[MUSIC] Hello, planning the television production is essential to its success. I called into. 99% of the producer's time is spent planning or in production, leaving 1% for the actual production process. In the case of the Olympics embassy, sports initiates works. Seven years in the advance of any olympic telecast. Surely of the [INAUDIBLE] of it. As Billings explaIns, the seven years of pre-production are used to create a broadcast skeleton framework. And extrapolation of possibilities of what could happen in the property anticipated the changes that must be enacted over the course of the actual 70 day broadcast. Producers need to prepare a plan where they establish a series of goals and objectives. According to Pedro Rothes, head of production of the Russian 1992 and the Athens 2004 Olympics, prepare to cover a sport event in those knowing the roles of the sport. Its participants and the venue where the action will take place. Crucial decisions are made in this plan, such as the camera's lenses that we'll use. The graphics that will be designed, the lightning, or, the particles, stars, for the medal ceremonies, for instance. In order to elaborate the plan, coordination meetings are carried out. In addition, location survey is conducted far in advance in order to determine the location of the production and the venue. To check the access and the precision of the staff to evaluate the needs and the requirements and to establish the relevant contacts with the people in charge of the venue. In the planning of the production, it's essential to consider the location costs including parking space ranked in the local ordinances Additional insurances, permits, among others. What is more, attention should also be paid to issues such as security, food, and lodging or parking, according to Owens. Despite the fact that live sport coverage cannot be scripted, shot by shot in the preproduction broadcasting plan is designed. It may include some of the following elements. Show opening, introduction to the event. Introduction of the participants, setting atmosphere and the [INAUDIBLE] closing. In the preparation phase, some essential steps are carried out. Setting and checking up all the equipment regarding the cabling, carrying out the meetings with camera operators in which the different type of shots that should be made are defined, and scheduling each part of the preparation and rehearsal. According to Owens, head of production at the 1992 and the 2004 Olympics highlights that one camera is all that is needed to cover a sports event. All of the other cameras are for ambience. There is a wide range of cameras that are used during the sport production and that can provide a rich variety of perspectives of the competitions. The most widely used cameras are the fixed camera and the hand held camera. The fixed cameras are generally large, heavy cameras that can be equipped with long telephoto lenses and require extremely stable build platforms to prevent shaky shots, according to. The handheld cameras, which are smaller and portable, than face the cameras can also be used as a part of multi camera production. In addition slow motion and super slow motion cameras capture high quality slow motion images with reduced blue rate 25 frames and 75 frames per second and are widely used for providing the place of the actions. Other cameras are used in particular sports, for instance, the tracking or rail camera, which are mounted on rails or other devices, and follow the motion of the object it is shooting according to. It's usually used in athletics. The movie cam, which is used in swimming, can move underwater along the lens of a swimming pool. Water and vehicle cameras are frequently seen in sports such as road cycling. Meaning point-of-view cameras which give the effect of being part of the actual competition are located, attached to football goalpost or underwater for swimming competitions. New type of unique cameras have also been designed in the past years for broadcast specific sports of the Winter Olympic programs such as ski or speed skating. Other devices such as the steadicam, which helps to stabilize a camera or the camera crane, which is used to move a camera, and sometimes operator to high, medium, and low shots are also useful Instruments to consider. Having the possibility to use a wide range of cameras is very important, but is also pretty significant to know how to place them at the venues. According to the veteran director sports Lee Harry, the best producers call for camera angles that better cover the storylines. The best director want this plus the ability to place cameras in locations that provide options/angles for a higher percentage of use. A balanced approach lets you consider both issues. Some cameras should be placed to provide the wide shot at the event, and to enable to follow the action of sport. And the cameras will need to focus on taking close-ups following a particularly outstanding athletic effort. Finally, others, we need to be placed to cover isolated element that is specific anticipated and action points that can be tape recorded for limited playback according to OS. In order to place the cameras, other determining factors should be taken into consideration such as the angle of the sun, the cameras should be positioned with the sun behind them. In addition, cameras shouldn't be placed where they can block the spectators views or what they would capture any distracting elements.
