Behind the Scenes: SuperBowl 50 Halftime TV OB TRUCK
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 05:59
Hello to Zoltan and the great team at RESOLUME, and all good people here, from Hollywood, CA. USA.
If you are curious, in the link below is a BTS: Behind-the-Scenes look inside the TV OB (Outside Broadcast) production truck in the parking lot of the football stadium, during the Superbowl 50 Halftime Show (Chris Martin/Coldplay; Bruno Mars; Beyoncé).
I have muted all P/L chatter (Production Line: The $100,000 intercom system) – EXCEPT the voice of the female AD: Associate Director, who is counting every musical beat by measure (ONE, 2, 3, 4; TWO, 2, 3, 4; THREE, 2, 3, 4) - which cues the DIRECTOR sitting to her right and the TD: Technical Director who punches up the video on the $250,000 Switcher (often called a "Vision Mixer" in Europe).
The OB truck is in the stadium parking lot in Los Angeles. 2 fiber optic lines and 1 satellite line feed this signal to CBS Network's Master Control in New York (this is where the commercials are played and the network "Bug" (the corner logo) is added before it goes out to all TV stations/affiliates and to the world).
Enjoy.
p.s. Elsewhere on this forum I go into detail on why and how Drop Frame Time Code (DFTC) was invented in the U.S. in the 1950s/60s and thus how 29.97 frames per second was used instead of 30.00 when COLOR TV broadcasting had to ride piggy-back on top of legacy Black-and-White signals. Please search and find it if you are interested.
SuperBowl 50 Halftime BTS: 2min 30sec EXCERPT
https://vimeo.com/263987610
If you are curious, in the link below is a BTS: Behind-the-Scenes look inside the TV OB (Outside Broadcast) production truck in the parking lot of the football stadium, during the Superbowl 50 Halftime Show (Chris Martin/Coldplay; Bruno Mars; Beyoncé).
I have muted all P/L chatter (Production Line: The $100,000 intercom system) – EXCEPT the voice of the female AD: Associate Director, who is counting every musical beat by measure (ONE, 2, 3, 4; TWO, 2, 3, 4; THREE, 2, 3, 4) - which cues the DIRECTOR sitting to her right and the TD: Technical Director who punches up the video on the $250,000 Switcher (often called a "Vision Mixer" in Europe).
The OB truck is in the stadium parking lot in Los Angeles. 2 fiber optic lines and 1 satellite line feed this signal to CBS Network's Master Control in New York (this is where the commercials are played and the network "Bug" (the corner logo) is added before it goes out to all TV stations/affiliates and to the world).
Enjoy.
p.s. Elsewhere on this forum I go into detail on why and how Drop Frame Time Code (DFTC) was invented in the U.S. in the 1950s/60s and thus how 29.97 frames per second was used instead of 30.00 when COLOR TV broadcasting had to ride piggy-back on top of legacy Black-and-White signals. Please search and find it if you are interested.
SuperBowl 50 Halftime BTS: 2min 30sec EXCERPT
https://vimeo.com/263987610