Including an appearance from a confused man called James who thought he had to audition for us! MATT: / unnamedculprit | TOM: / tomscottgo The camera is a Fujifilm Instax Mini 90.
I love that you slowed down the footage to highlight the robin, but did not mute the audio of you coordinating your moves for the slow-mo fight. The “magic” of TH-cam, ruined forever...
I wonder if when a Star Wars trailer is released a few years from now it will just pop up in massive text. 'Starring James'. He is so big a star he doesn't need a surname.
Sounds really dubious. I hope "audition" isn't a euphemism! It reminds me of this quote from Stephen Fry from an episode of the BBC Radio 4 panel game Just A Minute: "There's a very sweet story of Alan Bennett who was walking in the Heath, taking notes, thinking, you know, composing his plays and so on. And someone came up to him and said 'have you got a light?' And he said 'no I don't smoke'. And the fellow went 'oh okay' and looked at him and walked away. And then Alan suddenly realised he'd been propositioned so he called after him 'but thank you!'"
These vlogs are so nice. Seeing you two just talking on a park bench has comforting feeling that life won't change too much when I get older (18yo college student). I'll still have friends and we'll hang out just as casually as this and seeing new purchases as time stamps. Also I love how Tom jams to Manz not Hot and how Matt said "I..am and 'adult' now so I can buy things!". This is like grown up version of Mister Rogers Neighborhood to me. Have fun with the camera Matt!
This is the greatest missed opportunity of all time. You could have had James audition for something... and then he could become moderately internet famous.
This is gonna be dark but the final selfie of the both of you looks like a photo a news channel would use in a special segment when talking about victims of an accident or bombing or something: "Matt and Tom were young men, carefree and with bright futures ahead, but little did they know, they were heading for tragedy in the Park Robin incident of 2018. I'm Jill Newslady, for Non-Existent News."
You were carrying a display or monitor and I was with my family... I was just amused by my brain knowing who you were before the context of only ever having seen you on TH-cam. For a split second my brain was like - there is your friend Matt go say hi!
They've said in a previous episode of park bench that that's fine as long as you mention where you know them from. Simply walking up to them and taking like you've known them for years...not so good!
My mate found a floppy disk in a bag he was using the other day. The worrying thing is that he was born after floppy disks were obsolete. I think that bag must have had a more interesting life then me!
Good luck for the audition, James! Or as we say in France (because we don't wanna jinx it), "break a leg" ! :-) (to be honest I believe that works in English too? I think I've heard it used at some point...)
Yup, it comes from the curtain being opened each time for continued applause, operated by a leg sidestage. The idea is that the audience will be clapping for so long, they'll have to open the curtains for an extra bow so many times that you'll break the leg. I heard a french way to say break a leg is 'merde', because horses and carriages used to wait for theatre patrons to leave. If they were clapping for a long time, the horses would be waiting for longer, and there would be more merde on the street when it's all over :)
One thing that helps for image quality with these types of photos is that you should avoid exposure to sun until the picture has finished developing. Makes colours more vibrant.
I got my teenage daughter one of those brightly coloured instax cameras for her birthday a few years ago and she really learned the value of setting up to take a good photo. Every photo she takes now looks great, it was really educational for her. She has a great eye cos she grew up often going out with her mom to take photos on walks.
It won't seem bulky either. I haven't had the chance to use large format camera's, but the handful of medium format ones I've used aren't particularly small and the film isn't particularly cheap.
I grew up in Rochester, New York, the home of Kodak (and the birthplace of the dearly-departed Xerox and the more-or-less O.K. Bausch and Lomb) and currently live in Cambridge, Ma. the birthplace of the dearly departed as well as mostly-O.K. Polaroid. Weird.
Amazingly well framed considering how it was taken. Still has the novelty factor it always has but I have enough clutter without random pictures lying around too.
I never had a Polaroid but I do remember getting disposable Kodak cameras and then having the film developed at the shop. And then using the film canisters to keep things in!
Before I went to Japan, I upgraded my phone exclusively to have a good camera, albeit second hand, and bought an Instax 300 Wide instant camera (also second hand) so I could generate little mementos as I went along. It's a nice little combo to have when traveling.
