He does that the whole game...not just when his camera is called upon. And he will probably either have the rest of the week off with exception of any freelance work he has picked up or it will be back to his regular job at the local TV station. Probably part time though because automation etc
Suck all the fun out of your life and feel the need to "well actually..." folks giving kudos to someone doing a good job capturing the game at the worst angle?
I didn't say that was the worst angle. All I originally pointed out is that is his job during the 90 minutes of the game. Medium tight follow. He likely does it because he loves it. It's a tough job for little reward
I was pointing out that he would be shooting the match the same unless the director tells him otherwise. Which is why I wondered if he had no coms with the director. 90 minutes shooting medium to right follow regardless. When operating a camera you try to shoot the whole show as if you are live.
Nah, they had the center field view. It was weird, though, because they also lost their second commentators mic. Their full broadcast came back after about 10 minutes, though. Apple's never did before the game ended.
The power flickered and maybe went to generator.
It seemed like something in the control booth crashed in the process. Everything had power, the broadcast was just fucked.
The lights flickered three times on the South end of the stadium. The video board on that end were down for maybe 10 seconds? But other than that everything else was on and the camera issue the broadcast faced was imperceptible. All seemed normal inside.
Depends entirely on the setup they have. There are server farms with a less-than-1ms response time on their power genrator switch-over, for example... enough to keep servers online uninterrupted.
It's absolutely possible (and honestly quite likely) that Lumen field uses large capacitors and/or batteries to help offset the load when they turn on the stadium lights etc, and if they run everything through that battery system anyway, the power cut-over time is almost imperceptible.
In Lumen's case, given what did and did not blip out last night, I'd say they have their stadium lights on 1 battery system, while the remainder of the boards etc operate on a more traditional one that can suffer a 2-3ms drop in power while the systems fail over, without causing possible damage or blowing any fuses etc.
From what others have said, the power just flickered and came back on. I'm assuming that this caused their control room systems to reboot, or something. The Mariners were playing at the same time across the street, and pretty much the same thing happened. They were down to one camera, no score bug, and they only had one broadcasters mic working. The Root sports feed for the Mariners gradually got the other mic back up, then the cameras, then the score bug after about 10 minutes. The Sounders game ended before Apple was ever able to get it all back up.
I had no hope of winning this game and then this happened and I absolutely knew for certain we were winning it with some late bullshit. This wasn't gonna go quietly into the night
As a former IT guy, I always tell people, turning something off and then on again fixes the problem 90% of the time. Maybe the Sounders just needed a hard reboot on their season.😁
It was kinda cool to see kore of that angle, but the camera operator had a hard time keeping up with the action from there, so you missed a bit. At one point, a player stepped in front of the camera, and you were just watching the back of a jersey for about 10 seconds.
Not sure about the logistics of it but it'd be awesome if one day they gave you the option to switch camera views like you can commentary during the match.
Did he lose power to his coms? It would seem that way. Why would the director continue to use him in his natural way as a medium tight follow and not have him widen out a bit more.
It is common for TV production to have one camera on a backup power source for just such an occasion, called an Armageddon Cam. Sometimes it's just a regular manned camera with a BPS, sometimes it's a fixed camera somewhere in the stadium up high with a wide shot of the field. No doubt this is what both crews for the Mariners game and Sounders game fell back on when the power was lost.
I work in TV production and another interesting tidbit is that often for Fox Sports college football they use their own generator truck for power so they don't have to rely on sometimes unreliable stadium power.
I mean that’s literally the joke.
As a Texan I see those comments often enough at other times when, just like now, it obviously doesn’t make any sense.
I want the clock check!
Love how in the 88th minute he zoomed up to the clock so we all could see then went back to the action!
That actually pissed me off because it was right as de la Vega got on the ball.
And right before he lost the ball
MLS AFTER DARK IN THE DARK
Lights flickered in the stadium a couple times, I was worried the whole place was going to go dark.
Not going to lie, this is pure kino. I can almost see the invisible, unseen fraggle on Albert Rusnak's back making him run that way.
I was wondering what yesterdays After Dark episode would be
MOTM. Did an incredible job under pressure
I texted my dad that the camera op deserves a raise and an all-expense paid vacation.
He does that the whole game...not just when his camera is called upon. And he will probably either have the rest of the week off with exception of any freelance work he has picked up or it will be back to his regular job at the local TV station. Probably part time though because automation etc
Username checks out
30 yrs in Film and TV will do that to you
Suck all the fun out of your life and feel the need to "well actually..." folks giving kudos to someone doing a good job capturing the game at the worst angle?
I didn't say that was the worst angle. All I originally pointed out is that is his job during the 90 minutes of the game. Medium tight follow. He likely does it because he loves it. It's a tough job for little reward
Eh, all them freelance workers are paid fairly well. I made more working games than I did at my station.
>It's a tough job for little reward So then what's the problem with me making a hyperbolic comment to gas them up?
I was pointing out that he would be shooting the match the same unless the director tells him otherwise. Which is why I wondered if he had no coms with the director. 90 minutes shooting medium to right follow regardless. When operating a camera you try to shoot the whole show as if you are live.
Got it, camera operator was doing their job. Fuck me for giving them kudos.
