Yes! That is the point. Seeing what the others choose not to record. To me it is so important to record stuff like this. And for the record, if a right wing group was walking down the street I would do the same thing - or I hope I would. Depends on if I could keep my mouth shut and just record.
I read an excellent article on Digital Journalist.org - can't find it but will post the link when I do, but the gentleman was talking about the importance of telling all stories, not just the bad, gory or sensational. He felt that it was just as important to record the Scout picnic, the car wash, the community meeting or any gathering of people. It is part of telling the complete store about a community. That is why there is such a separation between people in the country. We don't know each other any more and we are depending on corporate machines to tell us who we are. That is not healthy. So let's dish out some video vitamins. Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com ************* --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I was walking back to the office from lunch today when I was cut > off by a mass of people in a marching protest down the middle of busy > Chicago streets. > > Immediately of course I thought "cool, this would make a great vlog". > I noticed they were surrounded by an army of police to protect them so > I thought, "clearly they have all the permits required to do this"'. > Nobody was going to dramatically get carted away by the police ... and > that made me wonder: "Is this rather large showing going to get > completely ignored by the mass media just because they couldn't show > clips of somebody getting tossed in a wagon?!" > > I reached for my camera but didn't have it. So I ran back to the > office grabbed my camera and ran back out to find them again. > > I was on lunch hour and couldn't hang out to interview or anything. > But I just kept thinking "nobody is going to see this because they did > it the right way ... that doesn't seem fair." > > ... so I taped some of it. (Nobody is gonna see it now either, but at > least the could :-P ) > > I don't claim this video to be of any great importance, but I had fun > filming and releasing it knowing it would be completely ignored by the > news. :-P And so I offer it up if you're interested in seeing that > sort of thing. ( http://www.DavidMeade.com ) > > If you watch it, I apologize if I sound out of breath, but I was ... > out of breath. Had some running to do to catch up with them. I'll > not make the mistake of leaving the camera at the office again. > > (This protest was to encourage the impeachment of Bush. While I admit > to smiling alot while watching them, my urge to video and share it was > not driven by their message but by my belief that because they > followed all the rules - and thus weren't going to get in trouble - it > would be completely ignored by the mass media. I would have done the > same thing had they been on the other side of the political fence.) > > - Dave > > -- > http://www.DavidMeade.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