I had a Polaroid Instamatic camera that sounds very similar to the one Tom described, also given to me for my birthday, back when digital cameras weren't a thing. I used mine more than he did, though, because I became the official photographer for family events, so I could get my parents to pay for the film. I discovered fairly early on that the shutter button is actually two buttons in one: One enables the flash, and one actually triggers the shutter. So, you *can* take a picture without the flash by just using the back half of the button.
I got this camera recently too! It's so much fun :-) fyi there are actually two models below this one, but the middle model uses weird batteries. The biggest plus for me was that this model has a rechargeable battery.
"They are artistic lighty blurs, don't get me wrong, but I'm not entirely sure which way up that photo should be." Thanks, made my day! (PS: Good luck, James!)
I study photography at UAL, so I get to use the darkroom for free, so shooting on film is wonderful. Instant cameras are great for a while but they do soon get boring.
I vaguely recall having my picture taken (or a picture) with one and waiting for the photo to develop and wondered why it needed to take time. In about grade 9 or so someone had a camera with a slot for a floppy to go in the side of it. I always thought that was cool. Good luck James
I don’t but there something about those print photos that give you nostalgia that a smartphone simply can’t. The older phones had that some but the newer one not so much.
I really want to know how James audition went.
I was hoping he would show up in the comments
dawkinsfan41 Well, he probably doesn’t watch Tom or Matt because he would’ve recognised them if he did.
They need to put up posters all over the area.. "James did you get the part? Sincerely the TH-cam guys from the park bench."
Test
Poorly
I hope James did well at his audition
Good luck, James!!
Same from me
Thanks
Matt Gray: a Large man with Large pockets.
I love that you slowed down the footage to highlight the robin, but did not mute the audio of you coordinating your moves for the slow-mo fight. The “magic” of TH-cam, ruined forever...
pssst, i think they slowed it down to show the 'subtle' coordination on purpose
I liked it
Wasn't that fun?
Tom realizing "photoshop" won't work while Matt is still talking is the best moment of this video.
I wonder if when a Star Wars trailer is released a few years from now it will just pop up in massive text. 'Starring James'. He is so big a star he doesn't need a surname.
Good luck James
spider: James is so big a star that he is starring in STAR wars... was that intended, or was it just a random movie that popped into your mind? :D
Good luck James
In the short time he was in this video I grew a great affection for James and a genuine hope for his audition to go well.
I was rewatching this video and would just like to say my affection and hope for James has been rekindled.
@@_Dawson_ This is possibly the best follow-up comment I've seen
@@JJRicks Thank you. Your reply has prompted me to watch this a third time. I can confirm once more that my affection lives on.
What kind of auditions do you get in a park? Sounds dubious
Sounds really dubious. I hope "audition" isn't a euphemism! It reminds me of this quote from Stephen Fry from an episode of the BBC Radio 4 panel game Just A Minute:
"There's a very sweet story of Alan Bennett who was walking in the Heath, taking notes, thinking, you know, composing his plays and so on. And someone came up to him and said 'have you got a light?' And he said 'no I don't smoke'. And the fellow went 'oh okay' and looked at him and walked away. And then Alan suddenly realised he'd been propositioned so he called after him 'but thank you!'"
Well, he was in a park, it obviously has something to do with a camera, could it perchance be photography?
@@donaloflynn Dont get any of the references. Please help.
@@RIPToot What references? My comment is self-explanatory.
@@donaloflynn Who is Alan Bennett. What is heath. What do you mean composing his plays.
Just imagining Tom jamming to mans not hot made my day
Two plus two is...eh...
Minus one it's...probably more than two.
Vague maths.
hotelmario510 😂😂😂
I feel like Tom and Matt Parker doing a Vague Maths parody video could have a genuine viewership...
I tell him Matt's not wrong
Matt's not wrong
Brady said "That magic square is invalid"
I said Brades - MATT'S NOT WRONG
Timestamp?
Good luck james you sounded really polite
These vlogs are so nice. Seeing you two just talking on a park bench has comforting feeling that life won't change too much when I get older (18yo college student). I'll still have friends and we'll hang out just as casually as this and seeing new purchases as time stamps. Also I love how Tom jams to Manz not Hot and how Matt said "I..am and 'adult' now so I can buy things!". This is like grown up version of Mister Rogers Neighborhood to me. Have fun with the camera Matt!
It will be the same until everyone is married. After they have kids, no one will have time.
This is the greatest missed opportunity of all time. You could have had James audition for something... and then he could become moderately internet famous.
