HI-POD covers HUGE Immigration Protest in Los Angeles

Over half a million people paralyzed downtown Los Angeles this week to protest the upcoming vote on a proposed immigration bill that would make it a felony to be an undocumented worker in the United States.

The sheer size of the crowd made it impossible for the average cameraman to shoot the scene and capture the real scope of the event. The big bulky news cameras were not successful and the news trucks with their camera masts were not able to move close enough to do justice to the event. The only tool that was able to achieve real coverage was the HI-POD.

HI-POD carrying cameraman Billy Barrera comfortably hopped off the subway and into a sea of 500,000 people. "No one got the shots I got," exclaimed Mr. Barrera. "A helicopter was the only other way to do this event justice, and how much is that to rent per the hour?". Cameraman Barrera went on to say "I was able to shoot a traffic light head on, pan over to the crowd and tilt the camera up to incrementally show and endlessly receeding sea of humanity. Amazing."

HI-POD TV Spoofs OSCARS & webcasts from Red Carpet

In a spoof on the typical red carpet coverage of the OSCARS, HI-POD is webcasting from the opposite side of the Red Carpet- the Concrete Carpet. Assisted by the stationary 25 foot HI-POD and the mobile 15 foot HI-POD, the hosts and on-lookers will actually be able to bypass the security barriers and see the celebrities and comment on styles and compare fashions. Two HI-POD fashionista hosts will be interviewing these star-struck on-lookers desperate for celebrity sightings.

Enjoy. Click on the image to view the OSCARS MOVIE.

(Movie has been created in quicktime)