Behind the Scenes Look: Live Television Production

Behind the Scenes Look: Live Television Production - Technical Director

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Like and Subscribe for more videos like this. Behind the Scenes Look: Live Television Production - Technical Directing is a real-time expose into the fast-paced world of live television sports news. It follows live Technical Director, Paul Overacker, as he shoots the documentary in real-time while switching a live broadcast of sports news. Rarely has there been such an intimate look at the pressures and time constraints of live sports news. Mr. Overacker directed and shot this documentary as part of a series of real-time documentaries that showcase to the outside world an insider's view of the challenges and the lightning fast speed that live television professionals face in the news industry; in this case Technical Directors. It is a commentary on how the modern world wants everything in record speed (thus, the brevity of the documentary) yet people don't always comprehend the amount of production work that needs to occur to produce high-quality news. The story informs people of the pressures of creating live television and it shows the impact on television professionals of having to compete in today's short-attention spanned 'Twitter' world.

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@Overacker 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to work in live television production, consider subscribing. When I hit 10K Subscribers, I'll be giving out my top tips & tricks on getting hired and finding work in television.

@continentmediaLLC Жыл бұрын

10k subscribers is a long road....

@LeyvasdreaM 3 жыл бұрын

Thats what i am feeling when use my OBS !

@WBY250 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly Bro

@mariannemaniling1847 3 жыл бұрын

same

@cupofjoen 3 жыл бұрын

me too. Especially when I completely modified my OBS to make it work for my live broadcast event

@prestonfernandes2071 3 жыл бұрын

Same the whole time I was thinking about OBS

@masrezapamungkas5255 3 жыл бұрын

LOL. Best comments so far. Wkwk

@fulcoboy 3 жыл бұрын

Now I know why NFL shows have so much commercials, it's to give this guy a break...

@imtigergaming9 3 жыл бұрын

this is only 30% reality bro

@fandydiadline 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure about that. hahah.

@xavierkylo5655 2 жыл бұрын

InstaBlaster.

@aryanpnd 3 жыл бұрын

is anyone else waiting for him to pull that lever?

@A1r9u9n7 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@kuyalan9117 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a switcher it is use in customizing transitions

@local9 3 жыл бұрын

Wrong Lever Kronk!

@artmosphereID 3 жыл бұрын

its for rocket launch

@koyocena1692 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@LVVideoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

That's a fun job... But it can be very stressful depending on your director!!!

@TSO1919 3 жыл бұрын

As a Technician i know the is more than just pressing buttons you have to remember certain stuff yoh got to balance certain things you have to observe everymove every action dang it's super stressful but worth it when you know the is a lot of people who are being entertained and updated through your work

@ashtmi008live9 3 жыл бұрын

Just imagine how would a Pianist will feel like playing a Piano. That's exact how he feels 😅

@hindifilms3499 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p96AjK6E0sjXj58.html

@positifbeatz 2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@YHK_YT 3 жыл бұрын

me: _switches scene using streamdeck while streaming,_ yeah we are the same

@CatskillOne 2 жыл бұрын

Director: “You’re weak” Me: “I’m you”

@wtfexza 2 жыл бұрын

Rape

@cupofjoen 3 жыл бұрын

I ever been to Master Control room when I was doing internships in my high school. I was so excited and proud to work with national news TV. But as a video editor, I think Live Production is more complicated since it feels like you're composing a show live that requires zero mistake and precision. While video editing is more forgivable than this.

@speedbrake22 2 жыл бұрын

there's no ctrl+z in live tv

@timcarroll6795 4 ай бұрын

@@speedbrake22 as a current TV News Assignment Manager & Executive Producer, who produces a daily 5pm news show, I wholly second this statement. There is no back button, no oops, the only grace we get is the short few second delay we have between the preview screen and what's going to air to correct something, and any mistakes in the rundown we come across we can try to edit on the fly before it reaches that point in the rundown. It's It's organized chaos.

