Behind The Broadcast: High School Football
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Join us for a behind the scenes look at how we broadcast high school football in Western Pennsylvania. In this documentary, we give you an in-depth look at every aspect of a typical game day and how we make it all come together for the TV audience.
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A lot of work. A lot of fun. And a great service for the community. Keep it up!
such an honor to watch you guys work. So proud, from Orlando! Thanks for taking the time to show, in depth, what you guys do and how much you care about it!!!
out of curiosity, how did you guys find your shop? I have been looking for a potential studio in Orlando and don't really know how/where to start
@@JacobCenteno Thank you for the kind words! I just looked on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for industrial garage, warehouse etc.
How much do you get paid per production? Or is it an hourly rate and if so how much?
Thanks for the video. Appreciate the detail you guys put in.
Thanks for watching!
This might be my new favorite video on the internet. I’d be interested to hear about what your intercom system looks like.
Wow! Thank you! Our intercom system for the director and camera ops is Unity Cloud. It's an IP based system running off a Mac Mini. There's pros and cons. I wanted something wireless that camera ops can hear program audio and this does that without breaking the bank. Definitely more affordable than a wireless ClearCom system! As for the producer and talent, that intercom is just talkback from our audio console.
Great video! Looking forward to utilising some of these ideas with our upcoming football season 👀
Thanks for sharing! I dream for a job like this one day, as the current play by play broadcaster for my college!
Super envious of you guys! In our state, Washington, our state wide athletics association partnered with that NFHS group and I lost my contract broadcasting for the school this year because they had to sign an Exclusive contract with that company for a pics a lot camera so now I don’t have any clients this year to do sports for
Wow, that's horrible! Sorry to hear that. Now that has me worrying it could happen here. We already have an issue with this local media outlet who "owns" the rights to every high school playoff game in Western PA. Absolute BS there's the selling of broadcast rights for high school sports. This isn't college or pros. Leave high school sports open to companies like us. We offer internship programs with the schools as we give back and offer students valuable experience in the broadcast industry. Maybe try some local D3 colleges in your area!
@@jrmvideo have an email to the college here since they are still “in house” but it’s a very simple and low quality production. My advice if the schools there start partnering with NFHS is to really push they go with the non exclusive contract so you guys would still be able to do your production also
@@zackfogle3690 Gotcha. Appreciate that and good luck!
In NY NFHS only has rights to the post season stuff... for now. Shitty thing is our local section signed a contract with Spectrum and gave them exclusive rights to all regular season Thursday and Friday night football games, and Spectrum only airs one game per week.
Per the rate schedule I got from the section a couple years ago, it was $300 to buy rights for a football game from Spectrum, however I've had absolutely no luck dealing with the section nor Spectrum, they just keep running me in circles. It probably doesn't help that the head of NYSPHSAA does commentary for the Spectrum broadcasts, either. (Also I may have stole a handful of graduation gigs from the Spectrum guys).
I ended up reaching out to junior colleges and smaller D3 schools and got quite a bit of interest, but my problem now is finding reliable crew now that everything's back to "normal". You're lucky to have built what seems like a solid team! That's most the battle right there.
@@9thstreet I'm with a local access station in Section 6 in NY and we've had the same issue having to deal with NYSPHSAA's partnership with NFHS. A couple of network stations in Buffalo used to do football broadcasts, but I assume they stopped doing that for cost reasons.
Fortunately our local athletic director is chill with us so we don't usually have issues with home games, but as soon as we want to go on the road it becomes a huge hassle.
There's a channel on TH-cam that does as many as ten Western NY games every weekend, but from what I understand they've also been struggling with the athletic association's rules and the shortage of people volunteering or interning for local productions. They've also been required to put a majority of their regular season games on NFHS for subscription viewing only thanks to the association's contract rules.
Hello, JRM
Thanks for sharing another awesome BTS! Keep ‘em comin’, I love this content!
Curious where you got or how you made the fiber optical cable going from the trailer to the source box..?
Thank you!! We order all our fiber from FS Fiber. www.fs.com/
@@jrmvideo Thank you! Great resource. Do you have any recommendations on how to get a better understanding of the types of fiber optic cable & connectors and what is best applicable for live-stream production applications (multi-cams, multi-source, send & return/dial directioning, etc)
Finishing watching this video right now... Curious how you formed your team? are they all part-time employees or contracted/1099'd?
