Talk:Orienteering/Videos

18 October 2011 - scripts
Had a great talk with Clare Hawthorne, a pro script writer in LA, who happens to be an Australian, and an orienteer.

Right off the bat, Clare made a wonderful suggestion - if we can do it.. to find someone new to orienteering, but already sporty, to play the lead role in front of the camera and take our viewers into this new sport. For an example, Clare pointed to Lonely Planet's 6 Degrees TV program, where they have 2 young presenters taking their young audiences into the not-so-lonely worlds of a tourist: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/lptv/

Clare will spend the following two weeks developing 1-2 page scripts for our 20 something short videos, with a first example to us by Thursday.

Ben, as a high(est) priority, we need to get as much nice/beautiful stock footage that we can use, up for Clare to see and incorporate into her scripting. Ben, I'd suggest the people we are asking for footage from, get theirs up on Youtube...

Our first shooting date is Wednesday 2 November, at a local bush orienteering event in the afternoon... we need to confirm our attendance with the organisers, and confirm our crew's ability to be there.. Ben, Rafael?

These notes are on the discussion page of this project's wiki, as will the scripts as they come in.

Regards Leighblackall 02:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

22 September 2011
John, Leigh, Ben


 * John to bring video - "Among The Best Orienteers" to next week's meeting
 * John to send updated list of skills, preferably groups into Common Starts finish and skills, Specific play skills.
 * Leigh and Ben to consolidate lists on wiki
 * John, Ben and Leigh to meet 27th Sept, to edit to the final list, with beginner basics as priority, but with an eye on intermediate skills too if possible

20 September 2011
Ben Rattray, Leigh Blackall

Discussed:
 * 1) contract Rafael
 * 2) file footage from OA
 * 3) Dates for upcoming ACT based events
 * 7th Oct - Sprint, Cooma
 * 8th Oct - Bush, Cooma
 * 14-17th Oct - MTB, BEECHWORTH, VIC
 * 26th Oct and Wed's on - Bush, Canberra region
 * 7th Nov and Fri's on - Street, Canberra region
 * 13th Nov - MTB, Kowen
 * need urban sprint

Skills
 * gear recommended
 * navigational tools
 * clothing
 * other


 * etiquette
 * environment
 * waste
 * fences/animals
 * other competitors on course


 * about map
 * contours
 * symbols (urban/MTB/bush)
 * north lines
 * map handling techniques
 * orientation
 * folding
 * MTB set-up
 * thumbing
 * punching
 * start tips
 * control flow
 * using control descriptions


 * physical preparation for taking the next step
 * mental strategies
 * distractions
 * focus

15 March 2011
Ben Rattray, Leigh Blackall, John Harding and Bill Jones (Orienteering Australia) met to discuss the project aims and devise steps forward.

Points covered in the meeting:

1. ASC and OA objectives 2. UoC objectives as a research project 3. Target audiences: 4. Scripts (will vary in content between disciplines) 5. OA reference group: OA liaison officer John Harding, Peta Whitford, Liz Bourne, Tony Simpkins 6. Schedule: defining objectives, target audiences, finalising scripts, production, review and finalisation
 * non-orienteers surfing the web and seeing what is involved in orienteering before trying it out
 * non-orienteers seeking what is involved before doing their first event
 * beginners who have started and want to learn more
 * adventure racers, rogainers, scouts who have some navigation experience
 * family member participants who want to try doing courses on their own
 * regular orienteers in one discipline (eg. street & park orienteering) looking for information on doing other disciplines (eg. sprint, bush or MTBO)
 * coaches teaching beginners
 * teachers in schools
 * outdoor ed teachers, personal trainers etc
 * corporate bodies looking for activities for work bonding sessions etc
 * this type of orienteering events is held in this kind of venue & participants navigate their way around the orienteering course using a map and compass on this type of map
 * orienteering a sport for all ages and fitness levels
 * can walk, don't have to run; can go in a group or as an individual
 * different types of courses: very easy to hard. It is recommended that beginners should start off with very easy or easy navigation courses.
 * what gear and equipment do you need for this type of orienteering
 * the orienteering map: contours, colours (white for forest, yellow for cleared land, green for thick vegetation, blue for water features, black for tracks, roads, boulders, cliffs etc)
 * what do very easy, easy and moderate navigation courses look like
 * what do you do at the start: SI stick, control card, fold and orientate the map
 * how do you navigate: thumbing the map, following line features, following a compass bearing, looking for big features along the way, slowing down approaching and exiting controls
 * on finishing orienteers love talking about which routes they took and learning from each other on how to improve
 * club, state association and the Orienteering Australia websites have more information
 * Leigh to draft a scope document for OA reference group to review before Easter. To include:
 * Scope, timeline and budget
 * Treatment and Research outline
 * Script development outline
 * Production outline
 * Publishing outline
 * Research completion outline

7. Contract-MOU: ASC and UoC requirements
 * Ben to look into this.

8. Intellectual property and copyright
 * All agreed that the Creative Commons Attribution copyright license would be used for all content.