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On Sunday, February 13, local time, the 56th Super Bowl (Super Bowl LVI) is about to start. The intense NFL annual championship game, combined with the star-studded midfield show, attracts hundreds of millions of viewers every year, and it is no exaggeration to describe it as the "American Spring Festival Gala". But this year is different, the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics collided with the date - on the same day the Beijing Winter Olympics will also determine a number of gold medals. In order to grab the ratings, what magic weapons will the NFL and broadcasters sacrifice?
A total of 70 camera positions were set up in the 2020 FOX broadcast session, while in 2021, CBS suddenly invested 120 camera positions, rolling up to a new height. This year, NBC is not far behind, according to the official data revealed earlier, the number of camera slots is 122, of which 76 are on-site and 46 off-site. Equipment from the NEP Group has entered the field, and 27 large trucks have been installed. 700 NBC Sports employees will be working on site, and they will eat more than 1,800 meals on game days.
Beginning with the previous year, NFL Broadcasting began experimenting with large-format cameras to create a shallow depth of field "cinematic" effect, which was well received by the audience, so almost all broadcast companies began to learn from it. This Year's Super Bowl is no exception, with seven Sony HDC-4800 broadcast cameras coming in as the main force.
Although the model is older, the HDC-4800 is still prominent in the indicator, and its super35 sensor can shoot full-resolution 4K ultra-high-definition images at frame rates of up to 400p, equivalent to 8 times slow motion.
Another major force to create a "cinematic sense" is the real movie machine - Sony VENICE. The machine was also used in last year's Super Bowl, where it was installed on Steadicam to provide a sideline player perspective, and viewers loved the video game-like graphics.
The other fixed camera positions will consist of sony HDC-5500 and HDC-3500, almost all of which use Canon lenses, and Canon has also sent a special support team to provide timely technical services at the stadium. The new 122x zoom ratio UHD DIGISUPER broadcast lens will be put into use on the spot, and multiple key cameras will use 111x broadcast lenses. The Steadicam camera will be shot with the CJ15e×4.3B wide-angle lens. There is also an EOS C300 series camera that will be combined with a Canon cinema servo lens to join the ranks of shallow depth-of-field shooting.
In addition to these traditional camera positions, the entire stadium is surrounded by special cameras. These include 2 sets of goal line camera systems and 2 sets of sideline camera systems:
2 sets of end-zone cameras:
2 sets of high angle end area cameras:
6 billiard goal post cameras, 3 on each goal post:
2 coaching seat cameras, using POV cameras from DreamChip:
Nine sets of robotic cameras will also be set up on site. Two sets of PeePod 500 robot cameras will also be installed near the goal post, two robot cameras equipped with Sony HDC-P31 cameras will be located in the stands, and five sets of five Sony HDC-P50 robot cameras will be installed in the hallway.
In addition, there is Skycam overhead, which provides a full range of aerial shots without dead angles.
In terms of audio, NBC uses a total of 130 microphones, and the cable length required for audio and video exceeds 80 kilometers.
Of course, the use of back-end equipment is also quite terrible, 33 servers, 198 video recorders and 108 video players, even if a sufficient number of wiring racks are built, the most "orderly" appearance of the cable is as follows:
However, although 4K cameras have been used quite a lot, the Super Bowl will still not be broadcast live in 4K HDR, and the transition from NBC to UHD is slower than other broadcasters in the United States.
In addition, this year's Super Bowl has another major attraction, that is, the stealth fighter field. Originally, the aircraft passage was a traditional ceremony that lasted for more than half a century, and the US Empire also wanted to show off its muscles through this major annual festival. Last year, three strategic bombers from the U.S. Air Force's Global Strike Command flew over the stadium and were shocked.
And this year marks the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, and the NFL invited the Air Force Legacy Flying Foundation to perform the air show, which will feature five of the most iconic aircraft, including the World War II-era P-51 Mustang, A-10 attack aircraft, F-16 fighter jets, and F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters.
To ensure safety, the Super Bowl host sofi stadium is designated as a no-fly zone within 34 miles, and releasing drones in the restricted area will be subject to a fine of more than $30,000.
Now that the Super Bowl has begun less than 22 hours ago, can the Super Bowl win in the ratings competition with the Winter Olympics? The Super Bowl's ratings have shrunk since a record high in 2015 and were less than 100 million last year. According to the news released earlier by OBS, this Winter Olympic Games has created a ratings record in the history of the Winter Olympics. According to an IOC spokesperson, more than 100 million viewers in the United States also watch on various platforms.
But in the end, this so-called ratings competition is actually meaningless, it is all NBC's routine. Whichever is the highest rated, NBC is the biggest winner because the broadcast rights to this year's Winter Olympics and Super Bowl are in his hands.
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