Hi Corridor, Thanks for mentioning our work. We're BeyondSports, the studio behind the making of NFL- Toy Story live stream. We had a blast working on this project. We also worked on Disney's BigCityGreen themed NHL in March. You will be seeing more of these in the coming year(s).
As a broadcast engineer in the sports scene, y’all delivered a really easy to understand presentation of how these technologies work and are presented to the viewer. (And basically a shorter version of NFL’s history of broadcast technology video) I’ve had to learn, use, and program a lot of these things in football!
@@juliusnepomuk I'm also a broadcast engineer. My experience with down and distance systems is a bit more limited as I don't work football as much as other sports, but I've had to use some of the same systems (my experience is namely with Ross Video's Piero, which does a lot more of the AR stuff but does the same background replacement). Basically generating the key for them is a lot more advanced than just a simple chroma key. If you break down the problem, what you are mainly looking to do is remove the background and keep the foreground / players. What you are given is a series of images taken from a single camera with a constant time difference between them, in addition to data about where the camera is in respect to the field / ground (either through optical tracking, physical trackers on the camera using encoded tripod heads and lens data, or a mix). From there, the only thing moving are the players and ball, so your able to look between the frames and generate what the field should look like without someone there. Once you have a background plate generated nearly real-time, you can see what matches the background plate within a tolerance and what doesn't. Basically generating the key is more computer vision than a simple chroma key. I am kind of impressed that after effects and other vfx software doesn't offer these kinds of keys yet.
@@spencerjohnson5382 i must admit it's quite a bit better this season than last, but yeah it definitely still happens pretty frequently lol. I find it more inexcusable in other sports that have static shots, for ex. I think in the Vegas F1 race there was a static camera angle of a corner where an ad was completely misplaced over top of the track lol....At least in Hockey the camera is pretty much always moving and players are always in front of the boards.
I mean even in live game the there is still around 10+ seconds of broadcasting delay so i guess the compilation editor guys are just working hard midgame.
Thanks for featuring our work Corridor Crew! We produced the Mixed Reality Nickelodeon Slime Monster at 8:32, Panther at 11:50, Nascar and Super Bowl at 12:09. More to come in 2024!! :)
This would be about the limit I would enjoy, in down time no problems, but if that or something else started appearing mid play I would be so angry. As he said just because you can, doesnt mean you should.
Would you mind explaining why "The Greatest Lap in NASCAR" felt so jarring? Not trying to insult or demean your guy's work, but watching that felt like FOX came to you guys with plastic toy cars and said "This is all you get, do something with it. Oh, and we need it in two days..."
I never expected to see this subject on corridor but it was such a good watch. Not only well-researched and put together, but Jordan is an excellent storyteller as well.
it's interesting because I am not that much interested in sports (except occasional ufc or f1 race) but adding these elements, I see in video games, would draw my attention to nba or nfl game, with all that extra stats on screen and visual information, like the line example in nfl game. Gives enough to understand the game on basic level. That's so nice!
I totally agree! It’s one of the reasons why I love watching his videos, and also Wrens videos. They just have such a good way with words, and they tell a story so naturally.
This is such a high production video! Super well done! I work in live theatre and we use a system that was originally invented for that RFID sports tracking to spotlight our actors, they wear a little tracker and we program the lights and projectors to follow! It’s super cool!
I’m a (small time) theatrical sound designer and would love to know more about this tech from the lighting world. Is it off the shelf or something you folks built yourselves?
@@ChrisGoosmanyou can do this with an htc vive tracker system, basically you setup the base stations around the theater and then each performer wears a vive tracker, they’re a little smaller than a donut and can thread on to 1/4 20 screws. Then you ingest the tracking data using something like LiveLinkXR in unreal engine, you can then use that tracking data for a DMX environment or something, that’s where my knowledge gets a little hazy since I don’t do live stage lighting
As a person in VFX and has a family into sports I'm so glad you guys finally broke this down. I've been impressed by all this stuff for years and have been wanting to know how it's done since!
Im glad that you guys are breaking into the video essay market! Corridor's production value mixed with interesting information on seemingly random/obscure/unappreciated branches of the VFX world, this is a proper early christmas gift!
I got my start in the camera/content world when I was in college. Big 10 school, absolutely massive. I got hired in the sports media office, and so I was a cameraman, director, slow-mo operator, and everything else by the time I graduated. It was absolutely wild to see the kind of hardware it takes to make all of this stuff happen. We had 2 separate server rooms full of switchers, keyers, routing equipment, PTZ control stations, all of it. And to think that most of that tech didn't exist when I was born. And now we've got literal AR tech that's piping out graphics that can be viewed in real time. Nuts.
