When watching any sort of production, it slips many people’s minds that there are working people doing jobs behind the cameras. These jobs can vary greatly in difficulty. Studio recording is usually the easiest because there is minimal movement involved; the people on camera are stationary. People normally do not run around during a newscast, but rather sit down and talk to one another.

The only camera movements would be slight zooms or horizontal panning. Dramatic filming is a bit harder. There are a variety of shots that should be used when filming too add extra effects- such as a low angle shot, which would make a character appear superhuman or larger than life. These different types of shots must be perfectly executed and are not easy to do correctly the first time.

It is also hard to capture fast-paced action scenes because they move almost too quickly. Every second of the production must be nothing less than perfect. Being a cameraman really gets tricky when it comes to the aspect of sports. The reason for this is the same reason sports are so entertaining to viewers… the entire broadcast is completely unpredictable. Nobody ever knows what is about to happen in the next moment.

In football, a pass that looks like it will be a short complete run could turn out to be an interception pick-6: and the cameraman must be able to react quickly enough to capture the event on camera. Also, when working a sports game the cameramen hardly get to have a break. Even during time-outs and halftime breaks, workers are still recording players on the sideline as well as the crowd.

The cameras don’t stop rolling until well after the actual game is over. So when working a sports event, a cameraman experiences non-stop, fast-paced, unpredictable action. If they lose their concentration for even a second, they might not be hired again because they missed a huge event or play in the game.