Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Obama-rama 2008 Election Party
Here's some roughly-edited footage of our election party on Tuesday night.


21 Comments
dennydeaton
Awesome video Dave! I felt like I was there. If there is any pizza leftover please email it to me. I don't have anything to eat for lunch today.
Denny Deaton   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Amber
great video!!!! I love seeing everyone's faces at that moment when he won! Also...snazzy commenting on humzoo...I never thought about it or realized how people can just so easily comment from their iphones!! (and now i sound like i live in a treehouse)
Amber   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
gotshoo
"Oh David"

k8day - That's some fast txt'g

You guys should have seen the Mrs. Shoo Obama dance.
shoo   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
k8day
Great video Dave! We had a great time last night, thanks so much.

They were commenting on my texting last night, so Dave had to get footage. My computer broke last night, so I had to blog from my phone half the time!

I missed the dance. Is there anyway to see it again?
K8Day   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
BrianHamrick
looks like ACORN got a hold of Ethan!!!!

j/k

I should be clear- I am not suspicious there was much voter fraud last night.
Brian   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
gotshoo
I'll open a bottle of wine tonight and see if I can get her to do it again.
shoo   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
BrianHamrick
Andrew, I owe you a hug, man.
Brian   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
spike
Wish we could have been there! You caught the spirit in this film...keep this one for the kids.
Spike   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
betsyradish
Oh Daviiid.
How many times did Ethan VOTE? No fair!
Betsy   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
ppike
Wow, thanks, Dave! I just relived the experience we had here last night and also felt connected with you guys.

Loved your close-ups. Poignant.
pegi   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
carriepassante
I think it's scary how much my husband, Joe, looks like JDI. Whoa.

Second, I really wish I was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carrie   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Russ
Something from the archives (it looks like the official Heinzel Obama blog is gone).....
http://www.daveheinzel.com/blog/?id=380

Seems like yesterday.
Russ   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
You can give me that hug Brian... Yes you can.
EyePulp   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
RAGrise
Tears....
Richie & Ashley   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
lgrant
Very nice, Dave. I don't think I've ever seen so many laptops in one room in my life--other than a meeting at work. :) Everyone looks a little tired but happy. Great job to you all for making it a big night here and in Springfield! :)
LGrant   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
reera
I was thinking the same thing about the laptops. This is a very special video because I think it really shows a cross section of middle America-and yes Pegi, it is very poignant and moving.
dannie   Wednesday, November 5, 2008
cdcgull
Great video and great celebration, Dave!!!
I loved seeing pictures of MY SISTER and it looked like you guys had some really great snacks!!!
You do know how to party!!!!
cdcgull   Thursday, November 6, 2008
franklins
Wow! Great job Dave. Gives me goosebumps.
franklins   Friday, November 7, 2008
Hey Dave,

How did you do that opening pan? SteadyCam?
-rich
Rich   Wednesday, November 12, 2008
daveheinzel
That opening shot was processed by a Final Cut plugin called SmoothCam. It will basically try to find the intended motion path of your footage, and it will scale, rotate and reposition each frame to fit around that ideal path. This does crop down on the footage to some level, so you have to start with a wide angle and really hold it as smooth as possible. Oh and the filter takes a year and a day to process. But it does a pretty good job overall.
Dave Heinzel   Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Thanks for the tip!
-rich
Rich   Thursday, November 13, 2008
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