The black Chevrolet was very slow. While driving it in another lane near the accident, Murphy kept looking there. The crashed car was already on fire, and the blazing flames burst out from the front hood, illuminating the surrounding area. The firefighters ignored the possible explosion hazard. Several people were busy putting out the fire while others were rescuing the wounded who were stuck in the car.
All of this reminded Murphy of the images he had seen in the TV news, and also of another video stored by original Murphy in the notebook. He unconsciously retracted his eyes and turned to the portable video camera placed in the passenger seat.
There was a voice in his mind telling him that this is a very valuable news picture and should be shot immediately.
The car drove past the accident site, Murphy stepped on the brakes, stopped on the side road, grabbed the portable camera, got out of the car with the fastest movement, and then ran to the accident site while skillfully turning on the portable camera.
As if all this has been exercised countless times.
The two patrol officers on the periphery pulled up the yellow warning belt and established a simple warning zone to prevent people from entering. In the warning zone, the fire is also slightly under control. Several firefighters are dismantling the deformed car door so that the driver inside could be rescued.
At the moment Murphy saw the car accident and decided to shoot it, several cars were parked nearby. Obviously, watching the bustle.
Someone came over, seeming to want to watch the accident from a close distance, and two patrolmen hurried there to maintain order.
This gave Murphy a chance.
When he ran over, he had already turned on the camcorder to shoot. As a student of a film school with formal education and the memories of his predecessor, Murphy still has the ability in this area, but night light was affecting the overall quality of the footage.
At the moment when the two patrol officers were attracted by other onlookers, Murphy did not hesitate to bend over and drilled under the cordon (line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to or from an area or building.), then took a few strides, and hid to the side of a fire truck, looking for a suitable angle. , With the help of the fire truck, the scene near the car was recorded into the lens.
The memory left by his predecessor told Murphy that there are many people in Los Angeles who are engaged in similar jobs. Every time there is an emergency, these guys are like sharks smelling blood, and they will soon swarm at the scene.
Therefore, he must hurry up to take pictures that other people can't get.
The fire became smaller and smaller, and the shots began to become blurry. Murphy turned to look at the ten o'clock direction on his left hand. The two patrolmen were still maintaining order, and the rest of the firefighters were focused on rescuing the trapped driver. No one noticed Muprhy's side.
It was at this time that the deformed car door was finally pried open by the firefighter, and a long-haired woman was picked up from the car.
Even without professional training, Murphy knew that this was the most valuable picture. Without even thinking about it, he turned on the front light of the camcorder and rushed to the vicinity of the wounded, who had been placed on the stretcher at the fastest speed. In the gap exposed by a firefighter and medical staff, the front view of the wounded was accurately captured.
The woman lay on the stretcher and groaned feebly. Many of her long golden hair was dyed red with blood. The left half of her face seemed to be one full of wounds that looked quite terrifying.
"Blood pressure 95-65, slow heartbeat..."
There was medical staff doing necessary examinations, "Pupillary dilation..."
Despite a feeling of nausea, Murphy's hands were quite steady, and he immediately switched to a larger close-up, recording this scene comparable to an American plasma film accurately.
However, Murphy's shooting lasted less than ten seconds.
It was difficult for a large living person to go to such a place and the lights on the camcorder did not attract people's attention.
"Hey, Who are you?"
A rough voice sounded, and then the camera lens was blocked by a man in a firefighter uniform, "What are you doing?"
"Please move out of the cordon immediately!"
A patrolman who was maintaining order also walked over quickly. He was not as polite as those firefighters and medical staff. He pointed to Murphy and said sternly, "Hey You! Get out of here!"
As someone who has been in prison, Murphy knew that the police in the United States was definitely not as good as the media advertising, so he quickly turned off the light on the camcorder, raised a hand, and stepped back and said, "Okay. Okay, I'll go right away."
It seemed that Murphy wasn't retreating fast enough, so the patrolman followed and pushed him hard, "Back a hundred feet!"
He used a lot of strength this time, and Murphy was backing up again, tripped by the shards of the car crashed behind him, and almost fell to the ground.
Although a little annoyed in his heart, Murphy knew that he could not entangle with the police.
