G20: Day 1

[sabotabby]

Watch my hastily-edited video of the march! It's almost like being there:

Never have I seen so many cops in Toronto. They locked their bikes together to form barricades and fence us in.


I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!


HELLS YES A VUVUZELA!


Self-explanatory.

P.S. I was interviewed by CBC and they put it on the air. Apparently I was great. But of course I was at the protest, so I didn't hear it, and thus missed my 15 minutes of fame. Fuckersnaps.

Comments

[esizzle.livejournal.com]

i love the lal sound u used!

[sabotabby]

The second shot, in Tent City, is actually LAL performing live. (Or Rose, anyway.) I'm glad the sound came out so well.

[bitter-crimson.livejournal.com]

That video is excellent. ESPECIALLY FOR HASTILY-EDITED!

[sabotabby]

At 11 at night after marching all day.

[kellista.livejournal.com]

lol #1: minute 3:16 - "what are you looking at? this is my riot helmet, there are many like it, but this one is mine. pfft."

lol #2: the umbrella moment. what if it rains indeed! posterity thanks you.

[sabotabby]

The umbrella thing was too funny. I don't know how Jaggi always manages to find himself smack in the middle of the most absurd shit (see also: teddy bear cannon) but at least he has a good sense of humour about the whole thing. And a megaphone.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Police in shorts with bikes and riot helmets...only in Toronto!

[sabotabby]

It makes them a might less intimidating. But they know it, so they're actually more dangerous.

[smhwpf.livejournal.com]

Cool video!

[sabotabby]

Thanks!

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Ha ha - bike fences! Bet they felt like right prats.

You are so amazing! I want to go on big protests against evil, but am scared of police attacking people like on the last G20 here. I suppose having to hold their bikes tight like that makes them better behaved, at least.

[sabotabby]

They cornered people in an alley and attacked. But it could have been worse. I've seen worse.

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Brilliant video!
It all looks so fun and friendly - is there worse yet to come?
I wish I could feel it makes a difference, sigh.
It makes a difference to me personally, though - I feel ALIVE again when I watch it and see all those people gathering to protest and actually caring about the world!

[sabotabby]

Today's the big day.

Being there was inspiring.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Cool video!

[sabotabby]

You see why I need your help editing the documentary, though. :)

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, at one point I was thinking, "I would have done a cross-fade here" ;)

I'll need to know which version of FCP you have to help you enable it...

[sabotabby]

I was doing it on a pirated version of Premiere and it kept crashing. I'd have done a cross-fade there too.

I have Final Cut Pro 5.1.4. Weirdest thing is I acquired it quasi-legitimately and I did have a serial number at one point.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

You got mail.

[trias-cube.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pics and the video! And the video was good.

[sabotabby]

Thanks!

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

When "the police stop the march from moving" that's when you need to call on the mighty powers of Techno Viking!

(I like that Lal - never heard of her (them?) before)

[sabotabby]

They are an utterly fantastic local band. The measure of how great they are is that I do not own any band t-shirts, except theirs, because a) it's a cool shirt, and b) I always hope that people will ask me about them so that I can introduce others to their music. You can listen to them here.