Filming at the olympics

[zerocool22]

Hello,

Does anybody have any experience on filming at the olympics? As interviewing athletes from a specific sport? How does one apply for getting a press badge as a freelancer docu maker?

Thanks!

[androidlad]

You need to be with an agency to get the press accreditation, the quota for Tokyo 2020 is "only" 6000:

https://www.olympic.org/accred2020

[zerocool22]

Thanks, do you happen to know if I could use offical footage that is broadcasted in a docu? 

[androidlad]

31 minutes ago, zerocool22 said:

Thanks, do you happen to know if I could use offical footage that is broadcasted in a docu? 

You need to obtain a license to use any of the Olympic footage.

http://www.otab.com/faq/

[Mako Sports]

If your just freelance good luck getting into an event of that caliber..

[zerocool22]

7 hours ago, Mako Sports said:

If your just freelance good luck getting into an event of that caliber..

Ok thx, I might be able to work for a TV channel and go shoot for them though. But would rather do my own thing, then take notes or direction from the channel

[Mattias Burling]

We often hire a freelancer that always gets into the Olympics, I can ask him the next time he drops by.
He is just a one man band, no employees or anything so its comparable.

[zerocool22]

14 minutes ago, Mattias Burling said:

We often hire a freelancer that always gets into the Olympics, I can ask him the next time he drops by.
He is just a one man band, no employees or anything so its comparable.

Thanks!

[BTM_Pix]

I've shot the Winter Olympics as a freelancer so it isn't out of the question as long as you can meet the usual requirements of membership of a recognised professional sports journalism organisation such as AIPS and have a body of recently published work.

The accreditation is via each country's Olympic comittee rather than centrally so you have to apply to the one in your country. 

As a freelancer you will almost certainly be required to produce a letter of assignment from a publication/broadcaster but this will vary depending on your individual country as will the number of slots available for each specific role (writer/radio/photo etc).

There will also be some rights restriction aspects as well that will strictly define how you can use your content so you will need to make sure that you have that clarified precisely. 

I suspect that the more immediate hurdle for you might be the deadline to apply though as it may, as it has with the British association, already have passed.