Ever been sitting around at a football game and wondered who's running around in that mascot suit? Well, no one will tell you once they choose someone. That's why you have to go to the tryouts to see how hot, sweaty and exhausting being a mascot truly can be.
I shot this with a standard-def Sony DCR-SR200 camcorder and edited in Final Cut. The big challenge was color correction, due to poor lighting conditions in the gym. One wall was covered with mirrors, which limited framing and movement.
One of the vastly underappreciated sports out there is rowing, a beautiful and graceful sport with an underlying reality of brutal training regimens, early-morning practices and harsh weather. The Washington State University team is one of the best in the Pac-10, and hence in the top tier nationally.
I shot this with a standard-def Sony DCR-SR200 and edited it in Final Cut. A major challenge was just getting steady shots, being whipped around in the coach's chase boat and bouncing over waves. Sound was another challenge, but engine noise was unavoidable.
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Nick Eaton 