Bill Webb in the Control Room
The exhibit that I found to be most interesting was The Art of Televised Baseball
From a distance I thought the exhibit was just a simple baseball game.
As I got closer, I realized the many small T.V. screens and one larger screen all on one wall. The baseball game on the screens showed the many cameras views of the stadium taping a New York Mets vs. San Diego Padres game. The large screen shows what is actually aired. One of the other screens shows the director, (above) Bill Web sitting in a control game room watching the game and calling out screen numbers. He was directing the Technical Director through his headset. The Technical Director controls switches and the Camera Operators, Graphics Director and Audio Techs, and Video Replay crew work together to orchestrate the whole show.
To me this was amazing! Here I was thinking that computers click back and forth and I never imagined that so many people were involved in the production.
I watched for a while. Bill Web said: “pan, ready 2, take 2 (cut to 2), roll it, play an instant replay.” The screen switched around to the different numbered screens and immediately the large screen showed what Bill said to show. It was like he was playing God to the viewer. I’ve never seen anything like it. My Dad was with me and he said, ”I didn’t realize the intricacy of the system.” Neither did I Dad, neither did I.
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