(4 Aug 2009) SHOTLIST
4 August, 2009
1. Pan right of Manila Cathedral
2. Wide of people queuing at entrance
3. Mid of people in queue behind fence
4. Tilt down of interior of Cathedral
5. Mid of people viewing the remains of former President Corazon Aquino, known as "Cory"
6. Mid of Cory followers walking inside Cathedral
4 August, 2009
7. People being directed by security
4 August, 2009
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mrs. Fanny Lu, Corazon Aquino supporter:
"Because of the people who went yesterday, they have to line up all the streets and they all seem to be affected by the death of Cory and we hope her spirit will continue."
9. Mid of people walking out of church
10. Mid of flowers around streamer reading: (English) "Aquino Family, Condolences"
4 August, 2009
11. Wide of Manila Cathedral exterior
12. Various of political analyst Nelson Navarro reading newspaper
13. Close of newspaper headline: (English) "Cory magic is back"
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nelson Navarro, political analyst:
"Because Cory is the kind of person who - like her husband - could be more powerful in death than she was in life because the power comes from the moral example, from the sense of sacrifice. She represents what is best in our character as a people and that is the thing that you cannot take away from her."
3 August, 2009
15. Wide of crowd chanting "Cory, Cory" pan right to truck carrying the coffin of President Aquino
16. Crowd chanting "Cory,Cory" their hands flashing Aquino's trademark "L" sign for "laban," or "fight" in Filipino
17. Wide of people at window throwing confetti
18. Casket in front of monument commemorating her assassinated husband Benigno Aquino
STORYLINE
Crowds of Filipinos paid their last respects to their former President Corazon Aquino, whose body lay in state at Manila Cathedral on Tuesday.
Aquino, who captured the hearts of Filipinos by ousting a brutal dictator and keeping democracy alive in the Philippines, died on Saturday after a yearlong battle with colon cancer.
The flag-draped coffin carrying her body was paraded atop a flatbed truck Monday along the streets where the hundreds of thousands of protesters she inspired had faced down army tanks 23 years ago and toppled Ferdinand Marcos.
Tens of thousands of mourners left their offices, schools and homes and converged on streets and overpasses, clutching yellow balloons, waving yellow ribbons and showering yellow confetti from high-rises on to Aquino's casket.
Yellow was her signature colour and the symbol of the non-violent mass movement that ushered in an era of democracy in the Philippines after 20 years of authoritarian rule.
Manila's notorious traffic came to a standstill as the cortege inched on its five-hour procession through the city, including Ayala Avenue, where Aquino led many pro-democracy marches.
Crowd were flashing Aquino's trademark "L" sign for "laban," or "fight" in Filipino, the key slogan of the anti-Marcos campaign.
Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, a stalwart US ally, finally fell after claiming victory over Aquino in a 1986 election widely seen as fraudulent.
A group of military officers rebelled against him, triggering the three days of protests by hundreds of thousands that finally toppled Marcos.
After she took office in 1986 following Marcos' ouster, Aquino struggled to meet high public expectations.
Her land redistribution programme fell short of ending economic domination by the landed elite. Her leadership, especially in social and economic reform, was often indecisive, leaving many of her closest allies disillusioned by the end of her term.
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