Doug Johnson Productions has videos that pretty much taught me how to use fiber. I didn't know anything about fiber 2 years ago. I'd say he was the one who inspired us to use fiber. As far as crew, everyone on our crew is all graduates of the high school we work for. We now have an internship program with the school so video students will intern with us then when they graduate, we'll bring them on the crew. Everyone is 1099'd unfortunately. Hoping we get to the point where I can have them on payroll as employees.
What are your suggestions for guys who want to start multi cam sport live streaming.
Please make a video for beginners.
This is awesome! What are you using for this dope fiber breakout?
Thanks! The fiber is 12 LC's to an MTP connection Fiber Cassette from FS Fiber.
Hey I love watching y’all video. I’m new to this. I have my own sports network business out of Alabama and I want to know what kind of live graphics y’all use.
Awesome production we just finished our first ever OB build. How do find the accsoon 2s pro we find the image really degraded compared to the sdi cameras.
When the fiber runs from the press box to the truck and plugs into the panel, how does it get from the panel to the switcher and audio mixer from the one fiber cord? Thanks!
Awesome
Job
At my school its a club that i do
I have a question for you guys. I have a start up livestreaming company and I'm in between how much to charge clients to live stream their games. When you started how would you charge clients?
This is awesome!
Where does the Single MTP Cable connect to once it gets ran up in to the announcer booth and what all does it get plugged in to from there? Looking at doing the same thing out of our trailer, we currently have sometimes as many as 5 SDI cables runs running from trailer to cameras and monitors, want to cut down on some of that with fiber. Thank you!! Love your videos!!!
What kind of drone do you use and how do you connect the drone to the switcher system?
I am curious to know how you routed the Intercom system. Is it through an output from the Mackie mixer? Evrery on hears the same audio coming out of your mic or do you separate the audio for the cameramen and the commentators? Please be detailed in your answer. Thank you and great job guys. I am planning on building an OB Van as well, so I am learning from you guys.
At the time this video was released, nothing from the Mackie mixer goes to the Unity intercom. The producer mic from the Mackie goes to an Aux Send which went back to the announcers headsets only. For the crew intercom, the directors mic would go into Unity and yes, everyone would hear the same thing. The director would be talking to the crew and they would all hear his cues.
@@jrmvideo I did not know you had a Unity system setup there. Thank you very much for the explanation.
How do you send multiple cameras to the trailer with just a single fiber optic cable?
Sir camera price
why people are using the left and to keep the VF stable? the left hand function is to adjust aperture, focus etc... that VF don't move anywhere you don't need to keep hand on the VF
Hello guyz
Can you please tell us the wireless video transmitters you use..?
Thank you
The wireless transmitters we use are sold by Accsoon. We have nothing but great things to say about Accsoon products. We’ve been using them for years with very minimal issues. The models in this specific video are not sold anymore but the newer HDMI/SDI models are great. We have 2 of those now too.
I keep trying to view your equipment list with no luck!
Hello, I am starting my own video production company here in Massachusetts and I want to tell you that I have learned a lot with you in the last year and I would like to know how I can contact you to find out how to make a pressbox and how much I could charge to do a production like that?
What part of Mass? I’m there too. Would love to connect.
Very happy to hear we've helped you! That's why we're doing these videos! Send me an email: jake@jrmvideoproduction.com
@@cayliegracefilms I live in Lynn MA
@@wacfilms1 Im up in Groton MA.
Could you do a video about the expenses involved in a broadcast like this?
My guess would be, considering if they got their into replace system used versus new, and the trailer and cables and everything involved, they’re probably $30,000 low end, But I’m not sure what actual cameras they use, so it could be more
Possibly. I've gotten a lot of requests for this very question. I don't want to give too much away as this is still a business for us but I definitely wanna help people understand the costs that go into something like this. Be on the lookout for a video. Gotta figure out how to go about it. Thanks for watching!
Honestly, I haven't added everything in the trailer together but I'd say that would be a pretty good estimate. We did get the replay system used for slightly under $10k. That's the most expensive piece of equipment in the trailer. It sucks replay costs so much!!
@@jrmvideo @JRM Video Production Where did yall get the money to get into this? Just saved up from previous jobs, take out a loan, or started out with "basic equipment" doing video gigs? - Also do you have a contract with the school, do you make money off of livestreaming for the school or is it volunteer? I already have a trailer down here in Middle Tennessee, needs a bit of work, but the rest of it is just the equipment and pricing.
@@HTMLiveEvents Before we officially started the company, we were doing very basic gigs with a lot of odds and end equipment that both Ryan and I collected over the years. We owned all 3 cameras, soundboard, wireless mics, XLR, switcher, etc. Then took out a loan to buy the trailer, fabricate the inside, and purchase the necessary equipment for fiber. We were able to pay that loan off after one football season. So yes, we are in a paid contract from the school and we collect revenue from advertising. We still upgrade equipment every Summer. There's already a list we're going to get for Summer 2023 so the trailer is constantly changing. After this video was shot, we installed a new IP based audio console. Gotta keep up with the constantly changing tech. I would start with building what you need to have a functional broadcast, then start adding in more bells and whistles as the business grows and is able to fund equipment upgrades.
Can you do a video like this for High School Basketball? (Edit: I believe you actually already did a similar video on Basketball, but it was just the production BTS, so I'll maybe save you some trouble with a question: Is the setup basically the same just everything run into a building? If not, would you be able to make a video on it?) Thanks! (Edit 2: How do you get internet to the trailer to stream? Or how do you send out the video? Starlink? Venue Internet? LiveU? I recently got a Teradek Node II which has DUAL SIM capability, and I can use my phone SIM, or the SIM that came with it which is TELNA brand and $10 per Gigabyte of data Usage)
We actually just recorded a BTS video like this for basketball. Working on editing that now. But to answer your first questions, yes. Setup is pretty much the same. There's a few additions which we'll cover. We get internet from the venue usually inside and send it from our network switch back into the trailer over fiber. There's a few instances where sometimes the venue doesn't have internet and I have been looking into Starlink. We may purchase that over Summer as a backup solution. Keep your eyes out for a basketball video in the coming weeks!
hi, what video switcher are you using?
Blackmagic ATEM Constellation
how many crew you have to run the broadcast?
It depends on the production. For this gig, we had 9 crew members. For our big football games on TV, we'll have upwards of 17 crew members.
do you have the capability of talking to the commentators, announcers, and camera crew from the truck? If so how do you go about that?
Yes. We use Unity Intercom for all camera/production crew. It's a wireless app that works via cellular or wifi. Regarding the announcers, I send an aux mix to their headsets that include both their own audio as well as a feed from my producer mic. Communication is key to puling off successful broadcasts.
I might've missed this in the video but what program do you use for your score bug graphics?
We use LiveScore App
Where do you guys broadcast? Which platform?
The broadcasts vary depending on event/client. Currently we have broadcasts going out on local television via cable/over-the-air, and then another production is via TH-cam. (Fighting Highlanders Sports Network)
Do u recommend a colege degree for this work
Both Ryan and myself (Jake) did not attend college for this. We recommend experience over education. We don't completely discourage college as an option though. The best way to learn is by doing.
Watched some of the game, impressive. What Panasonic model sideline camera are you using? Also how are you getting away with using a drone over a stadium while it's in use?
Thank you! We use Panasonic HMC-80's. Regarding the drone, safety is our biggest priority. Legally, we can't fly near stadiums that seat 30,000 or more. We obviously don't have high school stadiums that come close to that seating number. We also have a licensed part 107 pilot flying at all times. I think the biggest highlight is we are not flying OVER the stadium. We are doing wide orbits around the stadium, never flying directly over spectators or the playing surface.
@@jrmvideo Thanks.I really wish there were newer, AFFORDABLE shoulder mount cameras on the market! I didn't know there was a capacity number a stadium had to be below.
@@jrmvideo How are you getting the live drone footage into your production?
@@SheaHarris Via HDMI from the controller into our Blackmagic switcher.
Where can we see the game
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What system are you using for intercom?
We use 2 systems, the main one for our camera ops is Unity Cloud. And for our announcers, I'll just use the talkback system on our audio console.
@@jrmvideo thank you, that's helpful. Do you have / know of any good videos that explain the setup in detail for Unity Cloud? Is it compatible with iOS and Android?
@@samuelvanderford4585 Yes! Check out @MastermindProject channel. He's the owner/creator of Unity. Has countless in-depth videos and tutorials. Yes, it works on both iOS and Android. Our crew is split down the middle and it works for everyone.
Really amazing! Thanks for this great vidéo. When did u start broadcasting?