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Good quality video production is expensive. It takes a lot of expensive equipment, a lot of knowledge and talent and a lot of time to do it well.

In the age of Youtube, experience suggests that a professionally produced BJC DVD cannot be sold for anywhere near enough to cover its costs. However, organisers should consider whether they want there to be a good quality video record of their event. One potential way of 'paying' for it, is to consider it to be a part of the public show performers' payment (ie a video of their performance).

Footage uploaded by random attendees to Youtube is usually of appalling quality.

BJC 2008 felt that a properly edited souvenir video was of enormous value to us personally as a record of our event. We offered Alan Plotkin expenses (air fare from the US) plus a small fee to film the event, but he fell ill at the last minute and was unable to attend. Luc Byard, a very dedicated amateur, spent much of the BJC behind a camera and subsequently produced a few videos. When given the project, Void finished up the job very quickly, and also produced the BJC 2008 DVD. Both of them were paid a token amount for their services. Due to various delays, the DVD was not released until two years after the event. The footage was distributed online only: each "chapter" on JTV and then a DVD ISO that garnered little interest.

BJC 2010 was approached during the event by the local film making club who spent two or three hours filming and promised to produce 10 minutes or so of footage free of charge, since they were filming for their "video magazine" of Huddersfield.

At previous conventions; Howie Bailey made DVDs for BJC Bodmin 2006 and BJC Nottingham 2007; Alan Plotkin made VHS tapes for BJC Norwich 1995, BJC Edinburgh 1996, BJC Nottingham 1997 and BJC York 2000 and made a DVD for BJC Derby 2004.