Murphy steadied his body, accelerated his speed, and retreated, the policeman on the opposite side with his arms folded grinned at Murphy.
After another glance at the policeman, Murphy turned around, bent over and got out of the cordon, separated the onlookers who had been watching in a circle, and walked towards where he had parked his car.
Back in the car, he took two deep breaths. Murphy started the car and left the accident site. Not long after driving out, he found a parking lot on the side of the road and drove directly in it. After parking the car, He took out the portable video camera to inspect the images he had taken earlier.
From the very beginning of the filming to being kicked out from behind, Murphy took nearly three minutes of video, including not only the car on fire and the firefighter rescue but also the close-up of the wounded, which had a considerable visual impact.
Shooting at this level was relatively easy for Murphy, who had a certain professional foundation.
Now that the video was shot, the portable camera could not be sold anymore. Murphy left the parking lot, turned at a corner, and drove on the way home.
This video has value if it is sold. To sell this video, Murphy needs the contact information of the relevant TV station personnel left behind by his predecessor. They are all on the laptop at home.
And this video also needs some preliminary editing.
As he rushed home as fast as he could, Murphy went straight into the studio ignoring his hunger, and turned on the laptop. There was editing software on it. Although his predecessor was stupid, he used it for work. The equipment was not bad. The camcorder did not use old cassettes, but the latest digital storage technology.
He Removed the bulky storage disk from the camcorder and connected it to the computer through a data cable. Murphy used editing software to cut the video shot, cut all the useless things, and mainly kept the part after entering the cordon, The shots were restored on the storage disk, and then he opened a folder on the notebook, found the contact information of some TV station related personnel, and made several calls.
Perhaps these contacts were too old, or perhaps due to his bad luck, most of Murphy's calls were unanswered, and some of those who did were not very interested.
Murphy started feeling hopeless.
He grabbed his short brown hair and dialed another number. After the bell rang several times, a voice came from the other side, "Hello, this is Fox Los Angeles Regional Channel Six."
"Hello." Murphy said as simply as possible, "I am a freelance journalist, and I have a video that I just shot..."
The person opposite seemed to be very busy, and said at a very fast speed, "Well, you bring the video over, do you know our address? You know? good then Come here as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Murphy took the storage disk and drove directly to Burbank, where the Fox Los Angeles Regional Channel 6 is located. Due to his time being spent on the road, it was already late at night when he arrived.
The place where Fox Los Angeles Local Channel 6 is located was a white building with a tall TV signal tower next to it. Murphy got off the car and entered the floor, explained his intentions to the security personnel at the door, and followed the directions indicated by the other party. The press department was located on the third floor.
The entire third floor was a huge news hall. Even if it was late at night, people were still very busy. Murphy walked in a little dazed. Seeing someone coming from the opposite side, he quickly asked politely, "Excuse me, I have a video of the car accident that I just shot."
The man didn't lift his head, and moved his finger to the corridor on the left, "The first door on the left after entering."
Following the path the person pointed, Murphy found an office. Through the glass door, he could see several people sitting in front of the screen, seemingly discussing something.
Murphy knocked on the glass door lightly, saw the people inside look over, opened a crack in the door, and said, "I have a video of a car accident for sale."
"Freelance reporter?"
A woman with long golden brown hair turned her head and looked here, "Who recorded the video?"
Murphy was shocked and walked in, "I did it myself."
He could see that this woman should be the head of several people, and added, "It was a video of a car accident that happened near Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard this evening. A woman crashed her car, half of her face was ruined, and blood was everywhere. If she can survive that,I would be very surprised, it was that bad."
These words obviously aroused the interest of the brown-haired woman, she nodded and said, "Well, let me see it then."
Murphy took out the storage disk, took the first two steps, and handed it to the blonde woman. A staff member next to him connected the storage disk to the screen according to the blonde woman's instructions. After a second,the carefully edited video played out.
"Oh, God!"
When the close-up of the injured woman was played, the gruesome scene made the staff member exclaim unconsciously.
Standing on their side, Murphy had been observing the blonde woman's expression, which was different from the staff's surprise. Seeing the gruesome video, the blonde woman's blue eyes clearly revealed excitement and interest.
"This can be the headline of the morning news!"
She seemed to have completely forgotten Murphy who was standing at the back.