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[@lenonel3286]

Whoever uploaded this saw all the "shayne is smosh at 99% power" and ran with it

[@korshaiz]

Came here to day this, will upvote instead

[@HuntersReject97]

@@lenonel3286 tbh I wasn't a fan of the camera work. They even stayed on Shayne when other people were talking it was kinda annoying

[@VoidRep]

@@HuntersReject97 especially when courtney was having the crowd make noise for which answer they were voting for and you couldnt see which cards she was holding up

[@HuntersReject97]

@@VoidRep yeah I had kinda noticed it before but that moment is when it really clicked

[@CuongCDo]

@lenonel3286 I also felt this. "HERE'S SHAYNE TOPP!! Oh, and his coworkers are here, too."

[@DeFlanko]

"We have an update" *Camera zooms into Shayne's necklace*

[@7herish]

@@DeFlanko 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@leticiaschmitt1266]

and never let it go

[@nicolepisciotta]

It’s like Shayne’s mom recorded this

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

Ok.. this comment is really cute!

[@alessandramassaini1160]

best comment

[@VividiVavidi_V]

Lol!

[@PausitiveVibes]

Either that or the cameraman was taking lots of naps 🤣

[@grimneptune]

Solution: don't even look at the video. After reading the comments I decided I'll listen to this instead.

[@mirotiny]

wish i looked at the comments first, so frustrating

[@Tundex_Plays]

Best experience tbh

[@NASFullFlavor]

DAngit i really want to watch it now because of the comments lol

[@roomtomush]

@@grimneptune I opened this thinking it wouldn't be a very visual video and would be good to have on while doing chores, looked at the comments to make sure and I was more correct than I could've imagined 😅

[@prurido]

i only looked at it for keith's fit check and even that moment they didn't give us :/ for the rest of it i acted like it was a normal podcast.

[@normizhunter]

Bro the camera work is something else 💀

[@chiiiiiiiiiiix]

@@normizhunter LMAO 🤣 I know I ended up just turning off my phone screen and only listening

[@Mari_PL]

This is too funny 💀💀💀

[@ryanmccolloch4734]

The cameraperson pissed me off so much when Courtney asked the crowd to vote by cheering, and we couldnt see which side she showed for each cheer.

[@jasmine2519]

why is this recorded like this? 80% of the video is shayne and you can't even see the other cast members. I don't understand why they didn't just keep it on the wide shot the whole time if they weren't going to bother to change the angle when people were talking so you could see them

[@bandaid007jl]

who ever is operating the camera must really like Shane

[@papaspoon1550]

as a camera man I know that sometimes you just don't get enough cameras to work with, in a studio there's like 5-6 cameras but on a stage like this only expect 2-3 if that, most the places I film for only have 1 camera and I have to bring an extra for good shots, so it makes it hard to get those really good angles. Sometimes you have a lot of cameras but they keep bugging out or disconnecting so you just cant use them, a lot more goes on behind the scenes than is realized unless you're watching the camera guy

[@TM.BECK14]

@@jasmine2519 First 1/3 is looking everywhere but Shayne even when he's talking, then hard switches to pretty much ONLY looking at Shayne and no one else who's talking 🤦 makes no sense

[@scytheslash]

@@papaspoon1550so basically this guy isn't a professional because they had one camera and couldn't even be bothered to keep it on most of the people paid to be on the stage. Quit making excuses for shoddy work.

[@karsonstewart2641]

@@jasmine2519 because that’s smosh at 99% power

[@JStrangerDanger]

AITAH for not showing any of the panel during a panel show? I was just so mesmerized by the guy from icarly. Should i crosspost to r/killthecameraman? It would be so meta

[@lauripotterica]

Edit: I thought the camera person was doing a weird job cuz they were only zooming in on one person, but after I kept watching for a bit it seems like there were more angles and either the fiotage got lost or they just didn't bother to edit it. Either way, it ruined the experience not to see people's expressions, reactions and everyone's opinion when they had to lift their signs. Idk if I'll even finish watching it

[@ChineseMustangs]

ok

[@SirDingle]

Just listen to it? You have ears

[@HzizsVynryn]

@@SirDingle For stage shows like this, the sound quality can drop and it can be extremely helpful to see faces and body language when trying to determine what someone's saying.

