One Day On Earth - 11/11/11

A little while back now I saw a video online for an event that happened last year called 'One Day On Earth' which was a collaborative filming event, filmed in every country in the world simultaneously on 10/10/10. It is then edited together to create a feature film.

My Video


I was excited when I saw it happening again this year because it's the type of thing I like to get involved with. I thought for a couple of months about the things I could film, coming up with some really random ideas which I thought would be good... but then I was busy and one thing led to another, it was 9/10/11 before I knew it and I didn't have enough time to get things planned that I wanted to do.

So I woke up this morning and finally made my mind up what I was going to film. It is Armistice or Remembrance day today; for anyone who doesn't know what this is.... Commonwealth countries have observed this day since the signing of the armistice with Germany at the end of World War I at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. People wear poppies to symbolise the blood which has been lost, and also as a link with the poppies which flourished in the battlefields at Flanders and elsewhere. People lay wreaths at places of memorial and veterans & the public attend summaries as well as observing a 2 minutes silence at 11am. With shops, pubs, streets all coming to a halt. The main bulk of the parades and religious services are held on the Sunday immediately afterwards.

So out I went, struggling to park the car and then almost missing the 2 minutes silence, just arriving in time for the Last Post which plays before the silence. I filmed this using the new iPhone 4s and edited using free software VideoPad which was incredibly easy to use.

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