Producer Blog
One of the more difficult things about producing programming for a sports team is being at the mercy of a constantly moving target. Every night our producers spend hours pouring over the teams next day schedule trying to match the team’s logistics to our shows content needs. Come morning’s 9:30 production meeting, the producers feel they have identified the key capture needs for the coming day. Interviews are scheduled, shot lists are developed and all the logistics necessary to navigate a 25 person production team safely and efficiently through the day is put into place.
For 17 years Ferro Productions has been awarded the exclusive rights to produce both broadcast and web programming for the NY Giants and their various broadcast partners. You would think after all those years the routine would be second nature and the entire company would be basically going through the motions. Well…that couldn’t be farther from the truth. After 17 years what is second nature is every hour of every day of every week and month for the entire season we must be prepared for the UNKNOWN.
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Our programming runs the gamut of TV formatting, from trendy magazine shows to hard-hitting sports junkie strategy shows. From 30 minutes show run time to 2 hours. From live to historical retro. All these variations present their own unique technical and production challenges and techniques. But the one constant is the subjects of our stories change and morph almost hourly. Players win positions. Players lose positions. Players get hurt. Critical on air interviews get pushed for a more pressing football issue. A segment topic that has been in edit for a week gets changed minutes before going to air because the story is no longer valid. The bottom line is producing for a pro sports team means producing the UNKNOWN.
While channel surfing one evening, I caught a brief interview with Steve Tisch on TMZ, prior to this past Super Bowl. He was asked to differentiate between winning an Oscar and winning the Super Bowl. He said hands down winning the Super Bowl was both the greater challenge and achievement because of the UNKNOWN factors during LIVE production.
There are no re-takes during which to acquire desired end results in a LIVE performance. Each play has it’s own variables requiring constant intuitive improvisational skills (and action) by players, coaches, and production crews alike.
BRAVO Ferro Productions for bringing 17 years of your expertise for the UNKNOWN on-and-off the field to this GIANT team of champions.
Any time you need a hand, just give me a shout. It’s always great working with a producer who knows what he wants, and does a great job with what he gets.
hi joe hope all is well looking foward to the season.still living in NJ