[@deborahcarreon]

We were there, there was only one camera man recording the whole stage, it was hard to keep getting everyone on stage with people getting up and moving around in the audience

[@scytheslash]

@@SirDingle it's not a podcast, it's a live show. There's supposed to BE audience engagement which you would like to SEE if you weren't there.

[@SabH27]

Camera-work is atrocious, like yes I get wanting close-ups of the groups occasionally but not even half way in it stays on Shayne and we miss all of the reactions from the rest of the cast during important parts and while they're speaking. The zoom-out was the best and we barely got enough of it.

[@voylesaustin94]

Team, is there a different camera angle? This is a PANEL. Why on earth are we spending so much time in a close-up on Shayne? This is wack. I was excited about this.

[@dapandable1748]

@@voylesaustin94 I was wondering the same thing! I love Shayne, don’t get me wrong, but they had so many amazing cast/crew members in the panel. It would’ve been great to see the people who were actually talking at times

[@allisonskyes]

very confusing because i swear that wasn't what the camera was like when this was live?

[@LuluQwQ]

​@@allisonskyes whoever was operating this camera must be part of the VidCon channel, so I doubt the Smosh crew had any say in it or anything

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

@@allisonskyes Yeah, I don't remember it being that rough live. Which... one would think it'd be the opposite!

[@sushizj9432]

because shayne is the best cast member

[@MKizzle79]

Asks a question to Trevor zooms immediately in to Shayne 😂😂😂

[@RacheltheRad]

poor Ian having to sit on an armrest for one hour straight

[@LuluQwQ]

who was in charge of this camera???? its hardly ever on the person thats talking, cause its just zoomed in and stuck on shayne

[@Sploberrie]

Smosh comment section: "Olivia should be in more Reddit Stories!" Olivia in Reddit Stories:

[@ChaosRaych]

Completely agree. I don't wanna be a hater. I'm sure Olivia is a lovely person, but I can't watch her in anything unscripted. The way she grinds everything to a halt just to announce that she clearly hasn't been listening is so disrespectful & unprofessional! Ian even tried to move on & get things back on track. She does this fairly often, so that's probably why Ian said that. I'm not aware of Olivia having ADHD or anything of that nature (granted, it could be undiagnosed/untreated), which would at least make it understandable. But even then, there's no need to butt in, no apology, acting like it's anyone's fault but hers. It comes across like she's bored, tuning out & has to let everybody know how bored she is. Being the 'I don't get it' girlie is not funny or endearing, it's just annoying

[@emjeispyder]

Yeah I hate saying it but even when she's on the show I just kind of find it too cynical

[@singing_lilys8260]

@@ChaosRaych I’m so glad I’m not the only person who isn’t a fan of Olivia. I’m a newer Smosh watcher but I can’t watch anything with Olivia in it. I’m sure she’s a good person but she’s so painful to watch.

[@icyclestick178]

if you’re also annoyed about the camera angle, there is a fan that recorded the whole panel that you can actually see all of them

[@eliseeluv88]

what's the video called, is it on youtube?

[@kingacarius]

Why say this and for 7 WHOLE DAYS not even attempt to share the link or anything else? About as helpful as the cameraman tbh

[@icyclestick178]

@@kingacarius you cant click links in mobile

[@kingacarius]

@icyclestick178 True, but you can copy and paste back into a browser that should take you back to the app. I shared it earlier so hopefully people can try that if they'd like. Also, maybe I jumped the gun in frustration with the video earlier. I apologize 😔

[@icyclestick178]

@@kingacarius thank you i appreciate the apology but you’re right i should’ve included the link

[@puglifeboy907]

Camera man ain't cameraing

[@SuperSnivMatt]

Spencer's giving the divorced single parent dad energy of the group with his fit. Everyone is wearing pretty plain nice clothes and then he just has a Hawaiian shirt

[@Catstimesinfinity]

He's unapologetically himself

[@TheAngieRash]

Someone wake up the camera guy!