@skk6811 3 жыл бұрын

Even if this was my passion, I wouldn't do this all day. I'd burn out in a year.

@isaacmuanda6542 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 21 years old & i was doing this job for about 8 months, really cool job but its thee most tiring.

@OfficialALfiux 3 жыл бұрын

working as a sound director for over 4 years already. Can confirm... burnout is real

@directorsbsbpictures7595 3 жыл бұрын

How Can I learn and do this job I'm passionate about it

@xavier7523 2 жыл бұрын

Then wouldnt be ur passion

@perseohernandez755 3 жыл бұрын

just one minute, and I am already stressed !

@STATESZ 3 жыл бұрын

I've been to a studio like this once and it was so fascinating to see what they were doing and how the whole thing worked behind the scenes. this doesnt really tell you much what they do, but let's say you spend 2 hours there and you figure out how most stuff works and what does what...

@fishboneskin 3 жыл бұрын

wow amazing to see behind the screen... and the people behind who makes the show great!!! mabuhay!!!

@tbmuse 3 жыл бұрын

So much fun ! .. Used to do this on a GVG live back in the 90's.

@seanwebb605 3 жыл бұрын

In the 90s with physical tape and green screens and Chyrons use to be quite a juggling act.

@erikandribudiman8713 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing how it looks behind the scene of live stream

@chrisberger3401 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@UAVXP 3 жыл бұрын

Never been that close to a live video console! More videos like that please!

@MM-NolascoPH 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh... Thank you very much for showing us the behind the scenes. I love the look and the studio production there but I'm afraid that I might messed up there...

@DuetJay 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the videos I've seen are of GVG switchers; it's nice to see a Sony. I can kind of follow what you're doing!

@iposhi2Videos 3 жыл бұрын

i would like to have the keyboard just so i can recreate the millennium falcon cockpit

@FrancoAversa 3 жыл бұрын

Great, I also worked on television and used a 3-deck video mixer.

@melodyl3150 5 жыл бұрын

Ťhis is cool. I wish I could find it earlier so I can show it to students this morning. Thanks for sharing. FROM China.

@chrisberger3401 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@seanwebb605 3 жыл бұрын

Learning the systems in a given control room and the run down of a show or update like this can be daunting, but after time it becomes largely muscle memory. Many have even more automation now. I moved exclusively to master control years back and communicate with production control rooms most of my shift. Their crews are down to a skeleton crew with tapes replaced by video servers. Production TD work is further complicated if you're the one rolling all of the video too. I tried that on a Quantel system and found it tricky.

@banestar Жыл бұрын

I've been working in TV for 16 years doing Master Control, IT, and Engineering, and recently became a TD in my hometown in a small market. I'm both an MCO and a TD. It's a one man operation in the control room when its news time. With new technology, it doesn't take much to make it work. And you are totally right when it comes to muscle memory, it was actually the most important thing to learn for me. The system I use is touch screen and it controls everything, you're punching up mics, selecting stingers, running graphics, it's a lot... but with repetition it becomes muscle memory.

@seanwebb605 Жыл бұрын

@@banestar Systems like OverDrive have streamlined production, but as a MCO I also see that many productions elements have been removed and much of the production switching has become pretty simplistic and sloppy. With so many of the elements now prerecorded a "Live Newscast" is really more of a quick online edit as the elements are ran through a digital meat grinder. It's not exactly artisan sausage though.

@banestar Жыл бұрын

@@seanwebb605 Yeah man, Overdrive has definitely has made it to where a show can be pre-programmed and "spacebared" through and to where there isn't much humanity in it anymore, unless there is a problem of course and manual intervention is needed and shit hits the fan. Wish I could show you the system I'm working with. It's super hands on and I feel gives you more control of the newscast in kind of an at your fingertips intuitive way, but, at the expense of good audio. It's kind of a "whatever" on audio, the signal chain audio processor compresses the hell out of everything anyway.

