Have you filmed a crash, scrape or near miss? ITV wants your footage

[Mr_Kipling]

I've got some nice photos of cake.

Any of my cakes?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

We want this to be a thoughtful and insightful film that goes beyond the standard clip show format and doesn't take a them/us approach, widening divisions on the road - that's exactly why we're reaching out to people like you. Please tell us what you want to see, and get in touch.

To "people like you"

Really? Reaching out to cyclists was too much?

 

[w00hoo_kent]

To "people like you"

Really? Reaching out to cyclists was too much?

To be fair, with the viciousness of some of the reactions I might be tempted to refer to us as 'people like you' too... :-)

Then again, I do wonder if TV commissioners are the new Estate Agents.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Any one sends a clip in, the will end up looking like one of these:

 

[Ganymede]

Any one sends a clip in, the will end up looking like one of these:

Narcissistic....?

 

[Globalti]

Oh dear, poor old ITVCaughtOnCamera must be feeling a bit depressed by now at the unexpectedly cynical reaction. A researcher's life can't be easy.

 

[gavgav]

More sensationalist cheap crap TV from ITV

 

[Drago]

ITV is just soooo working class.

 

[annedonnelly]

I was barred from watching ITV when I was young probably until I was 7 or 8. I think my parents didn't approve of tv advertising. They deny it now but I have a distinct recollection of only being allowed to watch the BBC.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Even up until last year - when she died - my mum rarely watched anything other than BBC1.

Of course, I don't have a TV so it obviously had a big effect on me!

 

[Jon George]

I was once involved in a piece aired on local TV. During a shift with the service the producer wanted to report on, my colleague and I were accompanied by a film crew. I was driving. At one stage we were diverted to a more urgent call and I told my colleague we were going the wrong way and would have to turn around. After dealing with the call, the crew asked to film us doing a U-turn. And you'll never guess what happened, will you? For several years afterwards I had people coming up to me and laughing at the 'fact' that I didn't know my way around my own home town, because the clip was edited to exclude the urgent call, thus making me look like a twonk.
This is the price I paid for entering into an unspoken agreement that enabled me to publicise myself and my writing (nearly every time I spoke, I managed to introduce my ambitions into the recording that they couldn't edit out). I knew exactly what I was getting myself into and weighed up the pros and cons - one plus is that I now feel extremely comfortable giving interviews, for example. If you are not savvy with how the media works, remember this: Like every other media provider that I know of, @ITVCaughtOnCamera's bosses are never going to allow editorial control over any submission. And don't forget that TV shows are just that: shows. They are meant as entertainment and, as such, will begin with an agenda to garner ratings (so much more important than facts). So, unless you have an acute awareness that your footage will most certainly be used in ways you may not like and have a thick enough skin to take the crap you'll get from others who forget the 'show' has been edited for ratings, avoid getting involved.
Get out on your bike, instead.

 

[ianrauk]

If anyone has an opinion on this then its @gaz , stitched up like a kipper.

For everyone on here throwing the cynical card in the ring, there will be others such as Matthew and TD who are desperate for their five minutes. They'll be no shortage of cammers getting in contact.

 

[GrasB]

For everyone on here throwing the cynical card in the ring, there will be others such as Matthew and TD who are desperate for their five minutes. They'll be no shortage of cammers getting in contact.

The thing is they made them selves look like ranting idiots before their clips have been edited so obviously don't care

 

[400bhp]

Well, this is going well.

 

[fossyant]

Well, this is going well.

Yup.

 

[400bhp]

Here's a clip for you: