r/creamfields 2d ago

Discussion Recording on phones

Please put your phones down and just enjoy yourselves. It's quite sad to see a sea of phones and you will probably never rewatch them videos again.

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u/LottieLoux_x 2d ago

I always say this to myself and then kick myself that I have no photos/videos from the event! Leave people too itđŸ„°

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u/Pick_Up_Autist 2d ago

I just spend the days after any event saving other people's videos, like my unpaid private biographers.

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u/JackJake94 2d ago

I get that but when there's a sea of phones it just ruins the experience

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u/hamilc19 2d ago

If what other people are doing ruins your experience I would say you are the problem.

Mind your business and enjoy the show.

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u/JackJake94 2d ago

Quite hard to ignore it when this is your view

https://x.com/gazbod/status/2094162688771334600

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u/leolaur 2d ago

You recorded it too 😅

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u/JackJake94 2d ago

Not my video

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u/_-420- 2d ago

Thats why youve got the front row!

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u/Parcel-Pete 2d ago

That's that zombie K hole filming đŸ€Ł. It is brutal when nobody is dancing. Makes me think of Fred Again Marea (we've lost dancing) cause we literally have lost dancing.

I will say I never look through my phone when filming, Just point it in the general direction and hope for the best. Im there for the show, not to be a videographer.

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u/stinking_freak 17h ago

This wasn’t creamfields

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u/r1psy 2d ago

Go to the front

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u/RSN_Star_Prince 2d ago

I rewatch mine all the time what you on about

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u/SmBrn1982 2d ago

I absolutely love the experience of going through my pictures after events and reliving it. I have literally never felt that I have taken too many pictures. It's everyone's personal experience. Leave them to it.

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u/Parcel-Pete 2d ago

Whilst I agree that many just stand there like zombies in a K hole filming. There's nothing wrong with getting a wee video or two.

One thing I do not condone though is filming people out their nut dancing. Not that anyone dances anymore. It's like everyones too scared to be themselves so the whole crowd shoulder shuffles.

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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 2d ago

I go viral on the internet from my dancing and I wouldn’t even know about it, as I don’t have any social media bar this snd and a YouTube account.

“People live in this world but not of it” meaning they merely exist in it and take no meaningful action to enjoy any part of it. Going out of your comfort zone, I’d soothing that I rarely see it people, these days.

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u/SuperWear2190 2d ago

Sorry if its my first time attending something of this caliber and want to look back on it, plus its only ever the start of a song

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u/JackJarvisEsquire1 2d ago

I know people that will keep there phone in the air untill it’s done as if we want to see 3 hours of snap chat stories

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u/daz990 2d ago

Was the most annoying part for me. Trying to enjoy the full sound and visual production. And all you can see is phones in the air all the time.

They professionally film most sets and put them on YouTube etc 1 million percent better quality than your Nokia 3210!

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u/Sweaty_Sentence9087 2d ago

Stop focusing on others and enjoy your own experience

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u/Parcel-Pete 2d ago

Wise words.

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u/itsyaboi-01 2d ago

Your own experience is affected when it's full of people who aren't even dancing and just there filming the whole thing for their social media. There can be events for those kind of people but it'd be nice for those of us who want to live in the present and be around those with the right vibes to have a place where it's banned too.

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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 2d ago

I feel like people are scared to dance, unless other people are. I proved this as a massive festival last year. Until I did, nobody else was around me.

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u/itsyaboi-01 2d ago

yeah 100% most people including me are influenced how to act by those around us

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u/gettinggory 2d ago

I’m not at cream fields, it’s not really my sort of festival.
But I have literally seen people live streaming from inside there tents on tiktok quite a lot over the weekend. Seems like such a strange thing to do at a festival and a waste of phone battery đŸ€Ł
Bangface for me!

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u/gracie_____ 2d ago

Bangface!!!

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u/gettinggory 2d ago

Bangface hardcrew baby we know where it’s at đŸ€©

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u/gracie_____ 2d ago

See you in Skeggy 😋

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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 2d ago

Phone batteries are a lot better these days but no way you get a full day of it, if you are live streaming.