@seanwebb605 Жыл бұрын

@@banestar Last week our production control couldn't produce surround sound with channels 5&6. It was channels 1,2,3 and a stereo mix down on 7&8. Our playback system cheats stereo and different surround sound configurations to a fake surround sound so we just went with it.

@banestar Жыл бұрын

@@seanwebb605 Just curious, what market do you work in that cares to produce sound in 5.1?

@marianhv2811 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect!

@ashishsanga6624 3 жыл бұрын

This was really awesome

@dromeromundial 3 жыл бұрын

Powerfull!!

@ciccone39 4 жыл бұрын

Is there any video tape whatsoever still used for a broadcast like this or are all clips DVR based?

@arnouddelporte8189 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to speak for the whole world, but you'd have a hard time to find any tape machines being used in live broadcasts these days.

@lagansardana 3 жыл бұрын

This live production video ❤️❤️❤️😭 I was searching for yearssssssss🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻🙏🏻

@ReaZaaa 2 жыл бұрын

There's another cool one for a live event. Also very impressive! "LEC Spring 2020 - Opening Ceremony. Behind the scenes"

@lagansardana 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReaZaaa thanks 😀😉

@ReaZaaa 2 жыл бұрын

@@lagansardana you're welcome :)

@DonellJames 3 жыл бұрын

I like this!!

@simon-d-m 3 жыл бұрын

Curious about the job title - over here (UK) the job would be 'Vision Mixer', with Technical Manager (studios) or Engineering Manager meaning the person responsible for technical line management in the area concerned (including operational management) obviously. Are there other elements to the task beyond vision mixing (switching)? I'm not familiar with the mixer ('switcher') you are using (my training was on GVG200-series decades ago!), but I understand the principles: it looks like all of the DSKs are under your right hand (and there seems to be quite a few on the output). I'm guessing at least four or five different layers? Is it right to assume someone from the production team is preparing the captions ('name supers' here, etc.), and I assume also any animations - do they get the equivalent of an audio 'open fader' so they can add them or not as necessary (and do the commentators "draw" on the picture during analysis, too?). What's the function of the keyboard to your extreme right beyond the DSKs at the end of the switcher? It certainly looks like an afternoon or evening of really intense concentration! Interesting glimpse! Thanks for sharing.

@seanwebb605 3 жыл бұрын

This was just a quick update. A full hour would drive the novice mad.

@mikecumbo7531 Жыл бұрын

Switcher looks like a Sony 7000x or an 8000. Depending on configuration you can have 4 or 6 DSK’s. Keyboard could be used for an EVS Spotbox or other server. In the US we had two positions, one was “switcher” which is closer to a British vision mixer, a true “technical director” is/was responsible for more of the technical side but nowadays many people use the term “TD” even for people who just push buttons and have no technical knowledge.

@elshaddaycriatv910 3 жыл бұрын

Very god, it is my interest, I like so much, this. From Angola-Africa

@loucoloucadoreacts2138 3 жыл бұрын

Como é que é tropa

@elshaddaycriatv910 3 жыл бұрын

@@loucoloucadoreacts2138 Ya Fixe Mano

@lesliesimmons1930 2 ай бұрын

Famous Lever T Handle Death Star! Lever! StarWars!

@ceylonecreativetv7512 2 жыл бұрын

Good sir

@arjundevrawat915 3 жыл бұрын

Linear Editing

@hilmiabdullah8197 3 жыл бұрын

Woow I think, All Video On TV, Using Video Editing, OMG Veryi Hard Men,

@boryarkbok1343 3 жыл бұрын

Wow😲

@sirhconcept 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul. Please where and how can I learn this...... Live TV Production?

@mridulsarkar4728 3 жыл бұрын

thats like playing with a dozen of stream deck connected to a computer

@aatifshah8476 3 жыл бұрын

This is something interesting ...

@simbamadungwe 3 жыл бұрын

woooow what a job

@JonasTisell 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting to watch!

