Video of the FedEx guy throwing the monitor was faked

[MrJ0mmy]

this guy who uploaded this need to get laded

[kkingss4]

made by fedex

[LowTechPhotography]

The CEO of FedEx was on NBC tonight, he confirmed the story and it was confirmed also that the delivery person lost his job over the incident. Nice photoshop though!

[70rm3n70r]

are you a fedex employee, lol

[kballard27]

that WAS a fed ex truck stupid FED EX GROUND!

[MrSypherin]

How about you try looking at the back door of the FedEx van, with your method it is not possible. Looks legit to me.

[Shakemouthdirector]

@MrSypherin You could be right, it could be legit, but I have strong doubts. I just spent two months digitally adding blood to a dog's fur as it moves around! After doing that, I can tell you that adding a graphic to a door swinging open and closed would be VERY easy. Ideally I would have actually shot video of a van with its doors opening and closing, but I just don't have time.

[TheOneSkif]

@MrSypherin или можно посмотреть что на куртке сзади написано FedEx,

[hockeyking61396]

Ok now try and fake the letters on his jacket dumbass

[Shakemouthdirector]

@hockeyking61396 Check out a plugin for After Effects called Mocha--that will show you how you can do it fairly easily--but like I said in the video, it wouldn't be too hard to acquire or replicate the uniform--especially if you're a viral advertising firm hired by UPS's marketing agency, for example.

[Porshapuggles]

So how do you explain his uniform is that photoshop also?

[cabmanxxx]

Are U stupid? U just grabed a picture and put some text on it. How is it similar to a sec cammera capturing a movie? Is that that simple too? sr f my english ... ha ha

[Shakemouthdirector]

@cabmanxxx Putting the graphic on a moving image would also be very simple. I would just do it in After Effects and match the grain of the original video if necessary. Note that in the original video, though, the truck doesn't move at all.

[crazy4spd]

Sewing? Heard of it, but kinda hard to believe someone would go to that extreme to fake a video..

[un7ucky]

]fish eye lens and the van doesn't move. easy enough for the uniform. it was thrown into the bushes that part does seem like fed ex

[alex054739]

K make a video in the same angle the same lense etc. :p Then we will believe you.

[wrigh1sl]

What about the Fed Ex Logo on the workers coat in the original video?

[aminalala]

@wrigh1sl u ever hear of this skill called sewing? its pretty cool. you should check it out.

[MsH1h1h1h1]

you are just trying to show off your savoir-faire and also tryig to show us that we are stupid, that we did not think about this "other way". I believe the last news were that the guy was met and maybe fired. watch?v=4ESU_PcqI38&feature=pl­ayer_embedded#t=18s

[Shakemouthdirector]

@MsH1h1h1h1 Not at all. I do special FX for a living, so I have specific knowledge about how to fake a video like this that I don't expect everyone else to have. I don't think anyone's stupid for not seeing the clues that it might be fake. If you were an auto mechanic, would you think I was stupid for not being able to tell what was wrong with an engine?

[EvilLemon48]

@Shakemouthdirector i agree those were very cool fx

[steadydrummer]

I noticed the van is on the wrong side of the street , and cars driving around curve, so foreign country. Also his sleeves are grey under his vest , that's not a fedex color scheme that I've ever seen . Also , those companies ship empty boxes so you can return your non-working unit . Notice we don't see the box land?

[sm1135ster1]

you could be right, check out the ows, one of pepper -spray protesters is the same one who was topless and at ows berkeley, she's an actress!!

[richg15y]

I have to assume Fedex apologized for nothing and gave the person a new monitor which has been on Yahoo or all this is a fake. Any comments? What did you see that looked fake?

[Shakemouthdirector]

@richg15y Lots of clues. The way the guy walked, the apparent weight of the package, the fact that the license plate was blurred out, the position of the camera, the timing of when the video was posted to Youtube, the way some guy is going around on the comments telling people he knows the uploader and it isn't fake but his account isn't any older than the video itself...

