Now we move on to field goals. And we're going to include extra points in with field goals because it's basically the same thing. We're just going to refer to them all as field goals. And you may be saying yourself, this is pretty simple. There's not really much I can learn there. But there is there are a few points that I definitely want to stress to you.

And the first one regards the framing of the field though, some people think they should always include the uprights in the shot. But when you have a 45 yard field goal, you're going to be filming half the field in order to see the kicker and the upright in the same shot. So we're going to go back to the rule that we learned several sections ago, and that rule is to see as many players as possible, but not lose detail. And combining that with what we just talked about with the uprights. If we are filming a 45 yard field goal, there is no way we want to be that wide because even though we see all the players, we're not seeing them in any detail. So depending on where the kick is going from, we're going to use that to determine how to frame the shot.

Let's take a look. We'll start with a short kick and even though Close, you'll notice we only see a piece of the uprights. That's because our focus should and always will be the players get all 22 in the shot, if you can, putting the leftmost player on the left and the right most player on the right with no dead space, then we're going to anticipate the ball being kicked and move with it as we do when a quarterback throws a pass. Pretty simple. In contrast, let's look at a cake very poorly done so you can see the difference. Obviously, we're way too wide, it's unsettled when the ball is kicked, and there's no detail on the player who blocked the kick.

Really no excuse for this kind of shooting at all. But again, here's how it should be done. This is framed properly, the camera moves with the ball and the camera even zooms out some so we can clearly follow where the ball goes in relation to the uprights, and this is something you can do if needed. Once the balls in the air, the players are no longer the priority. We need to see where the ball goes. So do what you have to do to follow it.

This cameraman decided to push in to see the ball up close. While this one's zoomed out to keep the players in the shot and see the ball going toward the uprights, but I like this kick, the cameraman widens out to help follow the ball. But the focus at the end of the play is the referee making the call so we instantly push us back in. Here's a 41 yard field goal done very well. I personally would push it on the referees at the end of this but we did have player detail pre snap and the ball was followed. Well, those are your two most important takeaways.

One thing you have to be very aware of is the chance of a block. It's one thing to start moving with the ball but you have to be sure to actually goes somewhere. This cameraman was doing what he was supposed to do by moving when the ball was kicked, but he didn't notice the block and caught it quickly enough to get back to follow the action. Here's a bad snap the forces the holder return into a running back, treat him like one Once this happens center him and your Tic Tac Toe board and push in some instant adds more detail. You have to be ready and know how to handle any situation. And that's it.

Pretty simple concepts just make sure you pay attention to your framing pre snap. Make a decision as to whether you should include the goalposts or not anticipate the ball being kicked while being prepared for it either not being kicked or being blocked. You can handle it I'm sure you can. Let's move on to punch now let's see how we handle the final aspect of special teams.