@Overacker 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@guacamole3779 3 жыл бұрын

What software they use, especially like espn on their transitions and lowerthirds in their live broadcast. Sorry for the question, I don't have any idea for that, but I want to learn in production. TIA :)

@Videomaker91 3 жыл бұрын

For transitions most remote sports broadcast trucks use an EVS spotbox. The three main graphics machines are Chyron, Ross Xpression and Vizrt.

@guacamole3779 3 жыл бұрын

@@Videomaker91 Thank you brother!

@ElijahCiali 3 жыл бұрын

Most will use Ross rigs for displaying the transitions, but the actual transitions are created by a graphics team using software like After Effects, Nuke, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, etc.

@paramdb8618 3 жыл бұрын

All keys press same time and then see the magic 😂😂

@miamimike91 5 жыл бұрын

I love these videos Mr.Overacker!! I am hoping to become a Technical Director myself for an NFL broadcast one day. Do you have any tips?

@Overacker 5 жыл бұрын

Start with getting involved with local sports broadcasts, High school Football and other sports. Do whatever you can and pick the technical director's brain on the downtime. Also, here a link to a panel discussion I did with some great technical directors. Most of them worked in sports. They also give great advice for people just starting out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j550ormj2LndYWQ.html

@miamimike91 5 жыл бұрын

@@Overacker Thank you so much! I am currently a senior in high school and I cannot wait to get started at Hofstra University where they have a great Televison Production program. Once again, Thank you for the tips!

@Overacker 5 жыл бұрын

@@miamimike91 take advantage of getting involve with every production you can. While there, you can also help students of other majors put together video projects that might give them extra credit and you more experience. I put together health videos for Nursing students and videotaped guest lecturers in other classes. A good Technical Director should know all the other positions of a production and be able to fill any position on the crew. Good luck and have fun.

@seanwebb605 3 жыл бұрын

@@Overacker Ryerson University in Toronto now has a dedicated sports broadcasting program. The students even get to work at the old Maple Leafs Gardens for assignments.

@balbouak5867 3 жыл бұрын

Good

@NickyLalrochhara 3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@Coldy3372 3 жыл бұрын

where can i buy this streamdeck

@klauskruger6187 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to know how much is a mixing console like this, maybe not that many have been built. How long does it take to learn to handle it? And if the mixing person is ill for a day or so, are all others in the room ready to do this job? Thanks, very interesting.

@taminoe.4081 3 жыл бұрын

I can't tell you the exact cost, but such a huge system will certainly cost around millions. The process of developing the skills to work on such a console takes years. It is so that you can't just do it, but learn a lot over time. The people who are used in such large live shows have years of experience. Usually there are other people in the room who can intervene if the main operator is prevented in any way. They may not have that much experience, but it's better than stopping the show. I hope I could help you.

@klauskruger6187 3 жыл бұрын

@@taminoe.4081 Vielen Dank.

@aitmaadnews 3 жыл бұрын

Very easy. . . . work strt live tv channel. . . now time advance technology. . . . low cost

@zonaactivatv 3 жыл бұрын

Yo aquí humildemente con mi atem mini 😂🤣🤣

@ambadyiart 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this guy is a pilot in an airplane but inside tv dude!!!

@narwarji4160 3 жыл бұрын

It's like a cockpit of spaceship

@UltimateNasser 2 жыл бұрын

Dammit I was waiting him to use that lever

@preciseaudioblog 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my Lord... I’ve always imagined that job... must be very stressing. Cheers!

@everythingvideos24 3 жыл бұрын

I'm majoring in Broadcast production technology. I wouldn't care for tv much I just wanna be on the radio. I'm doing 1yr radio 1yr television.

@ayushgupta17 3 жыл бұрын

i think that those levers can be use to launch rocket rather than broadcasting

@AJ-mw4nb 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I feel when I use OBS on my Elgato Stream Deck XL

@PrinceDasilboy 3 жыл бұрын

Oh nice job👌👏

@Overacker 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@TaylorMMontgomery 3 жыл бұрын

how are your wipes/fx being played out? XPression/Chyron?

