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Control Room Operations Midterm Studyguide

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Remote Broadcast

A broadcast that takes place away from a traditional studio. Ex. Nfl, College sports, Concerts.

Studio Broadcast

A broadcast from a studio. Ex. Sportscenter, CNN, GMA

'The Boss'. Responsible for the conceptualization, implementation, and execution of the content of the show. Works side by side with the director of the broadcast. The best way to describe the relationship between the two jobs is that the director is in charge of implementing all of the different components of the broadcast and those components are usually prepared in advance by the producer.

Linear Broadcast

Over the air broadcast. ex. espn, sec network

Digital Broadcast

Over the web broadcast. ex. watch espn, sec+

Executing elements before the show
•Open, Off Air, Promos, Sales, Packages
•Tech Rehearsal and Full Rehearsal
•Show your talent everything

•Time to check equipment with everyone in position (Cameras, Tape, Audio, Production)
•Have a person ready (A2) to check headset in the booth (Announcers, Spare, Stage Manager, Stats) and on the field (Reporter, Red Hat/TOC, Stats etc...)

Electronic News Gathering. A camera sent out to shoot specific broll outside the stadium/arena.

Non-edited, mostly generic video used for highlights, scenics

Any video element that is composited in the truck/control room prior to air, usually requires everyone onboard (TD, AD, Graphics, Tape, A1 and Director or Producer)

In game highlights or analyst breakdown to tell a story of the game

Voice Over. Video that your talent talks over

Last few words of a SOT full piece

Extra video after a package or edit to allow a clean transition.

Little to no pad, director must come off quickly

High end edit that starts your show and builds interest/drama in the matchup, typically 30-45 seconds

A short video montage that sets up your matchup, produced in the truck/control room before the game. Typically uses shots of stadium/arena, fans, star players, coaches, any other good color. Typically play-by-play voices before game. Typically 10-20 seconds.

Brief piece of video promoting or teasing something

Nice ISO shot of star player or coach. Usually in warmups and fonted. Need a single shot of at least 20 seconds.

Used either to or from break to tease something coming up

An interview or segment recorded earlier, but played back as if live

Studio taking control of the broadcast for a brief update

Continuing content from site until a designated time

Join in Progress. Getting to a game after it has started

A preview of your game for the studio to promote.
Short version: About 15 sec. Voiced over scenic/color with title card
Long version: About 1:00. More in depth breakdown. Storyline (package or graphic), on cam. Starting and ending with title card

Interruptible Fold Back. Hidden earpiece for the talent.

Natural sounds of the game, sidelines, dugouts, fans etc...

Program mix, minus talent mics. Used to hear studio tosses and takes.

Quick Key Telephone

Allows the truck/control room to hear the announcers without the A1 making them "hot"

An interrupt button for your talent to talk to the truck and kill their mic to the broadcast. Usually to a speaker (Wohler) or in headset.

Collection of animations used in the telecast. The "look" of the show

•A transition used to label and start a package or rollout
•Can be Generic, Term, Team, Player specific
•Generally 2-3 seconds

•Branding animation used at the top of the telecast
•Typically follows your scene set to bridge the gap to live
•Generally 7-12 seconds

Transition / Wipe

Elements used to get to replays or other video changes

An shortened branding animation used out of break during the game, generally 3-5 seconds

Capper / End Tag / Stamp

•An element used to book end a rollout to break.
•Can be generic, team, matchup or player specific
•Sound effect only. A1 should roll music under

Play the tape machine (cue to tape)

Director term to go from one shot to another using a wipe element

Going from one shot to another using a blend of both shots or dissolving a graphic onto the screen

To get from one source to another using a TD element

Cue to graphics to fly on the graphic

Be prepared for that source (TD putting it into preview)

To go from one source to another by "taking" that source

Keep a gfx on screen and changing the shot behind it

Get ready to execute

Rewind back to a cue point in tape

Command for audio person to pod up that source

An "isolated" camera shot that is shooting something specific, camera's that are not "game" are assigned specific assignments

An ISO that gets any emotional reaction from player or coach

Sales element that is usually composited over a live shot, replay, scenic or preproduced element

Promotional advertisement for an upcoming event on our air. Usually a graphic.

Off Air Traffic

Graphic sequence and verbal direction going off the air, Legal branding of the show (copyright)

•A replay sequence used to go to break
•Storytelling element that can recap or highlight a recent big moment in the game
•Usually transition or front end to the replays and capper to end
•Music and sometimes score
•Typically 1 to 3 replays, 6 to 12 seconds

Clips of the best video of the game played in succession following a game. Multiple angles of best plays, all in-game packages and anything else that might help a following production.

Post Game Extra/Hit

•Typically 1:00 to 1:30 breakdown of your game
•Meant to be more analytical and less highlight driven
-Why did Team A win? What was the
difference?
•Normal layout: Title Card, On Cam, Package and/or graphic, final score

Any graphic that typically covers the bottom lower 3rd of the screen

Any graphic that typically covers a bottom ¼ of the screen

Used over a wide shot (typically pump music)

Chicklet (Upper)

Small corner graphic used for info (time stamp, sales band etc...)

Squeezeback / Side Slab

Graphic that slides or squeezes video into a box and takes about 1/3 of the side of the screen

Important for camera people to understand different graphic framing of shots

Typically a lower 3rd that establishes where you are at and the matchup

•Line of information that cycles at the bottom of the screen
•Generated from Bristol. Can only be seen on Net Return

Different configurations to show multiple cameras at the same time

Opaque network logo used mark replays

Special Moments Bug

Slightly transparent network branding that typically sits in the upper right corner of the screen. Used to brand big moments.

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