Wetlook World Forum

more than most other candid clips, they seem to be shot on cell phones partly or entirely in "portrait" orientation (ends up sideways on the computer), the shot often starts late in the action but finishes early, the point of view is often distant and frequently obstructed, the picture often jumps wildly from subject to subject, and the girls in the shot are often wearing clothes which are uninteresting to me, from a wetlook perspective.

A lot of this likely comes from the fact that it is a spontaneous event, and only once underway does someone realize they could be recording it. So, part way into the action, someone pulls out a cell phone and excitedly tries to capture the action, not knowing where to point the camera or even realizing that "upright" for the phone is "sideways" for video recording, and probably more focused on watching the action live than monitoring the phone to see what it is actually recording.

There are always the very few gems where most of the important ingredients come together well, but they are rare among all the silly clips where, if the action was worth a look at all, it was better to have been there.