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12. U.S. Supreme Court - Edward Lawson won it!
3 years ago
EDWARD LAWSON
Civil Rights Activist - ProPer Inc.
On his own he took a civil rights case to the
Supreme Court of the United States - and won.
In California cops stopped citizens without
probable cause or a reasonable suspicion
and asked for I.D.
Typically black, brown and young people.
Edward Lawson as a pedestrian
was stopped by cops and asked for I.D.
more than 15 times in an 18 month period
in San Diego County.
He kept written notes about what happened
and the cops that stopped him
and brought one combined legal action
first in California Courts and then in U.S. Federal Court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
ruled in his favor. The San Diego Sheriff's Department
then appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court
In Kolender v. Lawson (461 U.S. 352, 1983)
the United States Supreme Court ruled that a statute (in California or in any state) authorizing a police officer to arrest a citizen merely for refusing to present identification was unconstitutionally vague.
His case has been cited in 1000s of later cases.
Alas, in 2008 stop and I.D. laws in some states are back on the books.
"Security ought to be inconvenienced by Liberty"
- JOHN LONGENECKER
Video Production Info
Location: streets of Beverly Hills CA USA
Shoot
- Sony TRV900 DV 3 CCD Progressive Scan video camera
- Kenko 0.5x wide lens attachment
- Bogen monopod - fluid head - on floor rear seat
Edit
- iMovie HD 6 - 4:3 DV edit file
- into ViddyUp to make an H.264 .mp4 DV file
- back into a new iMovie HD 6 - HDV 1080i video file
- add iMovie FX letterbox black bars effect
- add HDV iMovie 6 titles
- title music made with GarageBand
- save 16:9 iMovie HDV 1080i video file
- back into ViddyUp to make an H.264 .mp4 video file
- H.264 .mp4 file uploaded to Vimeo
Why all that effort?
It turns a 4:3 DV file into a 16:9 HDV video file for Vimeo.
Vimeo handles HDV files in a certain way - HD 720p24
Next time we may shoot with a HD 24P camera
Maybe a Canon HV30
JOHN LONGENECKER
Director / Cinematographer
800 470-4602
PictureAmerica.org
ProPerInc.com
EdwardLawson.com
Civil Rights Activist - ProPer Inc.
On his own he took a civil rights case to the
Supreme Court of the United States - and won.
In California cops stopped citizens without
probable cause or a reasonable suspicion
and asked for I.D.
Typically black, brown and young people.
Edward Lawson as a pedestrian
was stopped by cops and asked for I.D.
more than 15 times in an 18 month period
in San Diego County.
He kept written notes about what happened
and the cops that stopped him
and brought one combined legal action
first in California Courts and then in U.S. Federal Court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
ruled in his favor. The San Diego Sheriff's Department
then appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court
In Kolender v. Lawson (461 U.S. 352, 1983)
the United States Supreme Court ruled that a statute (in California or in any state) authorizing a police officer to arrest a citizen merely for refusing to present identification was unconstitutionally vague.
His case has been cited in 1000s of later cases.
Alas, in 2008 stop and I.D. laws in some states are back on the books.
"Security ought to be inconvenienced by Liberty"
- JOHN LONGENECKER
Video Production Info
Location: streets of Beverly Hills CA USA
Shoot
- Sony TRV900 DV 3 CCD Progressive Scan video camera
- Kenko 0.5x wide lens attachment
- Bogen monopod - fluid head - on floor rear seat
Edit
- iMovie HD 6 - 4:3 DV edit file
- into ViddyUp to make an H.264 .mp4 DV file
- back into a new iMovie HD 6 - HDV 1080i video file
- add iMovie FX letterbox black bars effect
- add HDV iMovie 6 titles
- title music made with GarageBand
- save 16:9 iMovie HDV 1080i video file
- back into ViddyUp to make an H.264 .mp4 video file
- H.264 .mp4 file uploaded to Vimeo
Why all that effort?
It turns a 4:3 DV file into a 16:9 HDV video file for Vimeo.
Vimeo handles HDV files in a certain way - HD 720p24
Next time we may shoot with a HD 24P camera
Maybe a Canon HV30
JOHN LONGENECKER
Director / Cinematographer
800 470-4602
PictureAmerica.org
ProPerInc.com
EdwardLawson.com
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Technical questions:
-What equipment was used for the audio, e.g. mic, recorder, etc
-What lighting equipment was used?
Thanks
I shot this with a SONY TRV 900.
I used a monopod - ball socket - fluid head.
I set up the monopod in the back seat touching
the floor of the car. That allowed for camera moves in and back - but kept the camera pretty steady. The ball socket allowed for quick tilted composition. I attached a SONY ECM-MS908C mic. That is a useful camcorder mic.
The SONY TRV 900 is a fine 3-CCD DV camera - but now I enjoy shooting with a SONY HC1 HDV one chip camera.
LIGHTING
You can see the 2 dome lights next to the rear view mirror in the shot - perfect spot - side light - not flat. Much better for shooting than a dome light in the middle of the car.
Aspect Ratio
I framed the shot with too much head room so later in editing I made the frame a bit letterboxed cutting off the top of the frame. For editing I used iMove HD 6 and turned it into H.264 with ViddyUp. ViddyUp is useful and costs under $10.
Later I sent the original iMovie DV file into an iMovie HD 6 1080i video file - ran that through ViddyUp for H.264 - because Vimeo can now handle HDV files.
I drove around past business store fronts and street lights to get some more light in the frame - and I thought seeing moving stuff through the front windshield would offer some interesting shots.
JOHN LONGENECKER
800 470-4602
edwardlawson.com
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