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HOW WE FILM, EDIT & PRODUCE YOUTH LEAGUE CUP FINALS & OTHER MATCHES |
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We currently use a Canon XA11 camera filming in 1080p high definition with a 28Mbps bit-ra All Youth League Cup Finals are filmed by starting the recording from the players entering the pitch for the pre-match respect handshakes, then the Captains shaking hands with the Referee. We may film the odd cutaway shot of the crowd and other things happening in the stadium just before or after the teams enter the pitch, but in general we just film the whole match and nothing else (apart from post-match trophy presentations). If the filming of post-match interviews are required, the club who have booked us to film the match MUST provide the interviewer. We do not film pre-match coach journeys, warm-ups, team-talks or Half-Time entertainment, mainly because we need a rest and they are things that can be filmed easily by anybody. Our expertise is in filming the fast-moving action of a match, which is something that volunteers often find difficult. However, we do have professional commentary as an option on our Price List should teams wish to pay for it. We film all matches as a complete neutral and show no favouritism towards any one side...such as refusing to zoom in on a goalscorer because they are playing for a team who have not initially booked us to film the match. This therefore encourages teams to share the costs in order to obtain access to the footage after the match depending on the result. |
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During each Season up until the end of April and even into early May, we are generally unavailable to film Sunday MORNING matches as Laurence H In general, we will not film matches any further away than 100 miles (or a two-hour drive) from our base in Edmonton, North London. The area we cover is basically the whole of the South-East of England, most of East Anglia, and the ‘Home Counties’ surrounding the M25 only. Please also note that we are no longer using freelance camera operators to cover matches for us, and any double-bookings we get where a match cannot be covered by Laurence Hughes will be passed on to other video companies for them to indicate their availability. These will be companies that we have carried out freelance work for and who we can therefore recommend. |
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Once we have all the above information, we will then confirm the availability of a cameraman and send you a Confirmation of Booking letter by e-mail which will give you all the necessary details as to how and when to pay. |
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TO BOOK US FOR FILMING YOUR CUP FINAL (or other match), PLEASE CONTACT US WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION |
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If you are booking us to film your Youth Team's Cup Final or any other match for players under the age of 18, you MUST obtain permission from the parents of all participating players from BOTH teams (in addition to that of the Competition/Cup Final organisers). This is a Football Association requirement. Some clubs, Leagues and County Football Associations have ready-made forms for this purpose whereby each participating player is listed and the parents sign the form next to their child's name which then gives their consent for the game to be filmed. In some cases that is now included on Youth team players’ League registration forms that they fill in at the start of each season. However, if that is not the case, we have our own Parental Permission Form which you can complete and hand to the cameraman on the day (before the match kicks-off). To download, print and fill in our own Parental Permission Form (in PDF format), please click here. If our cameraman does not have evidence of parental permission, he may be stopped from filming the match by the Competition organisers. |
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Your cameraman for the match will normally arrive at the venue an hour before the kick-off. On doing so, they may find that the person who has booked us to film the match is busy doing a team-talk or getting changed. In that case, the cameraman will quite often go straight into the stands or onto the side of the pitch to look for the best vantage point from which to film the match from, so it is best to approach him when you come out onto the pitch if he has not introduced himself to you first. |
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To enable us to complete the match production that we advertise, it is essential that on the day of the match our cameraman is supplied with an official match programme (if there is one) and given the following information regarding your team: |
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At most of the Cup Finals we film for Youth teams, we find that the Team Manager is normally (and understandably) too busy to write out all the above details for us on the day, so we strongly advise clubs to appoint another club member as being responsible for providing this information for our cameraman. It is always best if a club can find somebody to write things down as the match goes on, especially for details such as the correct shirt numbers for players, substitutions made and the goalscoring order, as these can all be easily forgotten after a match and it is extremely difficult for us to guess which player is which if we do not have the correct shirt numbers available when we are editing the footage. This is also extremely important if you have chosen the option to have professional commentary added to your match. |
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te, together with a 50 frames per second frame rate which produces excellent slow-motion replays. After filming the match and depending on whether an editing & production option has been chosen, the captured footage will then have slow-motion replays, titles and transitions inserted and the final production will either be uploaded to You Tube and other social media or file-sharing platforms or put on a supplied USB Flash Drive or SD card.
ughes runs and films his own Sunday morning team Edmonton Rovers. However, we may be able to cover Sunday AFTERNOON matches if they kick-off after 2.30 pm, dependent on the location.