Mike

My opinions are my own, Broadcast Audio Visual Technician, City of Toronto

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

NBC deploys up to 40 cameras for a single NBA playoff game. Every operator needs to identify players from behind, at full sprint, in real-time.

That headshot grid on the monitor is how the camera operator knows who they're tracking when the director calls "iso Wemby" through their headset. They get maybe two seconds to find him, lock on, and deliver a broadcast-quality shot for 4 million viewers.

The production behind a conference finals game runs deeper than people realize. Six hard cameras, six handhelds, four robotic rigs, a Steadicam, and a cable cam, all feeding a control truck where a director cuts between feeds live. The All-Star Game this year required seven mobile production units processing 200+ simultaneous video signals.

Tracking cameras in the rafters capture every player's position 25 times per second. 72,000 data points per game, processed live alongside the broadcast work to generate the replays and overlays you take for granted.

A Hollywood film crew shoots maybe 2-5 minutes of usable footage per day. An NBA broadcast team delivers 48 minutes of live, unscripted, multi-camera footage as a finished product in real-time. Every game. 82 times a season. Plus playoffs.

The person in this video will work the entire game tracking players at full speed, and nobody watching will think about them once.

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@Goodable @dmrider @UCalgary @PizzaPocketGod2

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@gb_lukee Hahaha

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@gb_lukee Yes they are.

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@PizzaPocketGod2

[Roman Reigns SZN 💥 @reigns_era]

Best Vision segment and it ain't even close.

Feels great to have Rollins back

[Brendan Dunlop @Brendan_Dunlop]

Big boos at the Scotiabank Arena watch party when the cameras showed Auston Matthews.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

If Canada wins, we’ll spell them ‘favour,’ ‘colour,’ and ‘humour’ for the rest of the day.

If USA wins, Canada drops the U’s forever…?

[Glen E. McGregor @glen_mcgregor]

Every single person in the country on the too many.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Wayne’s World was released 34 years ago.

Freddie Mercury saw an early cut of the “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene before he died and reportedly loved it. He approved the song’s use, and after the film’s release it rocketed back up the U.S. charts.

[Loudwire @Loudwire]

Here's Why Brian May Says Queen Won't Tour the U.S.: https://t.co/ueHpCHMvOV

https://t.co/ueHpCHMvOV

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@PizzaPocketGod2

[WxOntario @WxOntario1]

That's a wrap, #Toronto!

Wave the Lake Enhanced Squall goodbye 👋

Likely won't ever see a set up like this again- the perfect storm

Heavy snow is FINALLY sinking south

#OnWX #ONStorm

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

David Bowie performing "Under Pressure" in 1996.

As Freddie was no longer with us, he sang it for him as well ❤️

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@johnrobertsFox Good lord, it’s Freddie, not Freddy!!!

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Bono, Sting, George Michael, David Bowie, Bob Geldof & more performing "Do They Know It's Christmas" at Live Aid 1985.

Merry Christmas to everyone! 🎄

[Mike @mikecheck74]

Nothing but truth here

[Leaders 𝕏 Junction @LeadersJunction]

63 year old drops the best life advice in 90 seconds‼️‼️

[Bryan Passifiume @BryanPassifiume]

One of my favourite videos of all time is this Edmonton police dog that had enough time to play in the snow before catching the bad guy

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@PizzaPocketGod2

[6ixBuzzTV @6ixbuzztv]

Northeast to be blasted with ‘most extreme cold on earth’ right before Christmas

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Today we remember Freddie Mercury, who left us on this day 34 years ago 👑 ❤️

[Mike @mikecheck74]

@BryanPassifiume hahahaha