Can I Shoot Here?

Dean George Papadeas changed the look of drag racing video presentation. The "swoopy shot" of running alongside and around fuel cars, shooting from the hip, and in the driver’s face style of camera work that he invented during the 1980s with Main Event Video have since become standard in TV motorsports coverage.” Chris Martin, SENIOR EDITOR,

NATIONAL DRAGSTER

“Dean Papadeas is a name that many avid drag racing fans don’t know but they should. Papadeas was the man who single-handedly changed the way that drag races were filmed and presented on television. He, through his Main Event Entertainment company, invented the swoopy camera moves, in your face techniques and frenetic editing cuts that are now standard practice in the TV presentation of racing today.

Brian Lohnes, NHRA TV Announcer

PUBLISHER, BANGshift.com 2017

“Dean George Papadeas was the original

innovator of the “Floating Camera”. In 1986, he took his camera off his shoulder, held it in his hands and created a seamless movement of video production that revolutionized motorsports TV. His cool techniques were so futuristic that if you watch the NHRA on ESPN and even Fox, today, you'll see Dean's techniques being used throughout their broadcasts. Thank you for changing Drag Racing TV and taking the fans out of the stands and onto the playing field”

Gil Rebilas, SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER, DRAG RACER MAGAZINE

The pioneering owner of Main Event Video revolutionized drag racing photography.

A master at achieving outlandish camera

angles and innovative close-ups.” Gray Baskerville, SENIOR EDITOR, HOT ROD MAGAZINE

“The pioneer of drag racing video ingenuity using camera angles, exciting close-ups, and editing techniques that have been copied ever since on TV.

Randy Fish, SENIOR EDITOR

DRAG RACING USA