How To Video Shoot A Game

Whether it's your parents or your friend who are video shooting your game, they need to follow a few basic guidelines in order to make the video easier for evaluation and watching:

• We advise you use a tripod, if you don't have one try to support your arm so it will be as steady as possible.

• Try to show at least 1/3 of the court, not too close and not too wide.

• Don't follow the ball or one player – if you move your camera every time there is a pass or a shot, the film will be in constant motion and will be hard to watch.

• When the team is playing on half court try to show all 10 players, although we want to see you, we also need to see how you interact with other players and what they are doing.

• Where to sit? Again not too high on the bleachers since it will be hard to see the players move and crossover and at the same time don't sit too low, then you won't be able to see the players that move away from you. Try to sit in "half-height".

• Every Time-Out show the time clock and the score, it will help to get oriented on the game.

 

Which camera to use?

The best will be a camera with a hard disk. If you don't have one, you'll need to save the movie to your computer using A FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB Port on your PC, please read your camera user manual for more details.