PeaceTakesCourage Video: 2008 Democratic National Convention

[Ava]

Watch the Video: YouTube | QuickTime(High Quality)

A few short clips from the footage I shot at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Here's a short summary of each day:

Day 1 - I sat on an airplane parked on the runway for an hour, so my flight was late getting in. I managed to make it into the convention during Senator Kennedy's speech and was able to catch most of the major speeches on night one.

Day 2 - I got onto the floor for the day, and went to the "Sweet Home AlObama" state party convention headquarters for a watch party during Senator Clinton's speech.

Day 3 - That morning Former President Jimmy Carter spoke to the Alabama and Georgia delegations. The rest of the day I got to see a little bit of Denver. I spent most of the day checking out some of the political activities going on in downtown Denver, and there were a lot of them! The 16th Street mall was filled with convention goers, protesters, and lots of political swag. After checking all that out, I headed back to "Sweet Home AlObama" for the night's speeches.

Day 4 - It took three hours of standing in line to get into Invesco Field. During that time I ran into the "God Hates Fags" folks, who were singing "God Hates America" instead of "God Bless America." Absolutely disgusting people. I did run into some nice protesters though. There were some young guys there protesting for "World Can't Wait." Though I disagree with them on supporting third party candidates, they were very polite to the people passing and certainly weren't disruptive at all.

I can't really describe how amazing it was to be there in Invesco Field. The energy in the audience is completely undescribable. It was the most inspiring thing I've ever witnessed. An absolutely amazing end to an amazing and inspiring week.

If you aren't registered to vote, make sure to register ASAP. And let me just stress to my fellow young people how important it is for us to get out there and vote on November 4th. Voting isn't just a right, it is an obligation. We cannot afford to let this country have 4 more years of the last 8 years. We MUST bring about the change that our country desperately needs. We MUST elect Barack Obama. We can do it, but you have to get out to the voting booth on election day. VOTE!

Music:
"Ghostwriter" by RJD2 - http://www.myspace.com/rjd2
"You Fly Me" and "Rock the Whole Planet" by Fingathing - http://www.myspace.com/fingathing
"Music For A Found Harmonium" by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - http://www.penguincafe.com/
"They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_XIV

[Duppers]

1. W00T !!

GREAT JOB, AVA!

I've downloaded it and am passing along the link.

Footage of the convention still makes me tingle. It has a surreal quality and YOU were there!!!

:yourock:

:kick:


:hug:

[Ava]

3. thanks Duppers

the last day i couldn't take my HD cam with me, which is why the quality on that video isn't as good as the quality of the other days. i love my HD cam though.. it's my baby! lol ;) :P


:hug: it was an amazing experience

[Hissyspit]

2. K&R!

Great memories, great job!

You got some great shots and different perspectives, but you know... if we had been at the RNC, Ava, we could have gotten much better positions in the hall during the big speeches, because the hall at the Republican convention was NOT jam-packed like it was at the DNC.

[Ava]

4. thanks Hissyspit!

the DNC was jam-packed, which made it even more fun! The RNC looked like a dental convention on tv.. very boring.

[Hissyspit]

5. A dental convention

filled with bigots.

[Ava]

6. exactly

:P

[intheflow]

7. That was just beautiful, Ava!

I had no idea you were shooting such extraordinary footage with that little camcorder when I saw it at the meet-up. Great footage with some mighty fine editing. You really captured the energy and events I experienced in Denver that week. Top job! :patriot:

And the music was perfect. I especially liked the "Coming to Take Me Away" over the Phelps' images! :rofl:





Hey, and I also got a shot of that Working America girl mugging for my camera! :)

[Ava]

8. thanks! i love my camera

it is small enough that it doesn't get in the way and isn't too heavy, but it's HD and turns out some great quality footage!

i think with that flag she probably wasn't missed by anyone with a camera! lol

thanks :pals:

[Ava]

9. bump for the sunday crowd

:hi:

[intheflow]

10. Kicking b/c I can't believe people saw this and then wouldn't comment.

But perhaps it;s just the nature of the DU that everyone is too bailout obsessed to fully absorb and comment on everything worth seeing on DU.

[Ava]

11. thanks intheflow

:pals: