Youth at the Superbowl
Most Camera Operator’s will never have the opportunity to shoot an NFL game from the sidelines. Frank Scacciaferro has been doing it since the age of 14. Frank is a Camera Operator for Ferro Productions, and has been working with the Giants since he was in the eighth grade.
2007 was a very special year for Frank and the Giants. The Big Blue won Superbowl XLll, and Scacciaferro, at the time a senior in high school, was in Arizona working with Ferro Productions covering the big game.
The legendary playoff run of 2007 started in Tampa. Next it was Dallas, where the Giants defeated Tony Romo and the Cowboys. The following week Eli and the Giants defeated Brett Favre in his final game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Frank was on the field at each victory, shooting game action from the end zone. The seventeen year old was about to become the youngest Camera Operator ever to work at a Superbowl.
Ferro spent the week of the Superbowl on location at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, covering all of the events leading up to the game. Frank worked camera on numerous sets that week, including press conferences, player and coach interviews, and reporter shows. “It was very stressful and chaotic at the time, but looking back, it was one of the best weeks of my life.”
The night of the Giants Superbowl victory, Frank was shooting his Sony BetaCam SP from the end zone, covering game action. He also covered behind the bench action of players, and the post-game celebration
and Trophy ceremony. After the confetti had dropped and the champagne was been poured, Frank was on a plane back to New Jersey, and sitting in first period English the very next day.
After experiencing such a monumental event as a teenager, I asked Frank, now in his early twenties, what type of work could ever compare to the Superbowl. “As far as sports shooting goes, there is nothing else that could ever compare. I am just working on
continuing my experience as a Camera Operator. I’m also looking forward to a few other projects I’ve got going on now.” Frank is one of a few young talents that work with Ferro Productions, and will undoubtedly be a big name in production over the remainder of his career.
Frank shooting Sony Betacam from the sidelines in Arizona