[Shakemouthdirector]

@richg15y By the way, FedEx did apologize, which is what any credible PR person would have told them to do. FedEx is in "damage control" mode, which is a higher priority for them right now than "discover the truth" mode.

Like I said, I could be wrong about it being fake, and that possibility means that FedEx can't take the risk of not apologizing.

[ItachiNai]

@Shakemouthdirector

Umm, not fake. Yes, it's easy to set it up on the truck, but not so much for the uniform gear, and as to how it seems to be light to him: well of course! The drivers routinely handle very heavy packages, plus, LED-backlit monitors *are* very light. My 24" units weigh no more than 7 lbs or so each.

[Shakemouthdirector]

@ItachiNai Like I said in the video, uniforms can be rented, borrowed, or easily replicated.

[ItachiNai]

@Shakemouthdirector

Also, if it is fake, it's not some simple pointless prank video like making popcorn in your mouth. This would have to be a well-planned and intentional attack on FedEx as a company. This kind of bad PR, if faked, would be grounds for a pretty serious legal situation for the prankster. Besides, with the public FDX admission that it was indeed an employee and that the events in the video did indeed happen, the faked video theory is pretty much now moot anyway.

[ItachiNai]

@Shakemouthdirector

Rented: no. You can't get purchase access to FedEx uniform gear without a valid employee ID.

Borrowed: possibly, but he'd also have had to "borrow" the $800 hand scan device as well to represent what's going on in the video completely.

Easily replicated: sure, as long as the viewer doesn't have LOTS of experience in what the real thing looks like. If this is a fake, a heck of a lot of work went into making it authentic, which makes the theory a little hard to swallow.

[Shakemouthdirector]

@ItachiNai Fair enough. Read my response to Richg15y, though. There were other clues as well.

[ItachiNai]

@Shakemouthdirector

Yeah, I agree that there are some aspects that seem a bit convenient and could point to a rigged event, but they could just be a series of coincidences as well.  The apparent weight of the package I addressed earlier based on a driver's frequent handling of much heavier packages. The new account thing could also be seen like mine. I have never commented on a vid until this one. I'm curious about the mention of the timing of the posting though. How is that suspicious?

[Shakemouthdirector]

@ItachiNai The original video was posted exactly a week before Christmas, when a lot of people are scrambling to ship presents. It's the height of the feeding frenzy for the shipping companies.

[ItachiNai]

@Shakemouthdirector

Ah yes, Peak. Yeah, if it were meant as a malicious hoax, that would certainly have been the time to send it up for maximum effect. In all honesty, I almost rather it really was faked, because you just *know* the media circus surrounding the ensuing massive lawsuit would be every bit as entertaining as any blockbuster budget movie. :D

[Shakemouthdirector]

@ItachiNai Hah, yeah. A few major news sources quoted the customer, but all they really did was copy or refer to what he said in the "info" section of the video. I guess that counts as a reliable source in the journalism industry.

Again, it's possible he's real and the video's real and that part of FedEx's apology was an agreement on his part to not go public with anything--i.e. not to talk to reporters. But now occam's razor is starting to turn the other way, isn't it?

[ItachiNai]

@Shakemouthdirector

On another site with an article about the whole event, they linked to another video containing FedEx's official response.

Given an official *video* response, not just an anonymous press release, I have to believe the event was real, because it looks like FedEx is quite willing to accept responsibility for it, which, for such a large company, indicates near complete certainty that they know for a fact that it happened.

[Shakemouthdirector]

@ItachiNai From a PR perspective, FedEx had no choice but to officially apologize. Since it's not certain that the video was faked, they played it safe and just did what any big company would do: apologize quickly and make sure everyone sees that you're doing your best to make things right for the customer. FedEx has more to gain from turning this into an example of how they treat bad customer experiences than from showing what kind of wrath they bring down upon fraud, slanderers and libelers.

[Shakemouthdirector]

@ItachiNai By the way, I think my video must now hold some kind of record for "most views without any idiotic comments." Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!