After all of my equipment was gathered, it was now time to go out and get some footage. Having played basketball for fun for most of my life, I decided that I would be able to record myself shooting the basketball and still get some good footage. I wanted to go and just shoot around, trying to use as many variety of shots as possible to get as much information as I could. At first, I thought the school gym would be an ideal place to record my video because there would be no issue with lighting or uneven ground. Unfortunately, neither me or my mentor was able to get a hold of the athletic director to schedule a gym time.
My second option was to go to my neighbor's house to record video. He owns a full court in his back yard, and I was able to get permission to use it for my project. I went to the court with my girlfriend so she could help me with the camera. This was when I found out that this was not going to go as planned. First of all, I couldn't seem to zoom out far enough on my camera to get the complete shot I was going for. The highest the shot could show was maybe one or two feet above the backboard. With that limited view, the arc of the shot could not be seen, and the footage taken was not nearly as useful as I needed. Second of all, my girlfriend seemed to be doing better than I was, and I was NOT going to have my girlfriend show me up on my own project. We got about thirty minutes of video that day, but I was not satisfied.
A couple days later, I decided to go back by myself and try to use the other side of the court to zoom out further. I was hoping I would also play better so that I had some made shots to go along with all of my misses. This attempt at recording was much more successful. I got all the shots I needed from the right angles. I also played alot better than I had the previous days. Now that I had my footage, it was time to start organizing it in Windows Movie Maker. I also had to find some NBA game footage from both the past and the present.
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