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<\/a>The collaboration has also provided 溏心vlog免费B站 women\u2019s basketball with the most extensive coverage in the program\u2019s history. Saturday\u2019s home finale against La Salle will be the 11th women\u2019s game to be shown this season on Cox YurView \u2013 Channel 4 \u2013 and streamed live nationally on ESPN+. And while women\u2019s home games were previously streamed by 溏心vlog免费B站 Athletics using one camera, games now receive a professional level of production.<\/p>\n
Each live broadcast is produced out of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s new Broadcast Center in the Chafee Social Science Center, and Cox has provided professional replay and graphic technicians and an associate director and director, along with a chief camera operator in the Ryan Center. But the rest of the crew \u2013 three more camera operators and a stage manager \u2013 are 溏心vlog免费B站 students. (Doing the play-by-play is 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus Stone Freeman \u201919.)<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a terrific partnership. Our students are learning to run sports cameras on the job. They\u2019re being trained by a professional with Cox. And the Broadcast Center has not only risen to the challenge but it\u2019s meeting the challenge and delivering live, professional-quality sports with students as part of the production team,\u201d says Jeff Fountain, manager of the Broadcast Center and TV production instructor. \u201cIn the realm of live television, the only two things that really still march on as live are local news and sports. Those are the only two opportunities. The people who can function in that live environment are in high demand.\u201d
\n\u201cThe project has far exceeded any of our expectations,\u201d says Christian Ackerknecht, live event manager for Cox YurView and director, technical director and producer of the 溏心vlog免费B站 broadcasts. \u201cJeff Fountain has done a remarkable job in organizing this project and preparing the students. The shows have progressed dramatically throughout the season. We started simple, evaluating the crew and whatever technical limitations we may run into. The key thing has been that the students came prepared to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s new Broadcast Center opened in September after a year of renovations, and Fountain, who oversaw renovations, felt it would be at least a year before it would be tested at this level. The center has fiber connections with the Ryan Center, allowing for the sending of audio and video, and Fountain has added graphics and slow-motion replay technology needed to produce live sports programming.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we did our first women\u2019s game in November, it remarkably was technically flawless,\u201d says Fountain. \u201cWe all looked at each other afterward and said, \u2018Holy smoke.\u2019 If you look at it, there\u2019s graphics flying out at you, there\u2019s the clock on the screen, there\u2019s replay, there\u2019s a pregame show. It\u2019s totally pro.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the technology in place, the project needed student camera people to make it happen. Fountain recruited students from his TV production classes and from the Harrington School\u2019s new sports media major. Cox cameraman Chuck Murphy has worked with the students to get them ready to shoot live sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cChuck works all the \u2018big\u2019 shows in New England, including the Patriots, Red Sox and Bruins,\u201d says Ackerknecht. \u201cHe was immediately impressed with the professional attitude of the students and how quickly they were able to learn and improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Brendan Bennett \u201921, a film media major, the biggest learning curve was getting a feel for the flow of the game. He had worked with cameras in a production class, and Murphy gave him a walk through on game cameras and an idea of what to look for during games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t watched too much basketball before this,\u201d says Bennett, of Middletown. \u201cSo, the first game on a new camera, I\u2019m learning what I should be capturing. The second game, I\u2019m pretty comfortable, and third game, I\u2019m experimenting, finding more interesting shots.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bennett also puts in time studying previous games in the control room, learning what he can do better. \u201cWhen I\u2019m on the court, I\u2019m getting less than a quarter of the whole show,\u201d he says. \u201cSeeing the whole thing put together with the three other cameras, graphics and the commentator helps me see how my camera fits in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bennett has worked a camera for 10 of the 13 溏心vlog免费B站 games Cox has broadcast this season \u2013 including two men\u2019s basketball games. He usually is stationed under the basket, catching the action on a swivel stool. \u201cI get free throws if they\u2019re shooting at my basket,\u201d he says. \u201cThe main two cameras are up top \u2013 the camera that provides the wide shot viewers see about 80% of the time and the camera that gets the \u2018hero shot\u2019 when someone scores. I\u2019m there mainly for auxiliary footage \u2013 after a whistle if someone gets knocked down or reactions from the 溏心vlog免费B站 bench in between action.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clay Cook started on the \u201chero cam\u201d and has worked three of the four cameras stationed around the Ryan Center. The East Providence resident started the season with \u201czero\u201d experience and learned by shooting warmups. But six games in \u2013 with the Cox cameraman not available \u2013 Cook was called on to work the main camera that provides viewers the majority of the game action. It\u2019s another of his highlights this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor someone who had no experience six games before and then being able to do that,\u201d he says, \u201cI thought the entire game looked good and crisp.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Mason Belcher, working the games has changed the way he watches sports. \u201cI\u2019ve started noticing the different angles and cuts from cameras while watching basketball games,\u201d says Belcher \u201921, a major in film media and communications. \u201cI have a better understanding of how they film these games.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a great opportunity,\u201d adds the Scituate resident. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot from working with professionals and they\u2019ve passed on knowledge about working in live television. Gaining hands-on experience with film and media in college is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Cook and Bennett, it\u2019s also allowed them to explore the many career options available in sports communications.<\/p>\n
Besides working cameras, Bennett is one of several students to work in the control room. His goal is to work as the technical director, queuing up the camera shots that Ackerknecht calls out. \u201cTechnical directing appeals to me because it\u2019s fun and challenging,\u201d says Bennett. \u201cIt requires a good bit of knowledge about every component of the studio and is one of the most active roles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook, who envisioned doing sports play-by-play when he was growing up, now sees opportunities behind the scenes. \u201cHearing the director and knowing what goes on behind the scenes, the idea of being a director for a live sports show sounds more appealing to me. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s something I would have ever thought about.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the future, there is a chance for more opportunities for students. The University plans to add fiber connections to fields around the Ryan Center and expanding live streaming to soccer, baseball, softball and volleyball, says Shane Donaldson, assistant athletic director for media relations. \u201cEventually the hope is for Cox to add to what is televised,\u201d he says, \u201cbut either way, the sports will be streamed on ESPN+ to a nationwide audience.\u201d<\/p>\n
The $1.25 million in renovations to the Harrington School\u2019s Broadcast Center were made possible by grants from the Champlin Foundation and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Provost\u2019s Office, along with private donations from prominent donors Richard and Jean Harrington, and Herman Rose, along with other members of the Harrington School Advisory Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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