[@Summergch]

I love how recognizable Trevor's was xD Shayne immediately clocked it and was deciding if he really wanted to continue reading

[@hadesisbaby]

shayne also apparently forgot that he asked people to comment the chumbawamba thing at ian forever. he basically told ppl to never let it go 💀 &they definitely listened lmao

[@atthepartycheers]

The camera person was obviously being inattentive here and didn’t want to either just stay zoomed out the entire panel or follow the speaker. Like why were we zoomed in on Shayne while someone else was talking and he was just listening? :/

[@sarab4241]

The original stream had more camera angles.

[@joevictor53]

Should've just left it with the original shot and not touched the camera

[@InUt3ro]

Why’d they zoom into Shayne’s face while Courtney was doing the crowd vote💀 it’s just so unnecessary and awkward to listen to everyone else talk while you have to stare at him listening to

[@joevictor53]

For the rest of it, it was bad but that moment was the worst. We have no idea how the audience voted because of the cameraman

[@fma64]

camera person: it's my first day!

[@whoaisthatspoon]

i appreciate the shayne ft. smosh camera angle. great shot. did the camera person just zoom in/out and then walk off??

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

What confuses me the most is that the livestream have better camera angles. If something happened with the recording specifically for this, just put out a cut of the stream as the video. Or keep it on wide view showing everyone

[@shrekshronk3469]

Why is the camera focused on Shayne the whole damn time

[@itzred8]

Because he is the guy from iCarly

[@soso_aisa-369]

Can i just know why the camera is always on shayne and not having the full frame we love shayne and all but we want to see the video full frame

[@CuongCDo]

"HERE'S SHAYNE TOPP LIVE!!! Oh, and his assorted background actors are here, too."

[@Steffey2009]

I love Angela's comment about wanting to be Lafoo in Beauty and the Beast. My son's school is actually doing that as their fall musical, and that's the role he's trying out for tomorrow. Great minds Angela! ❤

[@deljanae]

@@Steffey2009 how dope! good luck to him!!

[@feliciteacup]

i love the idea of smosh doing plays, it would probably be so much work but it would be so funny, especially shayne's idea of the random villagers

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

@@feliciteacup They could do it as an adapted version with the same concept as the Sitcom live stream show. With planned ways to break each other and switch outs

[@feliciteacup]

@@hernameispekka_Rebecca yesss

[@jupters]

16:20 I don't know about Hindi, but in Chinese, asking "Have you eaten?" is a very common way to start a conversation, similar to "How are you?" in English. Given that English wasn't the guy's first language, I'm willing to bet he probably just translated the expression literally 😂 It doesn't make the whole interaction any less annoying IMHO, but it does make a bit more sense if that's really the case. Edit: Apparently, I would have lost that bet lol 💀 Thanks to the kind folks below who clarified that this isn't a thing in India.

[@minaahmed340]

@@jupters I don't think it's very common in india to ask that if you're not close

[@jupters]

@@minaahmed340 Oh, that's interesting! Thanks for letting me know.