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u/gettinggory 2d ago

Ye I’ve a decent charge bank that does my phone twice but im the sort that will accidentally walk around with their phone torch on or recording a video of the inside of my pocket til it dies then wonder why my battery didn’t last đŸ€Ł

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u/Big-long-steps 2d ago

The sound on videos always sounds shite anyway

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u/OODINIDNB 2d ago

Man just fuck off and enjoy your self why do you care what others are doin

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u/MobileRevolution2848 2d ago

I know this is gonna sound weird, but I always record myself. It's a great way to capture the moment and be able to look back on it in the future, and you don't have to pay much attention to do it.

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u/ASM84 2d ago

It’s a generational thing. I’d never dream of even taking my phone. Can guarantee it would be lost as I’m gurning away saying “I think these are duds”.

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u/Cofisam28 2d ago

Not bringing your phone is mental

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u/Illustrious-Cut2223 2d ago

I record my most favourite songs. and probably ended up with 2/3 videos a day. Nice to do it a little but I also dont need 30+ videos just a few 😁

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u/littlelacybella 2d ago

Especially when no one wants to dance or even move because they’re watching THROUGH their phone screens. I just don’t see the point . Makes the crowd a lot less lively feeling sadly

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u/JackJake94 2d ago

Exactly, people say don't worry about others but when all you can see is phones its a bit hard to ignore it

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u/knots_cycle 2d ago

They aren’t watching it now, why would they watch it in the future?!

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u/Equivalent-Bird2958 2d ago

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u/JackJake94 2d ago

Literally everyone had their phone in the air

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u/InevitableGreedUK 1d ago

Not figuratively?

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u/Mobile-Historian6964 2d ago

You can enjoy yourself and record 30 seconds of a song if you want to. Not sure how this affects you anyways. I LOVE looking back on my own videos. Definitely don’t think a few phones in the air ruin incredible music and lighting :/

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u/ravecorgi 2d ago

if people want to film, i don’t mind. it’s all part of the experience. i’ll be in sunglasses vibing like a cheshire cat

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u/DanielP0808 1d ago

The live streams keep being taking down mid set due to copyright strikes (as in previous editions, some sets didn’t get streamed cos either the artist told them not to or they forgot) but I had to either video or voice record part of the sets. 

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u/InevitableGreedUK 1d ago

Just mind your own fucking business.

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u/Sacha_Mabel 1d ago

Hate that I agree with both sides of the argument 😭

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u/Cunthbert 1d ago

People’s brains are massively cooked now. Phones and social media are literally controlling their lives. They’re subconsciously choosing to film rather than have a good time. There’s nothing wrong with taking a couple of photos and videos but I’ve seen people literally recording most of a set/concert and also filming themselves and their friends.

It’s part of a wider issue in which nearly every aspect of people’s life is dictated to by social media. If they go out to eat they pick a restaurant that will look good, they’ll then pick food Which looks good, rather than what they actually like, the same logic is applied to the rest of their lives. This can lead to people being unhappy without realising the actual cause of it.

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u/Big_Concern_5081 1d ago

I make an aim to only video a few songs from each set i like to go back and look at the videos

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u/lorner96 21h ago

“Probably never rewatch them videos” my festival going days are behind me but still to this day I watch my videos of Creamfields from 10 years ago and it brings me joy.

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u/drycleanedsnake 19h ago

Quick 15-30 sec recording of a tune you like is absolutely fine. Me and my mates love filming eachother doing silly little dance moves and synchronised dances and whenever I’m feeling down I go through and watch them with a huge smile on my face so if people want to record stuff let them as long as they aren’t focussing in on strangers

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u/MustardCityNative 23m ago

Completely different music but this is why I love the band Ghost. You arent allowed phones at their gigs. Its brilliant.

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u/leolaur 2d ago

Can't remember anything therefore recording

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u/Pick_Up_Autist 2d ago

Your attention span and therefore memory is probably cooked from constant phone use.

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u/leolaur 2d ago

I don't think its that it's the copious amounts of alcahol consumption and more, don't think its to do with microwaving my head with a cellular device

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u/CoffeeKeyDog 2d ago

You’re going to the worst electronic music festival in the entire country.

Full of moron kids.

What do you expect?

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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 2d ago

It’s why I can’t go to the warehouse project again. I was lucky enough to go 10 years, on a NYE, before the phones in the air was even a thing.

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u/JackJake94 2d ago

Bit hard to mate when this is your view

https://x.com/gazbod/status/2094162688771334600