Archive for October 8th, 2008
Last night after a very long day of work I decided to head down the street to Belmont University to see what was taking place outside of the ‘Debate.’ Driving past the front of Belmont I saw a plethora of people with signs chanting and screaming their lungs out. Ever so suddenly the sprinkling turned into heavy falling rain and seemed to swiftly decimate the crowds.
I parked on a side street near the Curb Event Center took out my camera and trudged thru the rain to see how close I could get. People came and went; some were inside the debate hall while others just came to see what all of the fuss was about. I was able to interview quite a few people to hear just what they had to say.
Unfortunately, those with the most boisterous opinions did not want to be heard on film. They spoke at will while the camera was turned off but did not want to be seen giving their weighted opinions.
In this piece you will see the interviews I shot in the order that they either approached me or were approached. I interviewed at random and tried to gather anyone who wanted their voice to be heard. I did not place one interviewee in front of the other or edit what anyone had to say. These are raw opinions voiced by those on tape and only edited slightly for the sake of cleaning up the shots.
[All footage was taken by me outside of Belmont University and the opinions expressed herein are those of the people on camera and are not mine. I did not pull out the Gorilla mask for fear of being sniped or gang-tackled by the secret service.]