[@feliciteacup]

my thought was he was asking her that thinking she would say no so he could ask her on a date to lunch/dinner

[@kageyamatobios]

i’m indian, and no it’s not common to ask “have you eaten?” the dude saw a girl and was being creepy 😭 random dudes (cab drivers, delivery boys etc, people who have access to your phone number) text girls like this all the time to get them to date them

[@scytheslash]

I'm an Indian dude, live here and no it's being WAY too familiar with someone especially when the relationship is "male tattoo artist working on a woman". People can obviously text each other asking if they want to catch up for a bite even if they've barely talked but it's pretending that that sort of relationship *should* or could exist just because she got a tattoo done from him is highly inappropriate, not to mention unprofessional. There's many reasons to maintain contact with a tattoo artist but hooking up or going on dates is not what the job is about. He shot his shot with that one "good morning" and that's it. Pushing past that was clearly testing boundaries and it's not cool. Tattoo artists serve a largely urban clientele. They get all sorts of people coming through their doors. One in Goa would easily get international clients seeing as Goa is well known in India and abroad for having amazing beaches, free flowing booze and an almost year round party scene. That's much needed context to why there's no point to making excuses for this guy. He's in it for hooking up with his foreign clients. That's fine if its consensual but most people will be creeped out by that and it's highly unprofessional. You're trusting a stranger, this tattoo artist, with the hopes that their equipment is sterile, their hand is steady and your vulnerable body to put either some cool art or sentimental memories on it. The fact that the guy with the needle simply is doing all this to have sex with you is not pleasant. Unless he's hot, apparently.

[@TheUltimateBusinessMindset]

Man it would be nice to see the casts faces as they are answering the q&a questions

[@etceteraman3069]

Watching this made it seem like the entire cast are just voices in Shayne’s head.

[@glooperscooper]

Omg

[@PatLower13]

Yeah whoever did the camera angles; what happened? did you fall asleep? I love shayne but everyone speaking deserves screen time.That's upsetting.

[@Pieni_hirvio]

@@PatLower13 maybe he had a crush on Shane 😂

[@Sploberrie]

Love how in Story 3 the YTA and NTA could instead stand for "Yes Tell Aidan" and "Not Tell Aidan"

[@charlottedrew9714]

I’d much rather see everyone a bit blurry than only Shayne in hd for an hour

[@bubbilee1111]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS IM OBSESSED WITH SMOSH

[@Mezzy..]

this panel was so fun

[@skeww33]

someone needs to fire the camera man

[@Zorios901]

Fire whoever was on the camera, we needed to see 32:55 this moment involving the whole cast, specifically Trevor.

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

So fun!! Love the twist of the stories being written by them! Plus the Update mayhem!!

[@parkerronn]

It's weird seeing reddit stories as a live spectator sport, this is my comfy background noise while I fold laundry on the weekend

[@hilmalumay]

Too bad the camera is just focused on Shayne when they were running around for an update. 25:52 that should have been a great shot

[@JessClare432]

Courtney literally cheering for her husband to kiss people is hilarious

[@teamlining7685]

Camera crew kinda flopped

[@ainsleyluberto2977]

@@teamlining7685 what crew?

[@pine.apple.]

You know Smosh is more than just Shayne. It would’ve been great if the camera showed the other cast members a little more

[@D4N4Y4]

i don’t remember the camera angles being like this during the actual livestream. respectfully, yall should just reupload that footage

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

This!!

[@jeffullrich5556]

Absolutely insane that a video from a convention about KZbinrs would have such abysmal camera work.

[@MizuFujimori]

Courtney REALLY wants to see Shayne kiss another guy again 😂

[@liammcfarlane13]

Smosh is just Shayne and the voices in his head 😂

[@winterflower1352]

It’s crazy seeing how the smosh crew has changed from 2015 to now

[@amberlambert1631]

who was only filming Shayne?!

[@urahakat]

41:34 loved Amanda's impersonation there, her face really captured Vanessa Lachey.

[@RenataKaleah]

So great to see chumbawamba’s #1 fan on the VidCon stage

[@rjh1290]

Love the zoom in on Shayne while someone else is talking, that's a really cool filming choice

[@caloyyy6168]

I'm not even gonna be civil about this, that camera work is a menace to society.

