ZJ EleVids Productions (born in April 13 2004, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (formerly Tungvator 4032 / Liftfilmer4032 / ZJ Elevators & Escalators Channel ) is one of the elevator filmer that based in Penang, Malaysia. He is the second elevator filmer in Penang, Malaysia after Wen Kern Boys Elevator Channel. His channel was opened at 26 August 2018 and starting to upload videos in December 2018. In 2022, ZJ had moved to Bayan Lepas, Penang as he is continuing his further studies at a college in Penang Island.
ZJ EleVids Productions Logo.
History[]
He filmed his first elevator in 2017 at Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. At that time, "Fire Service Mode" was activated during his video, while he was visiting his grandparents at the hospital. During the period, he yet to create his YouTube channel.
He officially started his another YouTube channel on 26 August 2018 (which is ZJ EleVids Productions) and filmed his first elevator on 20 November 2018. His first upload was a Sigma elevator at Camellia Park Condominium in Butterworth, Penang. At the moment, he also owned his personal YouTube account (not elevator related channel) that opened in 2017, and 2019 after his personal channel has been hacked by someone. But due to no demand, and he loses his passionate to create his personal content, he had decided to shut down his personal channel.
In 2019, he started to expand most part of mainland (mainly shopping malls and supermarkets) that have elevators and escalators. He temporarily stopped filming elevators from June to October 2019 because his phone was confiscated by his teacher due to certain reason. At the moment, he was only able to upload his recent footage that he saved on his PC. He continues to film elevators as usual starting in October 2019 after his phone was given back to him and after his Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) examination.
He started to expand to film the elevators that located at Penang Island, Sungai Petani, Kedah and Parit Buntar, Perak in Year 2020 after Movement Control Order (MCO) has been loosen. He had requested his mum to bring him to Sungai Petani just for lifts exploration, meanwhile for Penang Island and Parit Buntar, he had to go himself with his limited own expenses, without or very less financial support from his parents. Mostly, he had travel to Penang Island using public transportation during the moment, and he mostly just went to Georgetown area only, due to limited cash on it.
His channel was renamed from "ZJ Elevators & Escalators Channel" to “ZJ EleVids Productions" on his 16th birthday, that is on 13.4.2020. He had a movement that he doesn't upload any video for a movement due to he was admitted to psychiatric unit and he can't access to all of his electronic gadgets.
His first major Interstate trip was held in April 2022, while he's going to Kuala Lumpur to explore and film lifts there, followed by June, July and December 2022. At July 2022, he stopped at Genting Highlands, Pahang for three days before heading to Kuala Lumpur. His biggest Klang Valley trip is the December 2022 trip, from 24 December 2022 till 3 January 2023 (Total 11 Days), and filmed about 500 videos at that time. He also went to Ipoh on May 2022 and March 2023. On April 2023, he also went for his Johor Bahru trip, and he had stopped by Changi Airport, Singapore on 29th April 2023 before returning to Penang from Singapore. He also went to explore Woodlands, Singapore 2 days before the trip ends after his Johor Bahru plan is finished.
In August 2022, due to further studies, he had moved from Butterworth to Bayan Lepas. He is currently studying Diploma in Hotel Management in a college in Bukit Jambul, Penang, and had scheduled his lecture classes will end on April 2024, and he will go for an internship placement for few months after his lecture classes end and fulfill internship requirements. He is planned to have a internship within Klang Valley.
During the time his studies, he had to go to several hotels in Penang for training to fulfil course requirements. He had selected to go Sunway Hotel Georgetown, Penang on October 2022 and Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang on February 2023 for different trainings. He gets the chances to film the service lifts within these hotels.
On August 2023, he had held the first international trip to Singapore for elevator filming. Although he had went Singapore for the first time on April 2023, but just he's actual plan for April 2023 is departing back to Penang from Changi Airport Singapore after came to the end of Johor Bahru's trip, so he can film the Changi Airport's Elevator.
Filming Device history[]
Former / Unused phones[]
| No. | Phone Model | Serving Period | Status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nokia 130 | 2017 | Out Of Service | Only used to film Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre Fire Service Mode in 2017. |
| 2. | OPPO A3s | Novenber 2018 - November 2019 | Out Of Service | - |
| 3. | OPPO A5s | November 2019 - June 2019 | Out of Service | - |
| 4. | Samsung Galaxy Ace | June 2019 - October 2019 | Out Of Service | Temporaily Camera in 2019 during his primary phone was consficated. But likely he doesn't release the clips filmed with this device. |
| 5. | VIVO Y15 | July 2020 - February 2021 | Out of Service | - |
| 6. | VIVO Y20S | March 2021 - August 2021 | Retired | Retired for elevator filming but currently using for operations. |
| 7. | OPPO Reno 5 5G | August 2021 - July 2022 | Unused | Phone is given to his mother after her phone is broken. |
| 8. | OPPO Reno 7 5G | May 2022 - February 2023 | Unused | Phone is given to his father as requested by him. |
| 9. | iPhone 13 Pro | 25 December 2021 - 12 November 2023 | Sold | - |
Active Device(s)[]
| Phone Model | Commerce Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone 14 Pro Max | 9 December 2022 | Phone Arrival on 6 December 2022. Substitution from iPhone 13 Pro as main device due to insufficient storage. |
List of previous trips by ZJEP for elevator filming[]
| No. | Starting Date | Ending Date | Duration (Days) | Countries / States involved | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 October 2021 | 30 October 2021 | 1 | Alor Setar, Kedah | |
| 2. | 13 April 2022 | 16 April 2022 | 4 | Klang Valley | |
| 3. | 12 May 2022 | 14 May 2022 | 3 | Ipoh, Perak | |
| 4. | 7 June 2022 | 11 June 2022 | 5 | Klang Valley | |
| 5. | 4 July 2022 | 11 July 2022 | 8 | Genting Highlands
Klang Valley |
|
| 6. | 23 October 2022 | 24 October 2022 | 2 | Alor Setar, Kedah | |
| 7. | 4 December 2022 | 5 December 2022 | 2 | Taiping, Perak | |
| 8. | 24 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 11 | Klang Valley | |
| 9. | 19 March 2022 | 22 March 2022 | 4 | Ipoh, Perak | |
| 10. | 24 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | 6 | Johor
Singapore |
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| 11. | 14 August 2023 | 19 August 2023 | 6 | Singapore | |
| 12. | 19 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 3 | Malacca
Seremban Klang Valley |
His college educational trip. He only film elevators when have sufficient time to do so. |
| 13. | 22 September 2023 | 22 September 2023 | 1 | Johor Bahru
Singapore |
Video Frequency[]
3 Videos / Day (9am, 1pm & 5pm^)
Note that the time stated above is based from GMT+8 (Kuala Lumpur Local Time). Video frequency is subject to change if any inconvenience caused and technical errors.
Elevator Enthusiasts that he met up before[]
Trivia[]
- He has been interested in elevators since 2012, after encountering an escalator incident while he is in 2011's Hong Kong trip.
- Other than Wen Kern Boys Elevator Channel, he is the second elevator filmer that based in Penang mainland.
- He is one of the most active elevator filmers in Malaysia, other than Senn Lens Transport and Pan Yuan Ting.
- He mostly uses public transport such as bus and ferry to get around between Penang Island or Penang mainland, in order to film elevators.
- He is the third elevator filmer to use OPPO as camera phone in the community after BoredShawn and Senn Lens Transport.
- He is the first Penang Elevator Filmer to found an Hyundai Elevator in Penang, Malaysia.
- He is the first to achieve 1,000 subscribers among from other Penang filmers.