I hope James found his audition
This is gonna be dark but the final selfie of the both of you looks like a photo a news channel would use in a special segment when talking about victims of an accident or bombing or something: "Matt and Tom were young men, carefree and with bright futures ahead, but little did they know, they were heading for tragedy in the Park Robin incident of 2018. I'm Jill Newslady, for Non-Existent News."
Akshay Anand That was... Incredibly dark.
But like, I can see it.
Actually, they would say either "Gray and Scott" or "Matthew and Thomas" and I don't know which one is weirder.
Matthew and thomas were murdered by james the ripper after being lured to a fake audition.
Pluto : *_plot twist_*
“Little did they know- that James was Daft And Danger *or name of show*”
The way Matt says "we're being approached" gives off major Skyrim NPC vibes
unexpected slo-mo fight scene was brilliant
Man, we need to get this video to James! He deserves the support!
I walked past Matt in a tube station this morning. I almost said hi before remembering he has no idea who I am.
Will Deutsch I'm sure he wouldn't mind or be surprised about a random person saying hello.
You were carrying a display or monitor and I was with my family... I was just amused by my brain knowing who you were before the context of only ever having seen you on TH-cam. For a split second my brain was like - there is your friend Matt go say hi!
They've said in a previous episode of park bench that that's fine as long as you mention where you know them from. Simply walking up to them and taking like you've known them for years...not so good!
@@andymcl92 a bit late to ask, but mind linking that?
(I'll edit this with the link if I find it)
"2+2 is ehh..."
-Tom Scott
My mate found a floppy disk in a bag he was using the other day. The worrying thing is that he was born after floppy disks were obsolete. I think that bag must have had a more interesting life then me!
Good luck for the audition, James! Or as we say in France (because we don't wanna jinx it), "break a leg" ! :-)
(to be honest I believe that works in English too? I think I've heard it used at some point...)
The Cheaterman that is in fact the correct phrase in English too
and serbian
Yup, it comes from the curtain being opened each time for continued applause, operated by a leg sidestage. The idea is that the audience will be clapping for so long, they'll have to open the curtains for an extra bow so many times that you'll break the leg.
I heard a french way to say break a leg is 'merde', because horses and carriages used to wait for theatre patrons to leave. If they were clapping for a long time, the horses would be waiting for longer, and there would be more merde on the street when it's all over :)
Especially in theatre
Ashley Feawen wait, really?
Especially enjoyed the subtle "put your arm down", touch on the arm there. Well played.
James! How did the audition go?
i like the "no really dont shake it - if anything it makes it worse" in the tags
How did you see the tags?
...the robin stole my heart
very aesthetically pleasing video
This is honestly so cute
Both the picture of them just being happy friends, and how excited Matt is about his camera
"Actual Instant Photo Camera." Versus a proverbial instant photo camera?
No, versus a theoretical instant photo camera, duh.
I was a "instant photo camera" that was digital, and you could apply filters before it printed
The literal ones didn't sell well.
Sure it wasn't an imaginary instant camera?
versus an App?
Aw James. Hope he found the audition spot eventually
I would also watch a TH-cam Channel called "Vague Maths". Maybe park bench with Matt Parker?
I like that idea!
I hope james found his audition
It's been 3 years and we still don't know how james' audition went
_Good luck James!_
I hope the audition went well, James!
Good luck, James!
Matt looks so happy about his instax camera, that's sweet! :)
WE ***NEED*** to track down James and find out how the audition went (or even if he ever found them)
That speeded up end made me laugh out loud! Love your robin.
"I did some vague maths" -Matt Gray
The photos are aesthetic as hell.
One thing that helps for image quality with these types of photos is that you should avoid exposure to sun until the picture has finished developing. Makes colours more vibrant.
I could swear at the end there that Matt asked Tom "Would you like a hand job?"
I enjoy watching these two talking about stuff in general, wholesome vibes :)
Hope James got the part.
I got my teenage daughter one of those brightly coloured instax cameras for her birthday a few years ago and she really learned the value of setting up to take a good photo. Every photo she takes now looks great, it was really educational for her. She has a great eye cos she grew up often going out with her mom to take photos on walks.
i appreciate tom's tight-fisted, scared grip on the mic
I went to Alexandra Palace today because of the Park Bench episode you filmed there; I had a lovely time; thank you, Matt and Tom.
When they said 'Good luck james' all I thought to say was' for England James' :D
you can see in the timelapse as matt and tom slowly turn their heads, in several directions.
