From the Camera's Point of View

While interning at ABC4, I have been able to wear many different hats all over the station. One of my favorites, surprisingly, is running the studio cameras during the show. For those of you who don't know what a studio camera person does, I will explain it.

Basically, I wear a headset that is connected to the Director's headset. Carl, our director, calls out the cues for each camera and whoever is operating the camera gets the camera into the position that the director wants you to be in. For Good Things Utah, there are 3 cameras that are mobile and are operated by 3 camera people. There are also cameras up above that can only move certain ways and the Technical Director operates those ones and puts them where the Director of the show wants them. 

The crew also gets the Director's rundown which lays out all of the camera shots and where they are supposed to be throughout the show. The rundowns are a big help because you can set up for the shots and get prepared even before the Director calls out the cue.

It is pretty awesome to be able to hear the director and be an actual part of what goes on television. The shots that the camera people set up are well thought out and if something goes wrong, it could mess up the whole show. 

Focusing on my next cue!

My view from behind the camera.