[@delaneyrussell4867]

Spread the word: the same panel was uploaded on a different channel with more/ different camera footage!! It’s uploaded by Pessut

[@musiclover86931]

It's so interesting, how the etiquet regarding paying on your birthday is dependent on the culture/ country you are from. In Slovenia paying on your birthday is highly expected and very polite unless the food or drinks are the birthday gift, arranged by friends or family you're celebrating with.

[@Dinglebat]

The camera was different in the live.

[@duhneez2068]

was it streamed on twitch?

[@sarab4241]

​@@duhneez2068no, here

[@LegoCookieDoggie]

32:34 I wish I could see the others paddles this was really annoying

[@raksmeyhan2744]

smosh vidcon - shayne fancam

[@rosbindadolmo]

It was a great panel 12:58

[@mckenziehoffner3039]

‘XYZ camera angle etc’ has no one noticed how amazing Arasha looks?!

[@reinforcementpandas5502]

45:12 smosh beauty and the beast when?

[@cryocyn]

I never knew how much I needed a smosh beauty and the beast play until now

[@emileemx]

Them moving to show Spencer talking and then going back to Shayne when Amanda is talking is wild 😅

[@Skievy]

why is it on shayne only, missing all the fun interactions of everyone......seems lazy bc there is someone there bc the camera keep moving slightly

[@andalilbitqueer]

I love the fact that I wasn't sure it was Arasha, not until the moment she said her family was from India, but the moment she said she felt guilty for the tattoo artist. Her conscience is really distinct lmao

[@saltyparabola]

Not sure if the editor has access to all the footage but I really hope they show more camera angles if the live smosh mouth episode gets uploaded

[@dakotaskong759]

Something must have happened to the footage because I 100% remember the camera switching a bunch more and seeing Courtney flipping the sign for the cheering and a wide shot of everyone freaking out on “we have an update” so they must have lost the footage or smth cuz it wasn’t like that before

[@needyverse]

44:50 OH WHOA that would be SUCH GOOD CASTING 😂

[@AngelTortured]

Does anyone have another video of the panel that shows the cast, because it's missing key info on the panels. Plus the cast reactions just as large as Shayne reading. I love Shayne, but his connection to smosh as a whole really shows his strength.

[@winterr253]

did all their cameras cut out during? i know this was live so it definitely wasnt controlled by smosh but i feel like thats the only reasonable explanation i can think to explain the focus on shayne that kinda coincided with the ipad losing vidcon wifi

[@hudz777]

It was disappointing not being able to see the cast most of the time. Would have been nice if the camera was zoomed out to see the whole cast.

[@icyclestick178]

wow the camera work is something else

[@Peoniesoffire]

I had just taken a sip of water when Angela interjected with 'Amanda's the "I NEED three--SIX EGGS!"' and I did a spit-take worthy of TNTL all over my laptop. Tis a cautionary tale--oh hold on there's still some on my second monitor. 46:20

[@MYSTERIOMUSIK]

Everyone complaining about the angles im just glad we're getting 2 reddit story episodes this week

[@ValensEXP]

Wow another banger, another banger from the #1 Chumba wumba fan

[@sharkbait398]

I should've been here 😭 I love smosh so so so much. You guys are awesome.

[@outsideaglass]

You know, after watching this, it really (not sarcasm) gives me an insight to how videography plus editing works. We've all noticed they have multiple camera angles, duh. And how do they capture the reactions so fast? Because they stay one person/direction! And if they have to pan it's only a tiny amount! Aside from my extreme enjoyment of being able to watch this when I can't be there, I now have more appreciation for their creative process. Can you even imagine how hard it must be to be in charge of a camera, and make sure you're focusing on the right couple of angles when Spencer's over there making sucking Johnson jokes?????? So much respect!!!!!!

[@MopTopMase]

As someone who's operated this type of camera before, you did your best, and that's okay❤❤

[@SoBlue11]

This is awesome! ❤ Could you please also post the Commentary Chronicles Panel?

