(2 Apr 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Old City street
2. Shot from above of Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims carrying cross
3. Mid top shot of pilgrims carrying cross
4. Tilt up from picture of Virgin Mary to pilgrim
5. Father and son in procession
6. Man dressed up as Christ carrying cross, pan to man dressed up as Roman soldier
7. Close up on man dressed up as Jesus with woman dressed as Mary
8. Tilt up from bottom of cross to pilgrims dressed as holy family and Roman soldier
9. Tilt up from women carrying crosses to crowd of pilgrims
10. Boy carrying cross
11. Ethiopian women walking
12. People carrying crosses and candles
13. Wide of procession
14. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims walking
15. Women walking and carrying cross
16. Wide of procession, zoom out
17. Various of procession
18. Two women carrying crosses
19. End shot of procession with tilt up to Via Dolorosa sign
STORYLINE
The cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem''s Old City became moving forests of wooden crosses as Christian pilgrims and clergymen commemorated the day of Jesus'' crucifixion, Good Friday.
Black-robed nuns filed past metal barriers erected by police as dozens of tourists in matching red baseball hats
held up digital cameras.
Some pilgrims carried elaborately carved crucifixes, while others had crude crosses made of two planks held together with tape.
Good Friday rituals centre on the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christian tradition says Jesus was crucified and buried before his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
While Catholics and Orthodox Christians follow different calendars, this year their Easters coincide and the churches are commemorating Good Friday together.
Hundreds pressed through the narrow Jerusalem street called the Via Dolorosa - the "Way of Suffering," tracing Jesus'' final steps
There was a heavy presence of green-clad Israeli police deployed to keep the peace.
Around midday, an American church group performed a reenactment of Jesus'' walk to his crucifixion - including an actor who played Jesus, wearing a crown of thorns and carrying a heavy cross, who was led by other actors dressed as Roman legionnaires.
Amid the crush of Christians from all over the world, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in black tried to make his way along the crowded street by pressing against one of the walls.
Jews are currently celebrating the weeklong spring holiday of Passover, and thousands of Jewish pilgrims and tourists were also in the Old City.
In addition, Muslims were holding weekly Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque, located in a compound they call the Noble Sanctuary and Jews call the Temple Mount.
The disputed compound has been the scene of recent clashes between Muslims and Israeli police.
An Israeli police spokesman said around 2,500 policemen had spread out in and around the Old City to enable all three faiths to observe their rituals. No disturbances were reported Friday.

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