Videotaping Sporting Events (page 2)
You're Not Done Yet!
Don't forget to interview the sports heroes after the game - their impressions, recap and analysis - as well as some of the fans, the coaches, and spectators. You can add voice overs to the action and have your sports hero explain what's happening and how it felt to be there.
Don't Get Stuck
No doubt half the parents who spy you with a video camera will suddenly become the targets of angry spouses, berating them for not thinking to videotape the game themselves. They'll try and cajole you into giving them copies of the tape. Which is fine - just don't get stuck spending your whole weekend duping tapes when you could be out tossing the ball with Junior or building that gazebo in the back yard. It would be useful to consider beforehand what you should charge for tape duplication and print that up on a card. There are plenty of weekend warriors out there who have turned their hobby into a small business that keeps them in the latest and greatest hardware and editing software.
Going Pro
What to do with all your tape? Why not turn it into a paying venture? Randy Hansen recommends handing out DVDs of your work at games, or planning a pizza party after the game and showing your work there. Then let everybody know that they can get a copy - for a fee, of course.
Contributing editor Kyle Cassidy is a visual artist who writes extensively about technology.
