Recording a rehearsal or a practice

What can be recorded, how, for what, and so what? (quick notes to support the choir director of St. Ambrose Church, for the first talking this evening, about the possible record in the near future. March 16, 2017)

1. The whole process of group practice or rehearsal can be easily recorded for documenting the attendance, the process flow, the techniques used in leading, instructing, improving, etc., the words and wording, the overall effect of practicing or rehearsing. The choir directors or orchestra conductors, can be benefited by reviewing, studying, and picking up what were overlooked when they happened, and plan for future practices/rehearsal.
2. The process can be recorded with one camera facing the director or coach or facing the whole ensemble, if the participants agreed to be recorded.
3. The camera person should minimize the interference to the process if the recording is for documentation rather than a directed production of a film.
4. It would be nice to have at least two cameras with one focusing on the director/conductor the other capturing the responses by covering all the practice/rehearsal participants.
5. For better effect of documenting the words and the wording, it might be helpful for the director to paraphrase the words from the participants.
6. Whenever any single person being recorded feel uncomfortable about being recorded the recording should stop and the recorded portion erased unless brief discussion convinced the uncomfortable individuals to let the recorded portion stay.
7. A reasonable number of free copies in DVD format, negotiable, would be provided to those being included in the video by the Gardeners of Hope Foundation it the recording were done or planned through the Gardeners of Hope Foundation.
8. It would be nice and constructive to record volunteering individuals comments after the rehearsal, including what they have learned or how the practice help them in whatever sense.
9. The Gardeners of Hope Foundation would edit and perhaps notate the video clips for further sharing, either privately or publicly depending on the collective agreement of the practicing/rehearsing group being recorded.
10. After the initial experiment the practicing/rehearsing group is encouraged to schedule own recording, with or without the assistance from the Gardeners of Hope Foundation.
11. Individuals are encouraged to have individual practice or rehearsal recorded with or without assistance of the choir director / orchestra conductor, for personal growth and souvenir. 

Practice and rehearsal are different activities with different purposes, processing flow, foci, and actions.