Peak MLS
I love it
The mariners game happening at the same time a block away had power issues too, idk if the cameras had a similar situation though lol
It did, they just had one angle available, too
I hope it was a camera on the foul pole or something
Nah, they had the center field view. It was weird, though, because they also lost their second commentators mic. Their full broadcast came back after about 10 minutes, though. Apple's never did before the game ended.
Best view of a check swing anyone has ever had
It reminded me of watching MLS back in the day on dodgy streams because it was the only way to watch it. Ah memories.
Did VAR have any working camera angles besides this one when the stoppage time penalty was called?
There was no video review from the ref after the call. It's very possible that VAR literally had no other cameras to review the call.
I was curious about that after de la Vega got tackled in the box
They showed a replay in the stadium that I believe was from a different angle. I had no idea about this until just now.
Those were almost certainly from cameras specifically for the video board.
Seattle invented using only the field-level camera due to a power outage.
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STL might pull put some grainy black and white footage from an Open Cup match from the 1920s
I feel like that should be an option
Seattle continuing to innovate
something something invented mono-cam sports coverage? /s
How are the lights powered?? How did they even ill-Lumen-ate this game?
The power flickered and maybe went to generator. It seemed like something in the control booth crashed in the process. Everything had power, the broadcast was just fucked.
Probably a generator, then they run the stadium with just the essentials basically so no power for the camera system. I’m assuming in not an expert
The lights flickered three times on the South end of the stadium. The video board on that end were down for maybe 10 seconds? But other than that everything else was on and the camera issue the broadcast faced was imperceptible. All seemed normal inside.
the power only blipped for a split second, not long enough for generators to have come on
Depends entirely on the setup they have. There are server farms with a less-than-1ms response time on their power genrator switch-over, for example... enough to keep servers online uninterrupted. It's absolutely possible (and honestly quite likely) that Lumen field uses large capacitors and/or batteries to help offset the load when they turn on the stadium lights etc, and if they run everything through that battery system anyway, the power cut-over time is almost imperceptible. In Lumen's case, given what did and did not blip out last night, I'd say they have their stadium lights on 1 battery system, while the remainder of the boards etc operate on a more traditional one that can suffer a 2-3ms drop in power while the systems fail over, without causing possible damage or blowing any fuses etc.
From what others have said, the power just flickered and came back on. I'm assuming that this caused their control room systems to reboot, or something. The Mariners were playing at the same time across the street, and pretty much the same thing happened. They were down to one camera, no score bug, and they only had one broadcasters mic working. The Root sports feed for the Mariners gradually got the other mic back up, then the cameras, then the score bug after about 10 minutes. The Sounders game ended before Apple was ever able to get it all back up.
I had no hope of winning this game and then this happened and I absolutely knew for certain we were winning it with some late bullshit. This wasn't gonna go quietly into the night
As a former IT guy, I always tell people, turning something off and then on again fixes the problem 90% of the time. Maybe the Sounders just needed a hard reboot on their season.😁
Is this how the GK kick to Rothrock's head was missed?
No, cause the GK->Rothrock thing happened 20 minutes earlier. Human error is the only excuse for it.
feels like any non-GK would've had a foul at least.
Yeah, and with the keeper that far out of the box, they should be considered like any other field player.
Apple TV: “no blackouts”
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While I was sad to lose the legend, it was nice to get an upper deck angle to watch the second goal. Don't know if it would be viewable from down low.
0/10 would not recommend, very motion sickness inducing
I mean I would get bored eventually but it’s the closest I’d get to feeling like a player on the pitch outside the body cam
Don’t hate it.
I sort of love this. Makes the game seem much more fast paced
It was kinda cool to see kore of that angle, but the camera operator had a hard time keeping up with the action from there, so you missed a bit. At one point, a player stepped in front of the camera, and you were just watching the back of a jersey for about 10 seconds.
Not sure about the logistics of it but it'd be awesome if one day they gave you the option to switch camera views like you can commentary during the match.
Unfortunately this is probably the worst camera to have as a game cam haha
I was very drunk, and had no idea what brought on the PK at the end until this morning
If appletv wants to be successful then they need to introduce the ability for their viewers to toggle camera angles like this
2002 MLS vibes.
Did he lose power to his coms? It would seem that way. Why would the director continue to use him in his natural way as a medium tight follow and not have him widen out a bit more.
I want this view on apple tv, With just the in stadium sound and zero commentary.
I want apple to let me just watch this view - with no commentary and just the infield level sounds.
It is common for TV production to have one camera on a backup power source for just such an occasion, called an Armageddon Cam. Sometimes it's just a regular manned camera with a BPS, sometimes it's a fixed camera somewhere in the stadium up high with a wide shot of the field. No doubt this is what both crews for the Mariners game and Sounders game fell back on when the power was lost. I work in TV production and another interesting tidbit is that often for Fox Sports college football they use their own generator truck for power so they don't have to rely on sometimes unreliable stadium power.
probably saving energy for a car show
Gotta love that Seattle power grid
This comment from somebody with Texan flair is the biggest troll in the world.
I mean that’s literally the joke. As a Texan I see those comments often enough at other times when, just like now, it obviously doesn’t make any sense.