All Souls Parade

Wednesday, 09 November 2011 22:21

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The 22nd annual All Souls Procession was scheduled to begin at 6 P.M. at the corner of University Boulevard and 4th Avenue, but people began gathering at the site more than an hour ahead of time. The route ran approximately 2 miles and ended at Mercado San Agustin. Every segment of Tucson's population was represented - adults, children, students, and organizations all participated in the event. More than 20,000 people come out to take part in this tradition that has its origins in the Day of the Dead.

For Border Beat, I decided to try my hand at videography. Initially, Kelsey Jensen, a fellow Border Beater and photographer, and I set ourselves up on the median at the bridge on 4th Avenue in order to capture the procession as it came through the tunnel. We had an amazing shot all lined up - a clear view of both tunnels and the many onlookers on both sides of the street.

However, all bets were off once the procession made its way through. People rushed to the medians, stepping in front of our cameras and blocking our shots in order to get their own pictures and participate in the parade. So, we decided to "do as the Romans do" and jumped in the street a few times ourselves to take shots. Eventually, since my tripod was not nearly tall enough to peer over the spectating crowd, I spent the majority of the time holding the tripod up, over my head so that I could get unobstructed footage. Unfortunately, that meant tired arms by the end of the parade.

The video below was produced in both Final Cut and iMovie. Since the procession took more than an hour to shoot from the lead police car until the last car, I decided to speed up the video and have it play in fastforward. Once it was in fastforward, all the painted faces in the procession took on the appearance of a zombie apocalyse taking over the city. That is when I decided to play around in iMovie to see what other effects I could add to the video. In iMovie, I was able to give the footage an aged appearance and also muffled the sound since fastfoward made the people in the procession sound like chipmunks.

If you missed the procession on Sunday or want to experience it again, but do not have an hour to sit through it, here is Tucson's All Souls Procession in 9 minutes:

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