Sports Scholarships
Sports Videos
CREATE A SPORTS VIDEO TO APPLY FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
My child is a fine athelete.
Looking for a sports scholarship for your son or daughter?
One of the best ways to present your child to the college
decision-making process is through a videotape that showcases
his or her talents. The tape must be short, about six minutes
in length to have the best chance of being viewed.
When should I start?
Start early in your child's sports activities. If possible,
you should create one tape after each year of your child's
high-school. Sending out progress tapes each year alerts
the coaches that a prospect is coming along.
Use a good quality camcorder and ALWAYS tape ONLY on the
SP (Standard Play) setting of your camcorder. Recording at
the EP (Extended Play) or SLP (Super Long Play) modes will
result in poor-quality images which will only get worse as
they are copied through the editing and duplication processes.
How do I do this?
When you tape action, keep your child in the center of the
screen as much as possible, while also showing his or her
interaction with other participants. Team play is vital.
Never wait until the play starts to press the RECORD button
of the camera. It takes a second or two before recording
begins so you may lose vital parts of the action. Tape is cheap!
These events are not replaceable so don't miss them. Also, keep
recording for a second or two after the play ends to be certain
you have all the action and to leave room for the edit to take
place.
What else do I need?
Next, sit your child down in front of the camera and have him
or her state their name and give a brief summary of their school
activities and their goals in their own words. This segment should
be no more than thirty seconds in length. Their marks and grade
standing are very important as well as all extra curricular
activities in which they are involved. Most schools stress
the desirability of well-rounded students.
What do I do with these tapes?
When your tapes are completed, typically at the end of the
season, bring or send them to us. We will create and return
to you copies of your tapes with a digital clock running in
the picture. This is called a 'time-code' copy of your tape.
There is a $5.00 charge for each tape we prepare in this manner.
The tapes, however, become your property and you can use it later
as you wish.
What do those numbers mean?
You then watch the time-coded tapes through your home VCR and
select the segments you wish to have inserted in the final tape.
This 'Time Code' consists of four groups of two digits each.
00:00:00:00
The leftmost digits represent hours of video, the next two, minutes
and the third group, seconds. The two digits on the right
represent 'frames' of video and change at the rate of 30 frames
per second. You may ignore these two rightmost numbers.
For instance, on Tape 1, you may select the segment from
00:01:45:00 (one minute forty-five seconds) to 00:02:15:00
(two minutes fifteen seconds), a thirty-second segment. You
will record this as shown in the example below. The next
segment may be from Tape 3 and may encompass from 00:45:20:00
(forty-five minutes twenty seconds) to 00:45:30:00 (forty-five
minutes thirty seconds); which is ten seconds in duration.
This is also shown below.
| Tape | Start
| Finish |
Length | Title |
| |
| |
:10 | See Note |
| 1 | 00:01:45:00 |
00:02:15:00 |
:30 | |
| 3 | 00:45:20:00 |
00:45:30:00 |
:10 | |
| ----- | ----- |
----- | ----- | |
| |
| |
6:30 | |
When you have completed selecting the segments you wish to use,
we suggest you add up all the times to ensure that your final
tape is no more than six or eight minutes in length.
Then you'll put it together?
You may retain the time-code tapes and simply mail or fax us
your edit list. (You may keep the time-code tapes and use
them as you wish - as blank tapes for instance, to record
further games, or in your VCR.) We will then integrate your
selected video segments to create your master tape. We will
then send you a copy for your approval. When you approve the
final tape, we will duplicate the quantity of tapes you require
and forward them to you. If the length of your tape is no more
than eight minutes, each copy will cost no more that $5.35, and will
be somewhat less if you order more than ten copies.
How much will this cost?
Here is a summary of the costs involved. There is a base
editing charge of $50.00. Each edit segment you select will
cost $3.00. You will be provided two graphic titles to be used
as you wish at no cost. Each graphic title you add will cost
$4.00. We will, however, include a continuous running title
superimposed over the video of the name and number of the player
at no added cost.
How about extra copies?
As previously mentioned, if your final tape is less than ten
minutes in duration, your duplication cost will be no more than
$5.35 each. If you have fewer than five copies duplicated,
however, there will be a one-time setup charge of $5.00.
We can also provide you with hard plastic cassette cases with
custom-printed slip-in labels. These labels can even be printed
with a picture of the athlete taken from a photo or from the tape.
Ask us about prices for these added features.
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