The first home series of the 2008 season concluded today with a well pitched and well played game. This contest was very different from the game played yesterday. I wish today’s game would have occurred yesterday and I wish yesterday’s game would have been played today.
Let me explain the difference.
Because the baseball game that was played today had a very nice pace, the TV production team was able to establish a good rhythm and a comfortable flow to the show. We had a full complement of equipment with eight cameras. Last season we utilized seven cameras. Our show has added a super slo-mo (X MO) camera for home games this season. We are going to experiment with locations for the X MO and for the opening home stand we located this camera at mid-first base.
It is very nice to have a well played and well pitched game with a full camera complement and the usual “home” crew because, with the great flow to the telecast, the game seems to fly by.
I wish we could have had a full camera complement and our usual crew yesterday because yesterday’s ballgame was not pitched well and had a lousy pace to it. I wrote earlier about the importance of “adjusting” to situations as they occur during a telecast. It seems that the more a game is poorly pitched, the more adjustments must be made within the show. And, whenever adjustments have to be made, it is important for the TV production team in the truck to be as comfortable as possible. There is no greater comfort level for a sports TV production than when they are working a home show.
Also for yesterday’s telecast, there was a crew shortage in town because of another event and we were in a dual situation.
Therefore, we were short a camera operator.
(We had no robotic operators on the show. The robotic camera usually scores runners, so I adjusted and gave that responsibility to camera 3- (mid third)
We used a hand-held build up in the first base dugout.
(This has a much smaller lens than the “hard” camera we usually place in that position.)
Four of the seven camera operators were not familiar with the home show.
(These operators all worked hard but unfamiliarity breeds hesitation which damages the flow of the show.)
Yesterday’s telecast = A poorly pitched game, short one camera operator, smaller lens in prime camera, good but unfamiliar crew. Add these components together and there was a definite lack of a rhythm to the telecast.
Today’s telecast = A well pitched game and our full “home” crew. (I would have liked the “hard” camera in the dugout.) The pace of the telecast was smooth and enjoyable. It is a great feeling when the whole crew is “feeling it”. When the crew has established a good rhythm, excellent audio is captured and shots are executed with outstanding results.
Love the X MO!
Let me explain the difference.
Because the baseball game that was played today had a very nice pace, the TV production team was able to establish a good rhythm and a comfortable flow to the show. We had a full complement of equipment with eight cameras. Last season we utilized seven cameras. Our show has added a super slo-mo (X MO) camera for home games this season. We are going to experiment with locations for the X MO and for the opening home stand we located this camera at mid-first base.
It is very nice to have a well played and well pitched game with a full camera complement and the usual “home” crew because, with the great flow to the telecast, the game seems to fly by.
I wish we could have had a full camera complement and our usual crew yesterday because yesterday’s ballgame was not pitched well and had a lousy pace to it. I wrote earlier about the importance of “adjusting” to situations as they occur during a telecast. It seems that the more a game is poorly pitched, the more adjustments must be made within the show. And, whenever adjustments have to be made, it is important for the TV production team in the truck to be as comfortable as possible. There is no greater comfort level for a sports TV production than when they are working a home show.
Also for yesterday’s telecast, there was a crew shortage in town because of another event and we were in a dual situation.
Therefore, we were short a camera operator.
(We had no robotic operators on the show. The robotic camera usually scores runners, so I adjusted and gave that responsibility to camera 3- (mid third)
We used a hand-held build up in the first base dugout.
(This has a much smaller lens than the “hard” camera we usually place in that position.)
Four of the seven camera operators were not familiar with the home show.
(These operators all worked hard but unfamiliarity breeds hesitation which damages the flow of the show.)
Yesterday’s telecast = A poorly pitched game, short one camera operator, smaller lens in prime camera, good but unfamiliar crew. Add these components together and there was a definite lack of a rhythm to the telecast.
Today’s telecast = A well pitched game and our full “home” crew. (I would have liked the “hard” camera in the dugout.) The pace of the telecast was smooth and enjoyable. It is a great feeling when the whole crew is “feeling it”. When the crew has established a good rhythm, excellent audio is captured and shots are executed with outstanding results.
Love the X MO!
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