FoxCharlotte HD/New Set Launch (Director Track)

[tvdirector38]

Yes - we can see the 'off-air' signal on the monitor wall - and the actual studios are above the control room on the second floor. I will be posting a new director vid soon.

[ang7090]

i'm assuming your looking at a wall of monitors. do any of the monitors show the newscast as the people at home see it? basically, can you see your direction come to fruition right before your eyes?

can you see the studio from where you are?

[hocPck]

@ang7090 yeah, it's called program confidence

[ang7090]

so no to both?

[GraphicParty]

holy shit you have what we call a "reflecting pool" desk front :-)

loved the tension. I love the "shows that count."

[momofmiah1]

very nice.

[JKing3340]

As noted, I love how each station has its own specialized lingo... Our VTR's are numbered (28, 29, 31, 32) instead of lettered. After 8 years, I have no idea why there's no VTR 30. "Key" shots are known as "Window" shots here. Centered shots are "Cucams." ENG shots are "REM 1" "REM 2" or "REM 3" depending on which tower the crew has tuned in. And "hit your deko" has replaced many calls for CGs since changing our system a while back...

[tvdirector38]

Tpkidder - thats a good question, when we are talking about ENG, we are actually refering to the source of the microwave live shot. We use ENG1 and ENG2 as frame syncs for the live sources. In this situation, with only 1 live shot, the director is calling ENG, and it is technically ENG1 -

thanks for watching!

[Tpkidder]

Oh yeah, note I am not a director.... just a camera operator....and I don't know your set up so I am just commenting on what i don't know...lmao

[Tpkidder]

Did you'll only have one ENG camera? I am just wondering why you only refere to it as ENG and not putting a # along with it....

[allen8080]

That was a great look at the behind the scenes of a news show!!! Im a student at CSUN, thinking about TV directing. Your the only video i've seen that doesnt have someone yelling and freaking out on everybody in the booth..

[tvdirector38]

what he said - thanks for watching and commenting guys! rg

[gregantisdel]

Hey, can you explain what "Track" means? For example, "We'll TRACK CG low" or "Stand by B, Stand by to TRACK B".

[jdsynchs]

Track refers to "tracking audio" as in bringing up the volume for the CG (character generator) or VTR B

[growingup15]

i just love the new set fox charlotte haves

. i wish ABC Columbia Haves a coo set in the future. becuase i went inside there station today and its a small studio.

[tvdirector38]

yup it's different all over the place. We call them simply "Key" or "key shots" for camera blocking. They are requested as OTS's though. Super basically is old school, being short for 'superimposing' the graphic. In reality every graphic is superimposed these days:) Thanks for your comments guys! FYI - I am shooting another one this Thursday - Director Cam/TD helmet cam/wide shot studio/off air - we shall see how it goes -

[edwinmichaelquiboloy]

wow, i learn a lot with your video. so, lower thirds are called "super" in broadcast industry... what does the box on the side of the news anchor called?

[tdchristopher]

It depends on the station that you work for, but we call it a "OTS" (Over The Shoulder). My previous station called it an "FX Shot"

[crazymar07]

Andy...I must say, you ROCK at directing. I'm a student at Indiana State majoring in Broadcast Journalism and I must say I have a whole new respect for behind-the-scene crew. I always had respect for them, but to actually see you in action just took my respect for you guys to a whole new level...YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!

[deafblackguy]

I love WCCB TV 18 studio. it's pretty than before.

[brookerp5150]

what type of switcher do you guys have?

[tvdirector38]

GV KayakHD 3.5 ME's - 4dve channels per ME - 16 downstream keyers (total)

Its a little different than what we were all used to - very powerful - but new user interface took a while to get used to!

[andrewsprout]

@tvdirector38 wait a minute, 16 DSKs in addition to the 4 per full ME?

Or 16 keyers total?

I'm glad switchers are moving to a standard of 4 keyers per ME... It used to be you needed 2 MEs to create a 3-box!

[nsx3000]

This requires some insane multitasking capabilities, you did a great job.

[hkfreak]

You will need to work on the open. That grainy "FOX NEWS @ TEN" is killing me. Along with that weird revolving wheel of images thing.

[growingup15]

cool fox charlotte is the best.

[tvdirector38]

Yes Theo - if the remotes were far enough apart from each other we normally route them into the same source (to keep it easier for audio and the TD) If they were back to back, we would use ENG 1 and ENG 2.

That was a good question -

regards -

Rick

[theodore864]

Cool! Was I mistaken or did you use ENG1 twice?