Thank you for highlighting the robin during the fast forward bit.
What really messed with me is Tom making a reference to Big Shaq, then realising the video is posted four years ago
11:30 "...Prices will f*cktuate..."
7:10 a nice, coordinated thank you
We need to get Matt into shooting 8x10's, then he won't feel like those little instant film things are all that expensive.
It won't seem bulky either. I haven't had the chance to use large format camera's, but the handful of medium format ones I've used aren't particularly small and the film isn't particularly cheap.
I hope when James found his audition, he...
hit it out of the park
I like that the ending features the jogger AND the robin :D
The image quality of this video is insane, it makes my laptop screen seem like a window.
i hope James got his Audition ;)
James has a heck of a story to tell at his audition.
Good luck, James.
I hope James had a successful audition
Good luck to James, 2+2= something - vague maths, and blurry lighty bits.....this is why i love this channel XD
love James, hope his audition went well
You explain disposable cameras, but not floppy disks. 😂
You should upload all your failed videos to a separate channel
Joseph McKenna thought this was the failed videos channel
I grew up in Rochester, New York, the home of Kodak (and the birthplace of the dearly-departed Xerox and the more-or-less O.K. Bausch and Lomb) and currently live in Cambridge, Ma. the birthplace of the dearly departed as well as mostly-O.K. Polaroid.
Weird.
Amazingly well framed considering how it was taken. Still has the novelty factor it always has but I have enough clutter without random pictures lying around too.
Matt Grey's Large Pockets.
Whoops, I'm behind!
Cute picture!
The downside of instant photo cameras is that you can easily lose the photos after you've taken them. >.>
Do we know what kind of audition James was going for?
I had a Polaroid 600 too. Still have it, still works, film is far too expensive really to ever use it again.
Someone needs to find James
I never had a Polaroid but I do remember getting disposable Kodak cameras and then having the film developed at the shop. And then using the film canisters to keep things in!
Before I went to Japan, I upgraded my phone exclusively to have a good camera, albeit second hand, and bought an Instax 300 Wide instant camera (also second hand) so I could generate little mementos as I went along. It's a nice little combo to have when traveling.
I HOPE YOU DID WELL JAMES 😭😭😭
I had a Polaroid Instamatic camera that sounds very similar to the one Tom described, also given to me for my birthday, back when digital cameras weren't a thing. I used mine more than he did, though, because I became the official photographer for family events, so I could get my parents to pay for the film. I discovered fairly early on that the shutter button is actually two buttons in one: One enables the flash, and one actually triggers the shutter. So, you *can* take a picture without the flash by just using the back half of the button.
This video lived up to my expectations.
Good luck, James
Now I want a follow up on James and his audition
good luck, james
I told ya Matt's not hot. She said "take off your jacket." I tell her Matt's not hot, never hot.
I am a bit late but, good luck James
Good luck James.
Although the slow-mo acting was pretty good haha
I got this camera recently too! It's so much fun :-) fyi there are actually two models below this one, but the middle model uses weird batteries. The biggest plus for me was that this model has a rechargeable battery.
I kinda hope James watches this video and that his audition went well
"They are artistic lighty blurs, don't get me wrong, but I'm not entirely sure which way up that photo should be."
Thanks, made my day! (PS: Good luck, James!)
I study photography at UAL, so I get to use the darkroom for free, so shooting on film is wonderful. Instant cameras are great for a while but they do soon get boring.
It's great, but all you really need to develop film is a changing bag. Now if you want to make prints that's another story.
I vaguely recall having my picture taken (or a picture) with one and waiting for the photo to develop and wondered why it needed to take time.
In about grade 9 or so someone had a camera with a slot for a floppy to go in the side of it. I always thought that was cool.
Good luck James
Hope ya aced it, James!
I want a Polaroid knock off so bad
Pictures taken instantaneously!
That's actually a really good photo
I don’t but there something about those print photos that give you nostalgia that a smartphone simply can’t. The older phones had that some but the newer one not so much.
so much money for such a low resolution... one would think they'd have reached the quality of standard photofilms by now
I have one. love the look of the old pictures :)
I was expecting the person to be like "Hi I'm James... selfie?" lmao
I watch this religiously.
Next Matt will be going with Chris Marquardt on a trip, taking along a small large format camera, a light meter and a large tripod.
Jood luck, Games