Fur Missile Productions

For the past week I have been on crew with Fox Sports as a utility, helping to cover the American Le Mans Series. The race features P1 cars. As a utility, I helped setup the cable infrastructure and troubleshoot problems. We ran roughly 3 miles of fiber, triax, and Cat5e cables from the TV Compound to the pre-existing track’s cabling.

During the race I was a spotter for both the handheld camera operator and live coverage reporter. As part of my responsibilities I worked with a company called BSI or Broadcast Services International to ensure that the handheld operator’s batteries were changed so that the wireless RF feeds from the cameras didn’t lose communication with the TV Compound. More importantly, I had to ensure that I knew where the talent was at all times and watch out for my handheld operators, so they did not get hit by a car speeding in and out of the pit stops.