# Video. Staged or real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 21, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376 "2009-11-21T04:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/1 "2009-11-21T04:23:20Z")
A “friend” just sent me[this link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkKaMk7s1rA&feature=player_embedded). The idea is that alcohol is a Bad Thing. It surely can be but this video looks very staged to me. I’m not looking to debate whether alcohol can or can not be abused, I’m hoping to to find out if this vid is “real” or not. It has all the earmarkings of a set-up. Anyone have the StraightDope? ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/2 "2009-11-21T04:45:42Z")
It looks\* very \*setup, and given that it links to a site about knowing one’s limits by Heineken, it wouldn’t surprise me that if its some kind of viral marketing from the company. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/3 "2009-11-21T04:54:37Z")
It’s “The Flirt” from the website that is mentioned in the video - [KnowTheSigns.com](http://KnowTheSigns.com) ---
**Author:** ![Sanity\_Challenged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Sanity\_Challenged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanity_Challenged)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/4 "2009-11-21T09:16:48Z")
If it’s not fake, the camera operator must be able to see the future, because the timing of framing various faces and such is too good for someone who doesn’t know exactly what’s coming. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/5 "2009-11-21T09:41:11Z")
Clearly bullshit. I presume “know the signs” is a site to warn against incompetent marquee construction companies. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/6 "2009-11-21T15:45:02Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Clearly bullshit. > > I presume “know the signs” is a site to warn against incompetent marquee construction companies. Haha! Thanks guys I suspected as much. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/7 "2009-11-21T19:44:01Z")
The pole falls over way too quickly when she starts climbing on it, too. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/8 "2009-11-22T12:38:29Z")
> [@Sanity\_Challenged](#): > > If it’s not fake, the camera operator must be able to see the future, because the timing of framing various faces and such is too good for someone who doesn’t know exactly what’s coming. Also, the focus seems way to good for something caught by an amateur, and the soundtrack is of a relatively decent quality. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/9 "2009-11-22T15:11:17Z")
She’s acting pretty coordinated for being super drunk. It’s intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/10 "2009-11-22T18:11:13Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > She’s acting pretty coordinated for being super drunk. It’s intentional. Not only that, but the FIRST thing that struck me, right in the first few seconds is that the camera guy is doing a really good job at looking like an amateur, right down to moving around really quickly and all the sideways angles and stuff. Overly amateurish. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-staged-or-real/518376/11 "2009-11-22T18:17:03Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I presume “know the signs” is a site to warn against incompetent marquee construction companies. Here’s a weird coincidence: I was just talking to a friend this afternoon and he said he had a crisis at work last week because a marquee some contractors were working on collapsed due to it being put up incompetently. Knocked one of the contractor’s teeth out.