Matt Mayer Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 While waiting around for post-game interviews yesterday at Notre Dame, I saw a scary sight. An iPhone on a tripod, with a mic connected and an ESPN mic flag on the microphone. I checked ESPN.com this morning and sure enough, there is an interview with the Michigan State coach on this setup: http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=332640087 I had heard rumours of ESPN cleaning house, getting rid of a lot of their long-time producers, and hiring a bunch of relative youngsters to work cheap and do things like this, but this was the first time I had seen it in action. The race to the bottom is accelerating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmfsnd Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I've seen this too. Granted, you'll never see these out on the field, but having smaller setups/crews for secondary web media is becoming more prevalent for networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddsound Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I was recently asked by a cameraman to take his lights and my audio to an NFL training camp to do interviews. The producer was given a camera and was going to shoot the interview with ESPN's camera. Awful. I don't really want to participate in the collapse of an industry. Sadly, I think we are going to see more and more of this type of scenario. I saw an guy in the World Series of baseball last year interviewing players with an iPad....Cameraguys were telling him to "get that thing out of the shot." He was holding it about 5 inches from the players face. Ughh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJBerto Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 that interview sounds and looks like shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 that interview sounds and looks like shit. The money men don't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 that interview sounds and looks like shit. Doesn't care.. And I have fear for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Joseph Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Content not quality. In the age of the modern internet it's about who has it first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blas Kisic Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I've been visiting various breweries in the Midwest and elsewhere for a doc I've been working on. We're often interviewed by local news crews. At Great Lakes in Cleveland, I met this producer/preditor/cameraman who worked for a local network affiliate, who was by himself with a JVC camcorder fitted with an SR unit. He had a handheld mic with a buttplug, as well as a lav mic Lectro transmitter. It just so happens that he was on the same block as I was, so I asked him what frequency he was using, so as not to interfere with each other. He had no idea - I guess they set them and leave them there. Anyway, he conducted and shot the interviews, he shot the B roll, edited and even voiced the final piece, which was 6 or 7 minutes long. He's obviuosly very experienced and the piece looks and sounds good, for what it is, but you KNOW that as recently as five years ago there would have been at least three people involved in making it. BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Green Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I noticed at this last NBA All Star game a young correspondent from Asia was doing her stand up with an Iphone, I'm assuming that was for the internet. I also notice that Iphones with tripods and mic rigs at SXSW music/film fest are becoming more freq instead of the 5D's. I still see a lot of 5D's but seems more blogger/reporters are showing up with Iphones, again I bet these are mostly for video blogs on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 A friend with whom I shared this discussion replied with this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Even LA local news reporters are working by themselves in the field. They drive the truck, set up the camera, lights, and sound, and do everything. A friend with whom I shared this discussion replied with this: encouraging not monitoring audio....tis a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I've got to say that the option to use an iphone via this Rode device for non-critical audio is pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwill Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 The draining of a pool of talent!! SAD, saw this at the Prudential Center for the NHL Draft, wireless compliance a must do....I had no issue because many of "crews" were IPhone enabled using wired mics....wish I could post the many photos of such crews !! JHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I hope these folks who wear multiple hats in the field charge a carpload of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Macri Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I'd guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I hope these folks who wear multiple hats in the field charge a carpload of money. It depends, what's a carp weigh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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