Most of us must be watching cricket matches, seeing our favourite cricketers play. IPL 2020 was held in UAE but you could watch it from any part of the world and that also LIVE. Do you wonder how this happens?
There are around 28 cameras in a stadium fixed at various angles to provide a view of each and every place in the stadium. Cabled aerial cameras called Spidercam are installed to provide better coverage of the match. LED stumps and lights make the stadium look marvellous. Replay machines that can use footage of 6 cameras at a time are used, literally making it look figuratively best. In fact, watching matches on television looks more convenient than watching inside a stadium because a better focus on players is done by cameras. This all is done by five technical crews and four production crews working simultaneously across different venues. A crew starts setting up for a match four days in advance, doing multiple tests to check equipment. Due to lack of adequate space at a couple of venues, the crew has to set up replay machines, called EVS, in trucks and portable cabins outside the venue.
There are Camera Control Unit (CCU) engineers on the crew whose primary job is to ensure that colour balance and light exposure remain consistent as the director cuts from one camera feed to another. In the broadcast room, the producer selects the best footage from the cameras and then all the audio, video and BFX feed is combined and is then broadcasted by the arts station. The commentary is done in the native languages of the teams playing through the channel which has taken the contract. The footage that came from the stadium is sent to the satellite which in turn sends the signals to various parts of the world.
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