Chairman's Videos: At what point do they become part of the judging process?

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Originally Posted by dcarr

.......(does the team have access to professional cameras and recording equipment?)
I'm curious - do you bring a projector and screen into the judge's room? A laptop? Do some events have display capabilities in the room?

We have a good hand held Cannon HD, nothing professional. We did our editing on a 27" iMac using Final Cut software. We also presented off of that same iMac at both Philly and Champs. We packed it up and brought it with us to Atlanta.

Most of our "studio looking" shots were done in a science classroom with an old show curtain drape held up with PVC pipes. The lighting was done with portable shop lights that you could pick up at Home Depot.
The trick is that our media mentors worked hard to figure out how to light the set and get good audio without spending a great deal of money. What they did spend is time, lots of time with the kids to get it right. They are magicians.