how much material would be captured by the camera.  It’s been a big surprise.  Takes up a lot of time but it is fun.  Makes me get better at editing and picking out the bad driving.

The addition of the rear and side camera on the car I’m using it’s also getting good material.  Didn’t think how useful it could be until this trip.  “Scooter” and “Road Warrior” are good examples.  Both captured the approach and passing which to my eyes adds so much more to the story when able to view all the footage.

“Scooter” is kind of funny to me because I’m always fascinated by how those guys keep getting away with that kind of driving without getting killed.  I’ve driven motocross and street bikes and would never drive like that.  Oddly my favorite part of that footage is the reflection of the bike passing by on the black car next to my car.  It’s why I left it in, could have cut out for time but I liked it.

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The “Road Warrior” I really don’t get.  Thanks to the rear camera we can follow the progression of the truck, what it did and how long.  I kept all the footage in real-time.  Keep in mind I always use my signals.  Always.  They are so important I have a kit to repair them on the spot.  Got really dangerous there as he passed me from the right lane.  Huh?  What a spectacular accident that would have been.

This video is from a round trip to Miami back to Fort Lauderdale.  There is a few extras I thought might be worth putting in.  Like, the legal way to change lanes with gold star awards.  The Miami skyline footage is about a minute long and features a short section of I-95 North just where U.S. 1 dumps the traffic onto the interstate.  If you’re into Britto there is a piece of art on a building visible from I-95 north or south bound.  Hope you enjoy. -13

 

 

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Dash Cam: Compilation 6

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South Florida Driving 101 Dash Cam Compilation 6.  Another short one.  Nothing spectacular.  Tried a montage of similar type events captured on the same drive.  I like the way it works and will be using it in the future.  It makes it easy to place the rear view footage.  Sometimes it is hard to match up the timing.

The rear view camera adds so much more material I’m surprised.  Takes up a lot more editing time but it looks like it will be worth it.  Have to stay on top of this project I still have editing to do from March and early April! -13

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Dash Cam: Compilation 3

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South Florida Driving 101 Dash Cam Compilation 3. Finally made this one. It took a long time to get to it. I thought I had saved all the video but have been unable to locate all the footage taken a few of the days featured in Compilation 3. Looked everywhere.

Had more fun with editing and using symbols to communicate or express a point, joy, etc. Made a better watermark. Okay, it looks good to me. Not much in this one because it looks like I’ve deleted the best stuff.  Laughing at myself all I can add is “beginners!” 100% amature. -13

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Dash Cam: Compilation 5

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South Florida Driving 101.  Dash cam compilation 5.  Trying to stay on top of all the footage from the two vehicles.   It’s amazing how fast it is piling up.  Picking up my speed as I learn new things.  Editing this kind of footage is time-consuming at the least.  Fun as can be.  Was able to figure out how to add a watermark across the footage to prevent piracy.  Can’t believe I’ve done it but it must be so.  It is a lot of work creating just one video.

This footage is good with chaos and maybe an aircraft engine or wing on fire landing at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport.  Of course all the no indicator signals you need.  Footage is from dK2 filmed in Fort Lauderdale and Miami on March 28, 2017.  Enjoy. -13

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Dash Cam: Compilation 4

South Florida Driving 101 time again.  The next video is live on YouTube.  Driving lesson 4 from Fort Lauderdale to Homestead and back again footage courtesy of dK2.  This is just one day of driving experience in South Florida.  Too many titles to mention.  There seems to be a theme in this one of no turn signals.  The people turning in the construction zone reached a new level of dumb.  Look close, they’re working below grade in a manhole.  Not sure why the police officer parked in front of that work crew wasn’t issuing tickets or at least warnings for crap like that.

“Merging Lane Hog” was a particularly interesting piece of lane hoarding.  Not sure what that person was trying to do.  Driving didn’t seem to be one of them.  “Confused ?” reminds me of one thing, the night my friend and I caught a guy robbing a store.  Something about the way the car stops, jumps forward, then moves again.  Exactly the way it began in the highway median that night.

More editing fun with the cloud thought bubbles in “Signal? It’s just an afterthought”.  That was really fun and challenging to make.  And, totally low-budget in every way.  Just the way I like it.  During editing I’ve been noticing a few things in the back ground that went unnoticed at first and unfortunately I’ve deleted them already, videos documenting interesting art, architecture, major highway construction, city skyline kind of things.  Things that are part of a changing history.

It has inspired me to make sure to keep that material and make future videos for everyone to see what things looked like at that particular time.  There is a new title “Building Art”, it features slowed down footage of art visible on buildings or structures.  As always this video is family friendly. -13

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Dash Cam: Compilation 2

South Florida Driving 101 Compilation 2.  Here is video two of your south Florida driving education.  This lesson features “waste not, want not, a stich in time”, “trading places”, “no time for signaling”, “ambulance cut-off”, “special technique parking”, and “yellow-line drifter”.

This video like all the others offered an opportunity to learn something new when editing in iMovie.  I’ve wondered how to highlight a particular moving object or item.  After watching a couple of YouTube videos I was able to add an arrow to follow and highlight two moving cars.  I’m not very good at it, it’s totally amateur and low-budget.  Perfect for this project.  Watch my edits and you’ll see.  I like to use all the editing tools but still keep that 70’s B movie low budget feeling.

Ride along for more south Florida now you know why the insurance rates are so high driving.  Please remember, buckle up and watch for motorcycles, ’cause we’re not driving bumper-cars at the county fair.  -13

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Dash Cam: Compilation 1 What better to do with my Dash Cam video?

South Florida Driving 101.  Experience all that driving in south Florida has to offer. Heart pounding cut-offs, pedestrian-zombies, package-twine-mattress-haulers, crisscrossing-panics.  Get your South Florida Driving safety education from the experts in rude, incompetent, insane, dumb and dangerous driving.  All for free.  Just ride along with us.  For this ride you don’t need a seatbelt or insurance and rear-seat drivers are welcome to.

Great title and funny text for my new and sure to continue video project.  Why didn’t I think of this before now?   To think of all I’ve deleted of such good footage of horrible driving is disappointing.  The close calls, the laughs, the anger, the mayhem.

No more.  I’m going to starting running several cameras while I’m on the road and outfit my friend’s car since she drives everywhere down here and always has great stories.  We’re going to capture them on video if we can then add them to the project.

The idea came to me once again while I was listening to the jingles on iMovie and YouTube audio libraries.   It seem to me there were a lot of good jingles under 2 minutes that would be perfect for featuring the madness we all see when driving.  I feel the time is perfect for making these videos because most things only last seconds and 2 minutes is not too long to watch.  Also many videos need to be repeated and slowed down so we can see the action.  It all seems like a perfect fit.

This video is my first one of the project.  I had a lot of fun editing this one with the many transitions, slow motions, text, all of it.  The beginning is my favorite with the animated map and water splash type opening.  I think it’s really cool what can be done with iMovie, a dash cam and some old iPhones.  Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy the ride! -13

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