I love that you guys are branching out a little from just movie and shows. It really broadens this channel and shows how much this technology is everywhere.
As someone who's worked in live sports graphics for over a decade it's really nice to see you guys cover it and get hyped about the insane tech involved. Now I have something to link when someone asks what I do for a living! 😂
Sports graphics tech is ridiculously un-sung in the digital world, but has some of the highest impact of all graphics. It's only going to get more interesting!
I’ve been handling VFX for Formula One for 3 years now and still amazed by how quickly the team manages to turn around great telemetry based visuals, camera tracks and compositing
Feels similar with Nascar where they seem to have infinite graphics for odd little points the broadcasters bring up as well as quite hard to miss animations whenever a flag goes out. And don’t even get me started on the bumpers between the show and ads, amazing stuff they do.
Sometimes, during an onboard shot, there's a graphic that shows up on top of the car in front showing the driver's name. How is that done? Is it AI? I noticed that it mostly works even in poor lighting conditions, such as sun glare and rain, and while really far away.
I can’t comment on the technical specifics but you are pretty much correct. We’re always looking out for emerging tech that can aid these types of effects
Be a killer generalist, never overspecialise, get into the habit of reading machine vision whitepapers, develop your own taste and seek out genuinely *good* artistic references @@allenqueen
As a high school math teacher, I absolutely LOVE the way you brought real mathematics into this video. I wish more videos would try this and maybe inspire students who may dislike math to understand its worth and want to learn more. Thank you Corridor Crew!
There wasn't any math tho? All that was said is that math is used, no explanation of the actual calculations and transforms in the video. There are videos that cover this topic much better, but it's not what this one is about in the first place.
Finally a full video dedicated to this tech! I've also wondered how well the live tracking ads on the football field, but how weirdly aligned it was to the cameras' angle.
These educational videos from the crew in between the major releases are so good. Ren has a great show. Jordan's breakdown here was great. Like, I honestly would love to see these micro shows from everyone at Corridor.
Even for me as someone, who developed such sport graphics from 2005 on and whose results can be seen at international sport events, that videos was still interesting, especially from the American perspective. And from now on I can share it to further explain, what we are doing business wise. Thank you! BTW: Currently every tracking software we are developing utilizes self-trained neural networks. Early 2021 was the last time a project, in which we were involved, used hardware tags.
@@TheHippyProductions Nah, I would only use it in private conversations and don't want to take credits for someone else's work in a business presentation.
This is my new favorite corridor video. I never even had a second thought about the fact that the first down line stays on the field but under the players, so that blew my mind 😂
One of the better Corridor vids I'd say. Jordan's been one of the best newer additions to the crew imo. One thing I thought may come up is Hawk-Eye. I've seen it most used in tennis. Not only does it digitally recreate the last shot made in real time, showing exactly where the ball landed, therefore demonstrating whether or not the shot was in or out, but it has been used to actually alter the sport itself when used. Some tournaments opt not to utilise it, but when it is used, players can actually challenge a call made by the umpire and/or lines people, and we then refer to Hawk-Eye to reveal whether it was truly in or out. Points can be lost, reverted back or replayed.
One of my favorite examples of data enhancing the story recently is the NHL’s “shift time” tracker, which they bring up on the screen sometimes. It shows how long each player on the ice has been on the ice, and can really serve to make icings or long stretches without a whistle feel that much more intense. Great video! I really enjoyed it :)
I just want to take the time to emphasize one of the last points of this video: technology should complement the story, not distract from it. I need to continue to tell this to myself every time I get caught up in, not having the latest gear or having snazzy bells and whistles. Thanks for the amazing video corridor crew!
Some what related...12 years ago, phone cameras were finally getting decent pics and videos. On a Saturday morning, watching my 6 year old play soccer, there we all were, lined up in a row, ALL the parents with their phones out... no one was actually watching the game. Everyone wanting the perfect pic. Changed my perspective immediately, put away the phone and can remember (cliche as it sounds) the smell of the grass, the chill of the wind. Recall the coach yelling the plays. Chasing out of bounds balls. Took it all in. Most importantly, I remember the after game hug from kiddo (and I got a picture of it... from another parent 😅).
@MrMice... This is the same reason why I don't have as many photos as other people. I like to enjoy the moment and forget to take photos, lol. But the best photos I have have been because I wasn't looking for the best photo but because I was appreciating the moment and the environment.
