Innovative Sports & Entertainment Media Production Director | Technical Director | Vision Mixer | Advisor Opinions & observations expressed are mine alone
TDious Experiences volume II: The Remote Broadcast Production Technical Director [Mobile Unit Setup Part 2c: Keyer Assignments & Keyer Priority] The default Keyer Priority on every popular switcher is Keyer 1 on top of 2 which is on top of 3 and so on. Remember to set your Keyer priorities as well as your transition rates for them before you begin storing EMEMS. My Effect 000 on all of my M/Es has a Source Hold (so that recalling this effect won’t take me to another source) but it does clear all of that M/Es keyers, sets them to their base assignments and appropriately layers the stack based on my needs for that show. For example, my PGM level Keyers may have Keyer 1 (Image Store 1 for Network branding) at the highest priority, followed by Keyer 2 (SpotBox A for Transitions) but then Keyer 6 may be THIRD in the stack for the Telestrator. The reason is because I generally assign a GPI to clear the Tele on my Replay Out move. Having the Tele UNDER the SpotBox transition allows that clear to happen seamlessly … unless, of course, I have a certain analyst we have lovingly nicknamed “Picasso” for his ability to paint the most amazing abstract art using this 1970s technology and who may just keep on drawing long after my GPI has cleared the screen. OK! I think that’s quite a lot to absorb for now. If there are questions or topics YOU would like to see covered here, shoot me a line. I wouldn’t have had the good fortune to be working the shows I work today without the kindness of so many early in my career and I’m here to pay it backwards AND forwards for anyone interested! Until next time Happy Switching!
Why not just make TELE the source on Key 3?
This is absolutely the best, most well written (and kind) description/outline/how-to on your complex duties. And you paying this much attention to paying your knowledge forward is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to share your process.
I love these posts. Learning a lot with so much more to learn!
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2moProbably a bit more advanced, but I’d like to know what kind of feeds are required on “mothership” level network shows (dirty, clean, clock/game cam for tape, backup score bug, etc) and how you utilize your MEs and EDPM to accommodate the requests.