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Posted by James Phillips.

Coach on team #284, The Crew, from Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.

Posted on 9/10/99 11:04 AM MST


In Reply to: What is a Great Lakes Spy Video worth? posted by Joe Johnson on 9/8/99 7:01 PM MST:



: What do folks think about this idea I have been kicking around for a few years?

: If we could get enough teams interested in signing up to have a no-nonsense scouting video of the Michigan regional, I think that I could find a professional video company to shoot the matches, duplicate the tapes and mail them out.

: The idea would be to have a complete video showing match after match after match, perhaps even a completed scoring chart could be included.

: This would be a no-nonsense affair. No production value. There would be no editing except that the camera would be shut off between rounds.

: The ypsi venue would allow a pretty good bird's eye view shot.

: I checked into this a while back. I don't recall, but I think that the camera crew was something like $1000 for two days of shooting. The duplication was something like $10 per tape. I think it would take 2 tapes at Standard VHS format to hold a whole competition. Shipping was about $15.

: Roughly speaking, with 20 teams interested in this think it would cost about $85 per team to cover all the costs ($50 for the crew, $20 for the tapes, $15 for shipping).

: So...

: How much interest is there in this sort of thing at those prices?

: Joe J.
I know we would be very interested in this endeavor. Let me know when you get everything put together. Also you might want to check with team 222. I know they video everything they go to - they might be interested in undertaking the Philly Regional.