Specialised Courses –
Sports Replays: Editorial & Storytelling

Course Information

The ‘Replay Operations’ course would incorporate the essence of HBS’s experience of working on world-class sporting events and is the first of its kind to focus on the editorial side of the Live Slow Motion (LSM) ─ part of the core operating system of the XT3 class of servers offered by EVS.or.

This course is designed to benefit Replay Operators in production of live sports events. The programme involves use of real-world sports events as training environment. The training lays emphasis on the editorial aspects of replays ─ why to use replays, what for, what is relevant and what’s not, ideal workflow and communication, both with EVS team and director, camera angles, and common mistakes.

The theoretical and practical aspects of the course aim to encourage and develop existing expertise and creativity of participants. This course will cover editorial philosophy of two sports- football and tennis.

Course Objectives

  • Review/learn the basic principles of editorial treatment and acquire best practices for storytelling using action replays
  • Understand the role of replays in sports TV production
  • Get acquainted with the use of different camera positions in a live sports production
  • Develop an in-depth view about narrative in sports coverage using replays and slow-motion replays
  • Realise the Director’s constraints & expectations
  • Understand various roles in a production team and work effectively as a team

Eligibility

  • Replay operators working with multi-camera live sports events
  • Possess an understanding of the laws of different kinds of sports
  • Prior work experience in the field of broadcasting.
  • Have a general technical understanding on the use of various broadcast equipment in live directing

Sample Course Plan

Note: The below course agenda is for reference purposes only.

Day 1:  Theory & Practise

  • Basics of Replays & set-up for a Football match
  • Preparation & technique
  • Understanding the OB
  • Team leader & communicator
  • Story telling & editorial
  • Camera plan & Match review
  • Introduction to the LSM-XT3
  • Practise session on the LSM-XT3 ─ Replays in a Football match

Day 2: Theory & Practise

  • Camera Case Study 1 (Wide cameras) – Cam 1, 16m/18 yard, High Behind, Spydercam
  • Camera Case Study 2 (Close-Up/tight cameras) – Camera 2 & 3, Bench/reaction cameras, Low by goal, Steadicam, Reverse cameras, Super slo/ultra-motion
  • Advanced Expectations of the EVS operator – Bus arrivals, dressing room filming, warm-ups, Editing: Highlights, ISO packages & Music pieces
  • Practise session on the LSM-XT3 ─ Replays in a Football match

Day 3: Theory & Practise

  • Case Study: Review a Football match, create a camera plan and explain their philosophy of directing/storytelling of some major incidents
  • Practise session on the LSM-XT3 ─ Replays in a Football match
  • Basics of Replays & set-up for a Tennis match
  • Preparation & technique, Understanding the OB, Team leader & communicator
  • Story telling & editorial
  • Camera plan & Match review
  • Practise session on the LSM-XT3 ─ Replays in a Tennis match
  • Case Study: Review a Tennis match

Day 4: Practise

  • Practise session on the LSM-XT3 ─ Replays in a Tennis match
  • Case Study submission by each Participant
  • Trainer feedback to all participants
  • Evaluation of the session, certificates distribution & closing ceremony

The Professional Equipment

LSM XT3

LSM is part of the core operating system of the XT3 class of servers offered by EVS. The operational base is integrated into the server itself, and it recreates live editing experience for sports and live event broadcasting within a controlled environment. It provides replay mode functions in slow motion, super motion and a range of on-the-fly editing action and includes LSM Connect for clips and playlist management, specific Paint mode, Target mode and split screen. It is configured with the two EVS XT3 live video servers and an IP director – enabling up to 12 ISO camera feeds in High Definition 1080i format for ingest/playout, a Dyvi live video switcher for the camera cutting and all necessary slow-motion operational tools to create the replay sequences.

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