[@RoySan20]

My favourite segment ♥️♥️♥️ Thanks for sharing

[@soothingraptor]

The camera work is awful. Why is it always a close-up of Shayne, even when he’s not speaking?

[@kalopsia462]

As as someone who has filmed shows, this camera operator needs talked to asap. This is so hard to watch. Im nauseous with the rapid shakey movement, and theres no proper attention on the subject speaking.

[@jimmiesmalls322]

46:44 omg after shayne said this made me want a SmoshXStarkid team up for the Beauty and the Beast Mever before seen story.

[@n0tg]

oh hell na lol, the whole camera team fell asleep after they zoom in on shayne

[@MopTopMase]

Keith's, "I don't think we should set her up for failure," has me DEAD😭😭💀💀💀

[@jessedejute6118]

Insane camera work

[@reverendliu]

the frustration with the camera angle editing aside, i now want to try sleeping in a (CLEAN) ball pit

[@nickjanuary7177]

the camerawork on this is crazy

[@realJacobNichols]

After watching this, I now need a Smosh Live! Beauty And The Beast.

[@MarleneRodriguez711]

Damn vidicon, can you at least drop a note in the description about why the camera work sucked? Did the wideshot cam stop working or does someone just need to be fired? 👎

[@kaisersouza6]

I am from Goa, India. We do not claim that dude. Gonna spit some few “friendly” words for my fellow Goan. “Areh Chedechea, Tattoo di ani kaam kabar karr. Line marta bistoch”

[@thewaywardson5267]

whoever TF recorded this did not understand the assignment at all

[@nereaflores9755]

I am very frustrated with this cameraman ... Like don't get me wrong I love Shayne just as much as anyone else but I also love everyone else!!! 😢😂

[@thebazile5253]

Courtney yelling for Shayne and Trevon to hug and kiss is what any good wife should say. I'm always teasing my own husband that he's friend is like his boyfriend lol 😆

[@christinaauer6857]

Hey, July is Disability Pride Month. Can you (at some point this month) do a disability themed AITA stories, please? I’m a disabled person and it be would be cool to see that.

[@AllysonKing]

@@christinaauer6857 I’d send this to their page since this is vidcons page I don’t know if they’d see it

[@hadesisbaby]

you might want to post this on smosh’s page directly instead of in a vidcon comment section

[@christinaauer6857]

@@hadesisbaby I’m so sorry. With my disability being what it is, I don’t know how to do that. But, thank you anyway. Maybe next year. ❤️

[@megrivs]

Sad we missed the update scramble

[@anayaxo9007]

Olivia annoys me so bad. Why is she always so confused

[@KBrownie0190]

Every single Smosh fan that is commenting about camera operator needs to realise something, the operator may not have a clue who any of the people on stage are. They've been given the task to film the panel and they're trying the best they can. Yes, it's easy enough for fans to recognise the voices and the faces and had it been a smosh crew member on cams it probably would have been filmed alot more coherently, but if it's just some person that's been told to film, they have no idea who to turn to, what the peoples names are etc. It's easy to focus on Shayne cause he's centre stage. As far as turning to the other's, unless you know for certain who's going to be speaking next, there's a difficult art in doing that, especially if you don't know the people on stage.

[@theoneandonly9446]

It’s a panel for a whole channel be a hint. And even if they just panned accordingly to when other people were talking that would be fine, even if it was off, that would be a whole lot better. And the whole bit where Courtney called to the crowd and it was focused on Shayne the entire time. Live reactions is the entire point of these kind of panels. Some comments are saying that the live was better so idk why they didn’t just post that. There’s a plethora of ppl who went through and ended up posting this video so I don’t think the entire blame should be on the camera operator, but please don’t act like they weren’t at some fault.

[@notreallyacat]

Bummer camera work. My solution was to just listen. Enjoyed it much more w/ only audio! 😊