| It can't be great fun to video radio control car races, | | | | often a lot of the first corner action. Be ready to |
| it can show you how everybody is doing, and also | | | | zoom in on the first corner to get that action. From |
| show you where you may have room for | | | | there filming the race is usually a case of following |
| improvement in your own driving. To get the most | | | | the leading car around a track. If there is group of |
| out of videoing a race follow these simple instructions | | | | cars circulating around the track together, then film |
| and you should get good results. | | | | the whole group so you can capture any overtaking |
| The first thing you need to do is to be familiar with | | | | manoeuvres. |
| the controls of your camera. Your camera does not | | | | As you are filming if you lose track of who is at the |
| have to be professional and expensive, but obviously | | | | front, just stop panning around, and keep the camera |
| the better the equipment the better the results will | | | | on one corner and wait for the lead car to come |
| be. Becoming familiar with the controls of your | | | | round again and continue to follow them. If your |
| camera however will enable you to get the maximum | | | | camera has a screen it is a good idea to use that for |
| out of it. | | | | filming rather than a viewfinder. If you use a |
| Think about where you will stand to film a race, if | | | | viewfinder you don't have the opportunity to look up |
| you can get up high, perhaps on the drivers' rostrum, | | | | at the track to see what is going on. |
| you can get a good vantage point. (But don't get in | | | | When you are filming you will realise that sometimes |
| the way of the drivers!) Once you've decided where | | | | for cars at a distance away you will need to zoom |
| to film from, you could start the filming on the grid, | | | | into corners and then out again as the cars come |
| so you can get a close-up of the cars, and then | | | | close to you. This can take some practice, it is well |
| move into you main filming position ready for start of | | | | worth doing because it adds a dynamic element to |
| the race. | | | | the film. |
| Filming the grid can be very beneficial, get the | | | | The final tip is to watch other professional |
| camera down low down low and close to the cars, | | | | filmmakers' videos. You can find these on the usual |
| filling the frame with each car in turn as you walk | | | | video sharing sites, watch them on notice what they |
| backwards along the grid. | | | | do with the camera panning and zoom. In no time |
| Wait for the race start and be prepared that there is | | | | you will be filming great races to view back later. |