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Originally Posted by the_short1
i also know of a lot of video tapers to be in the stands and we get in the way wwhen ppl stand to cheer.. and scouters . . my suggestion.. why dont the scouters/ filmers for each team have their own section JUST for them < reserved (or on the front row) and not let anyone else sit there.... so others aren't in their way.. i think that would be fair for both teams..
i know at each regional and at the champs, we always send our camera ppl on the front row.. or really high up.. but i saw some teams behind us in galileo trying to film.. and i was like.. are you nuts? .. we have flags and we proudly fly the canada and US flag .. and we have a couple smaller team flags.. and really they should think about that before sitting there..
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When I was the lead videographer for MOE back in the day, we always had to prepare for people getting up in front of the cameras. I always set up my tripod right in the middle of my team and extend it up over the raised hands of my team mates in front of me. When the taping was done, I'd always lower it again so it doesn't block everything. It was an easy enough work around. Additionally, with FIRSTs inclusion of media passes for team members makes the taping thing a lot smoother since you can get down in the restricted area around the field.
FIRST is taking care of the video people because a lot of teams use those videos for recruiting or sponsorship purposes. I've also been on the scouting side (if you are idle in the MOE stands, you will quickly be recruited by the scouts) of things. Again, I usually sit at the back of the MOE section so I've got a good buffer between myself and teams in front of us that might be standing up.