With that being said, I just wanted to address some things for the short term and things to keep in mind as the season begins. I will be at the open practice tomorrow (Wednesday) as well as the opener on Thursday. I added a profile picture on this site, but it seems to automatically resize it to a very small size. I'll include a picture of me at the bottom of this post. If you see me around in the next two days or at any point during the season, feel free to say hello and if you're up for chatting and I have my camera, perhaps we can have you share some thoughts for the documentary. I promise I'm always up for talking to new people so don't hesitate to stop me to chat.
In the meantime, I want to remind you all that if you see anything of note in the media that I may have missed that you think would be interesting to include, let me know. I can always just chose not to include it, but it's better to have that choice than not have it at all. Things I'm talking about are ESPN guys joking about the Pirates or Regis Philbin once again pronouncing his love for the Pirates after Opening Day and then never again. Any interesting tidbits like that they may have slipped by me are welcome.
Another thing I wanted to ask for is (if possible) YOUR footage from games. The official television broadcasts have their advantages obviously for showing the action, but they don't quite capture the incredible atmosphere of the stands. Videos like this get my adrenaline pumping just as much as the official replay and having multiple views of epic moments like this is something that would be great to have. And with higher quality cameras coming to the iPhone and other phones, things will only get better. Now I'm not asking you to ruin your game experience by trying to stay perfectly still while recording every pitch. I'm just asking that if you feel inclined, at high leverage moments like this, consider pulling out your phone/camcorder and recording the situation and subsequent reaction. Another thing to keep in mind is don't worry too much about zooming. For one, often times zooms on those camcorders are digital zooms which are just making the pixels bigger. That's something I could do afterwards if I really wanted to. Also, the more something is zoomed in, the shakier it will be. While it is completely understandable to have some shakiness when you and 30,000 people around you are celebrating an amazing comeback, if you've zoomed in too much it may be hard to tell that you're even at a baseball game. Besides, I'm not concerned with you necessarily capturing the action on the field (that's what ROOT is for).
My interest is in YOUR reactions and YOUR celebrations. I want to see perspectives from all corners of the ballpark so outsiders can really see how gorgeous PNC Park is from all angles. Shoot, even if you're not at the ballpark, but if you're at a bar or somewhere else where you have a ton of fans glued to a television screen with every pitch, I would love to see that footage soon (side note: now that I'm 21 and new to the bar scene, if anyone has any recommendations of great places to catch a Pirates game, let me know). I hope you are all noticing a common theme in that I want EVERYTHING you have to offer. The more material I have, the more I have to choose from to make an awesome final project.
That about covers what's on my mind at this point. Stay tuned for updates on the progress of the film here and there and feel free to email me and tweet me. Oh yeah, here's that picture of me (taken at PirateFest). Hope to see some of you in the next few days!
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