Toreador66
11-man fan
Hello, we are a new program. We’re looking to purchase a video camera for game filming. We will put the film on HUDL primarily. Looking to spend about $500 for the complete package. Any help will be appreciated
Need game filming camera advice
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CoachSanders@ACS
Six-man pro
Get you an iPad. They work great!
Coachporter
Six-man fan
We use a Sony Cx440. I bought it second-hand a few years ago for around $150 and it works great.
C. LaTransviejo
Six-man fan
When you use an iPad, how do you retain the game recording for your records? Can you transfer it to an SD card?
CoachSanders@ACS
Six-man pro
Download the Hudl app to the iPad and record the game through the app. You can also use the SD card as well. It transfers relatively easy, as long as you have decent wifi.
NTXSpartans
Six-man fan
More than the importance of your equipment, make sure you have someone qualified and interested in recording your games. You can spend $500 on a great video camera but if your person filming your game gives you a $2 effort you will end up with $2 worth of good film.
C. LaTransviejo
Six-man fan
How do you recommend finding someone “qualified and interested” in recording the games? Is it a gung-ho parent, or the two non-athletes playing “grab butt” over behind the band, or some new naive school employee? Or how do you go about finding the right person for the job? And how much do you have to pay them?
CoachSanders@ACS
Six-man pro
For us, we found the student aspiring to have a future in the technology field. He gets treated like royalty by us. He gets a title, he gets to be a part of the team dinners, travels with us, gets the swag, gets a football letter, etc. There is always a person in the hallways that wants to be a part of it, but may have to serve in another role besides player.
sberry2023
Six-man fan
We pay a non-coaching staff a member a stipend.
Other places I have been we have used parent volunteers, jh coaches (big school), stipend (like we do now) and student aides.
I prefer to have a calm adult doing the filming, but have had some really good HS age camera workers as well.
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sberry2023
Six-man fan
Spend a lion's share of that budget on a good tripod. Makes ALL the difference in the quality of the film. You can get the Sony mentioned above new for about $230 from Amazon, you can get "renewed" and off brands for about half that....the rest needs to be tripod.
Tripod with a remote control for the camera you choose. Something like the one pictured from Amazon for $90.
Somewhat cheaper than I anticipated.
