Bringing the A-Game: Outdoor broadcasts
Whether it’s NRL, AFL or a cooking contest, everyone loves to watch ‘the big match’. Colin Delaney goes on location to meet the unsung heroes of the outdoor broadcast team.
It’s the grand final and all events of the past winter have led to the next two hours. A nation’s eyes are tuned into the green pitch. True fans wear their team’s colours while the rest of the country have decided on which side they hate the least.
Football finals are upon us, and unless you’re lucky enough to hold tickets to the stadium, you’ll be watching the big game on the telly. You’ll hope your footy team to triumph but you’ll expect the outdoor broadcast team to deliver.
A month earlier in late August, as players arrive off the bus and file into their locker rooms before Monday Night Football, the outdoor broadcast team from Fox Sports watch on. Fox have been here for hours warming up, and before them, the Global Television team had arrived even earlier so their clients, Fox, could easily take over the large outdoor broadcast trucks.
No doubt these OB truck folk do an extraordinary job.
Sadly your piece makes no mention of the audio at all.
How do you expect to hear the umpires whistle?
I assure you all of the HD pictures in the world will not be exciting without the audio connecting the audience to the action and the crowd at the venue.
WOW they had 10 cameras. I’ll bet there were over 60 channels of audio.