Video Basics A practical guide to videography for Football Coaches By Kenny Mead

Who is Kenny Mead  Football Coach  Meadia Solutions LLC  DWS  Fenton Youth Football’s Coaches Training  Business Analyst  Software Developer

Overview  Importance of Video  Equipment  Video Acquisition  Editing  Distribution

Importance of Video  Scouting Report  Player Evaluation  Teaching Tool

Equipment  Camcorder  Extra Batteries  Tripod  Mac  or PC for those who don’t know any better  Capture Hardware

Selecting A Camcorder  MiniDV, Digital 8, or Non-Linear  Digital 8 - Only Sony  MiniDV - Supported by most major manufacturers  HD & Memory Card  Added compression  Have to manually archive  CD  Editing Limitations

Features  CCD’s (Charge Coupled Device) - More is better!  Lines of Resolution  FireWire (IEEE1394)  Optical Zoom  Image Stabilization  Lens  Minimum Illumination (Lux) & Manual Exposure

Inexpensive Cameras Canon ZR500 $ Sony DCR-HC26 $349.99

Mid-Range Cameras Panasonic PV-GS150 3CCD $ JVC GZ-MG30US 30Gig HD $799.99

High-End Cameras Sony DCR-VX2100 $2, Canon XL-2 $4,999.00

High Definition Cameras Sony HDR-FX1 $3, JVC GY-HD100 $4,349.00

Batteries ALWAYS have back-up batteries!!!

Computer iMac iMovie iDVD $

Tripod Invest in a good tripod

Video Acquisition  Train your video person  Location  Shots  Field of View  DON’T ASSUME ANYTHING

Poor Training

Poor Location

Editing & Distribution iMovie & iDVD demo

Review  Importance of Video  Equipment  Video Acquisition  Editing  Distribution

Q & A

Contact Information Kenny Mead