(16 Dec 2008)
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Mid of church lit up with lights
2. Close-up of nativity scene
3. Wide of worshippers outside church
4. Mid of worshippers
5. Close-up of wooden cross
6. Tilt down of church exterior during mass
7. Mid of priest at altar
8. Mid of women attending mass
9. Mid of priest carrying out ceremony
10. Wide of people during mass
11. Mid of mother and child attending mass
12. Mid of altar, pushes in to cross
13. Mid of altar then reverse focus to priest conducting ceremony
14. Mid of worshippers during mass
15. Wide of worshippers
16. Mid of worshippers receiving communion
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Monsignor Albert Venus, Parish priest:
"This is penitential in a way, because you have to wake up early in the morning and the penance, the sacrificial aspect of this mass is meaningful because it help us focus on the main spirit of Christmas."
18. Wide of Christmas decoration outside the church, tilts down to worshippers
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Catholic Filipinos rose early on Tuesday for the first in a series of dawn masses held for nine days until Christmas Day.
It was still dark as one outdoor ceremony in Manila, known locally as Simbang Gabi meaning dawn masses, took place.
The square in front of the church was decorated with star lights for the mass and next to the altar was a nativity scene.
The local priest, Monsignor Albert Venus, said the meaning behind it was penitential as the worshippers had to get up early.
He also said that it helped focus the mind on the main spirit of Christmas.
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