Ready to help us with our documentary, Yankoheit 27? Well, you've come to the right place!

There are a few things that we would like to have for our documentary that's currently in production. Theoretically we don't necessarily need these things, but they will help make the final video look all the more professional, plus it would give other fans out there an opportunity to help out with such a monumental project.

For any and all video-related requests, we do have a few requirements and preferences before one decides to send anything to us....

In all cases, we would most definitely prefer receiving your original raw footage. That is, the video footage exactly how it was shot. Please, do not edit it, enhance it, add music or sound effects, or do anything that would otherwise "tweak" your footage. We need to stress this for a variety of reasons, but ultimately we want to be able to incorporate your footage with as much freedom available to us as possible. If it's already edited, then there's a good chance that there's very little we can do with it.

If you're sending a cassette, we can accept both VHS and Beta.

If you're sending a video file, there are only two formats we can work with: AVI or MPEG-2. For the latter, filenames would be saved ending with ".mpg," but watch out! There are numerous MPEG file formats. If you are unsure of what format you'd be saving it as, then it would most likely be best to just send us the cassette.

We cannot accept nor will we use any Flash or YouTube files. Imagine someone videotaping a TV screen through a piece of stained glass that's been smeared up with grease. That's about what those files would look like when blown up to normal size in the final movie.

Now, as far as what we currently need....

1. Photos This is first and foremost a documentary about Al, so we need images of Al...naturally.

Have you taken any onstage pictures of Al? Any candid pictures of him backstage or at another public appearance? Please, let us know. It could be from any era of his career.

We do have to stress a couple of things, though. Although no doubt a lot of fans have pictures of themselves posing with Al, we would like to try to find some with just Al by himself. And we would prefer only using images from appearances, so please, no "paparazzi" photos of him eating dinner or shopping with his wife. This isn't the E! True Hollywood Story.

If you have the kinds of pictures we do need and have them available digitally, please send them along (e-mail us at "rockhall" at "allthingsyank" dot "com"). Please do not edit them or resize them beforehand; just send us the raw digital file as originally taken. If you need to scan a picture in order to send it to us (like a Polaroid photo), please scan it in at least 300 resolution and in full color...and again, please do not tweak it or otherwise "Photoshop" it before sending it along.

In addition to Al, we also need photos of Dr. Demento for a specific segment of the movie. Just please follow the same guidelines described above.

2. Concert Footage Officially, we frown upon bootlegging and we do not approve of someone sneaking a video camera into an Al concert, but if you have captured footage of Al on stage performing, we would like to use it.

Although shots of Al from any song performance is more than welcomed, we specifically need footage from live performances of the following songs: "Eat It," "Smells Like Nirvana," "White & Nerdy," "Couch Potato," "You're Pitiful," and "Bedrock Anthem." We might add to this list in the future, just an FYI.

Do not worry about sound quality. We can't use the songs anyway (unless someone wants to Paypal us money for the necessary licensing fees). We're more concerned about visual quality. We would need clear, relatively high quality shots of Al in any onstage outfit. So if your concert video is blurry, excessively jumpy, out of focus, shows only his feet, or was shot from 112 rows away on the upper balcony, we'd hate to sound picky, but thanks but no thanks.

IMPORTANT! Only write to us about sending footage that you yourself shot. We are not interested in a concert video that you received in a trade, taped off a local TV station, or grabbed off YouTube. We're dealing with a very gray legal area already and the last thing we would need is someone coming up and saying "Hey! I shot that footage from Rochester Hills!" If you lied to us about the ownership of your footage and someone else comes after us later on, we will rat on you!

3. Audio or Video Interviews This is a much taller order, but we thought we would try. Have you ever been lucky enough to tape an interview with Al or members of his band for a personal project, a local or campus radio or TV station, or for your web site? Well then, we might be able to find a use for it!

Please e-mail us first to let us know what you have and what you originally used it...and please only contact us if you still have your original raw recording, not its final presented or edited form. Thanks for understanding.

Any further inquiries can be sent to us via e-mail.