The ESPN/Chapman Dualie…Last Night In New York
In case you’ve never seen this, here is the coolest sideline ride in the business. This two level configuration is around four years old…the original version had both cameras mounted on a T bar and debuted around six years ago. The Metlife photo is from our friend Teddy Flandreau at last nights Bears – Jets game. Final score, Chicago 27, Jets 19. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Behind The Scenes At “The Camel News Caravan”, 1953 This month, we’ve done several stories on the history of the early TV news shows, and I thought this would be a nice compliment to all that we’ve seen. This is a short but sweet article on how John Cameron Swayze’s show was done by his […]
40 Years Later….I Graduate From The University Of Georgia Next Friday, May 13, yours truly will finally receive a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism…40 years after I left UGA. My graduate studies application is already in, and hopefully in the fall, I will begin my Masters degree work at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism. When I […]
ULTRA RARE: May 1949, Sid Caesar’s First Series ‘The Admiral Broadway Review’ Caesar began his television career when he made an appearance on Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theater. In early 1949, Sid and producer Max Liebman met with Pat Weaver, president of television at NBC (and father of Sigourney Weaver), which led to Caesar’s appearance […]
ULTRA RARE…FIRST “TONIGHT” SHOW, PART 1 of 2 In Part 2, which will follow shortly, you will see the first half hour of the first ever “Tonight” show, which began at 11:30 PM EST on the NBC Television Network on September 27, 1954…BUT… WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE HERE IS, IN ESSENCE, THE FIRST […]
What a cool gig this would be.
THE original Olympian sideline crane w/2 camera platforms….look at the amount of counter weight on each platform!
When can I drive that???
Saw this in Indy the week before, it’s really amazing to watch them coordinate their moves and shots…
Cool!
The in- game assignments for these cameras is that one camera always stays with the quarterback in case he would get injured after he either hands off or throws a pass. The other camera will always go with the ball. They changed to the stacked configuration so both cameras could line up on the goal line.
Very sexy. Years ago at KPRC we had to mount on a big golf cart type with a wooden platform for Oilers /NBC sideline coverage
Cool. But wouldn’t really want to drive it.
Fab pictures which raise a couple of queries. (Apologies if these are STUPID questions but my excuse is I’m a UK OB camera operator and American Football is one sport I’ve never covered hence my ignorance!). Firstly what’s the reasoning of using a 2 camera set up on a crane rather than on static positions in the stands? I notice one of the operators is using in-ear buds rather than cans which I’d assumed would be preferable due to crowd noise. Is this standard on this type of OB. Finally, no viewfinder hoods in use, Again is this standard? Thanks for any or all replies to these perhaps obvious questions.
This is used on the visitors sideline. The lower camera shoots the pit. The camera above ( a friend of mine) shoots super slo mo. When the cameras were side by side the couldn’t both be on the line of scrimmage
The one on top is Super SloMo.