@Overacker 2 жыл бұрын

Wipes were being played though a device called a Mira.

@DBR00 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever you do, don’t press that red button!

@joramfredy4927 2 жыл бұрын

wow nice

@jacksugden8190 4 жыл бұрын

Surprised at all that button pushing when the whole thing could have been automated.

@ThePerezenator 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Sugden BBC does that with some of their shows but it is more flexible and faster to just hire someone to switch live

@chapterrv 3 жыл бұрын

WKYW in Philly has an automated (programmed) controlled room

@joaovitoroliveira273 3 жыл бұрын

someone informs me for god's sake what is this program???

@hendra_joe_ 3 жыл бұрын

how much cores they need?

@8bit_George 2 жыл бұрын

This is my heaven

@LiveeyePhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t this the same thing they use to fly the US enterprise in Star Trek ?

@madhasajay8429 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq recommended this after watching Loki series

@ZackRapleeMusic 3 жыл бұрын

this is me on that star wars ride at disney

@ItzGoldenYT 3 жыл бұрын

cool

@LOVRO.O 2 жыл бұрын

This is hard very hard...

@nirandas4773 3 жыл бұрын

The controls look like ariplane controls 😂😂

@lightyearsawaythejourneyaf6144 3 жыл бұрын

Respect for the many buttons👩‍🚀🚀

@seanwebb605 3 жыл бұрын

The buttons are grouped. It is less intimidating once your presets are setup and you can run through the show before hand. We use to use a system of direct rolls that complicated things. It requires you to roll the video on a squeeze over a motion background then move to full screen. Then it is a series of keys and moving from local and remote sources.

@LVVideoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@seanwebb605 And once you understand that a three ME switcher is 6 rows of the same buttons.. it reduces the number way down!!

@shamikachamal3591 3 жыл бұрын

can i use this video in my channel, please

@GBchaves 3 жыл бұрын

eu jamais conseguiria trabalho nisso kkkk muito complicado

@macprototipe 3 жыл бұрын

wow! this makes me remember Homer in the nuclear plant hahaha!

@renn6823 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. But that job is need be hard, like you need know what you need click on panel.

@YesWeAreAnonymous 2 жыл бұрын

my dreamed job!

@playthesmackdown 8 ай бұрын

Is this at Techwood?

@Overacker 6 ай бұрын

The old Culver City location of the NFL network control rooms

@jmvisualsinternational3204 3 жыл бұрын

Eeeeh..thinking about when I'm using vmix pro

@jrodjared 3 жыл бұрын

This would have been way better without the cutting back and forth. Hard to focus on what you're doing, but thanks for posting anyway!

@jdabmusic 3 жыл бұрын

It's like Elagto Stream Deck XXXXXXXXXXL

@hirendutta9037 2 жыл бұрын

Too hard

@andyxlife 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video dude

@kylelsdkingvlog29 3 жыл бұрын

Live broadcasting room'...📽️

@muazeltayeb8716 5 жыл бұрын

i am very like

@Overacker 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@neelamdhariwal5341 3 жыл бұрын

Back pain 😣

@ruthitoncastillorubino1665 2 жыл бұрын

related much.. :)

@EdgarGarcia-kt7bv 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, it's not automated?

@_iampaulder2000 3 жыл бұрын

i can feel this which buttons 😅

@wanjikukiama5791 3 жыл бұрын

aghhh all those buttons

@muhibrahman981 3 жыл бұрын

i wish i could play piano there

@casquinha7863 3 жыл бұрын

I need to know what that grey lever does

@timmeeeeey 3 жыл бұрын

accelerate

@JulienHervierInfographie 3 жыл бұрын

It s call the T-Bars, and generally it's used to make transition from one source to another or put a dsk (down stream key) like a logo on live. Sorry for my english