Iowa Cubs | Carlos Botelho

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IOWA CUBS

During the 2022 and 2023 baseball season, I worked as a video production intern for the Iowa Cubs in Des Moines! This was a great experience in which I had the chance to work on directing, performing replays, operating cameras, and running graphics/promotions throughout each home game.

SAMPLE WORK

Graphics

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Graphics

Throughout the game, there are promotions displayed in the video board as well as stadium televisions. As an video intern, it is important to frame your shot keeping in mind that lower third graphics will be added to the frame.

Back to game transition

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Back to game transition

Throughout the inning breaks, our video production team would run promotions on the stadium video boards as well as on the live broadcast. For a smooth transition, it is important to have a high and low angle establishing shot to come back to after commercial breaks.

Replay

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Replay

It also the job of the director to try to fit as many replays as possible in between pitches. In this case, the leading runner on 3rd base scored after the hit but he was not seen in the live broadcast. Replays are a great way to include any action missed during live broadcast.

Home Run

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Home Run

In case of a home run, a director must always be ready to cover all the action in the field. As soon as the ball leaves the park, I would call shots as the batter runs the bases all the way to home plate. To make the broadcast more intresting, getting the live reaction of the picther is always a good idea.

CAMERA POSITIONS

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Camera 1 Located on the outfield wall, camera 1 is stationary and used to capture all the pitches throughout the match.

Camera 2 Also known as high home, camera 2 follows all hits as the ball goes into the outfield or fall ball areas.

Camera 3 Located next to the home dugout, camera 3 shoots all left-handed batters and the pitcher in case of a right-handed batter.

Camera 4 Located next to the away dugout, camera 4 shoots all right-handed batters and the pitcher in case of a left-handed batter.

Camera 5 A portable camera covers the leading runner on base or fan/stadium shots during between-inning promotions.

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