My main hobby is gaming so having the latest gear with all the snazzy bells and whistles literally makes the story, or at least makes it look better and run smoother. But you're not wrong in most cases! xD
One of my favorite things to do is to remember how something was in my childhood and contemplate how far technology has come to get to what I'm now used to today. I like to appreciate what I've got. This episode is absolutely perfect for someone like me.
This was such a joy to watch, you guys (GREAT JOB, JORDAN). And now I have a reason to share my favorite RUclips channel with my dad! Seriously, thank you!!
Love the content, I'm not an avid sports watcher myself, but I did catch a glimpse of the tracking circles under a player's feet and it blew my mind! Thank you for doing the research to share this with all of us!
I never really watched sports, but recently with all these new advancements I’m just admiring it the entire game. Real time masking of players, real time effects on field, digitalization of players.. It’s all been fascinating to watch.
Such a good video! Love how you guys broke all this down and how Jordan tells it all so perfectly. I'll even take for granted that he's wearing a clippers jacket!
Great breakdown! I was expecting you to mention when NHL took it a step too far in the early days of adopting this tech, mid-90’s, and made the hockey puck into a blue glowing monstrosity.
FoxTrax was actually the first example of realtime tracking for this sort of thing. The engineers behind it went on to create the "first down line" in the NFL after FoxTrax was discontinued.
I've watched this so many times, I've always marveled at how sports broadcast give real time graphics where it would take keyframe animators months to produce. Very informative... Well done Jordan
This is so well done Jordan, executed and delivered with perfection. I learnt so much! The 'what would happen if' incorporation of VFX videos are fun, but a little gimmicky, this was pure content with a beautiful sprinkle of humour throughout.
This was awesome!! I got to say, Jordan absolutely did his research and NAILED the terminology, such as calling the main 3 cameras with 1st down line the high game cameras, since they're the cameras high above the field with the main responsibility being of showing the game live and wide, as opposed to tighter shooting cameras for replay looks or to isolate players. That's a small but important delineation that most people don't realize regarding what the camera operators responsibility is. I'm a director and technical director for basketball and hockey broadcasts, and also been a fan of corridor since 2011 so seeing these worlds mix is excellent!! (Kind of) Fun fact: 1994 was also the first year that FOX began broadcasting NFL games, same year the score bug started. For one reason or another, (I think because FOX came on the scene the same year), the score bug in FOX TV trucks came to be known as the "FOX Box." Even today, in trucks that are NOT FOX, for NON Football broadcasts, when the bug looks very much NOT boxey (think long bars that fill the screen), crew members often call the score bug the "box," and the person who operates it is a "box operator." I just think that's kind of neat.
I've never cared for sports, but I love VFX. Whenever I caught a football game on TV, I'd always wonder about this stuff. So glad you guys are covering it, can't think of a better channel to unravel the mysteries of Sportball 👌
This is a really fire video Jordan. As someone that doesn’t really watch sports at all but loves movies and corridor I initially wasn’t interested in this concept but then it piqued my interest becuase like you at the start of this, it really isn’t occurred to me just how much CGI and effects are used in sports these days and suddenly I was intrigued. Awesome job dude.
I think F1 (and really any racing series in general) really demands a lot of information being presented just to help people make sense of things. Without VFX, it would pretty much be near impossible to get a good view of what's actually happening to all the drivers on track whether it's where they are, what strategy they're on, the gaps between the cars, etc. especially if you're just watching or listening in. F1 in particular has cars that can transmit over a TB of data in a 1.5 hr race to different receiving stations in a track. This data (while most of it isn't made public because it's only for the team's eyes) also includes the VFX on-screen in the feed like speed, gear, battery use, distance to car in front, etc.
Also ever notice how much AR advertising is placed along the track during races? I've noticed this for the past couple years. Most of the time it's subtle but other times they CG in large objects like a complete ferris wheel next to the track in Singapore.
I am being completely serious when I say your enthusiasm and the whole atmosphere of this video has taken me from a near-zero sports fan to genuinely wanting to try watching sports and see what's up
This was genuinely interesting. I dont usually follow your vfx stuff (i work in the field and get my fill) but this was actually really interesting and well produced. Great job.
I would love to see you cover older broadcast processes like linear keying.. it would be fascinating to understand how far we have come from vintage analog broadcast gear to now...
I actually recently noticed this myself watching football in Australia, I noticed the advertisments on the field were aways pointed perfectly towards the camera so I started trying to figure out if it was actually on the grass or an overlay by seeing if it discolored at all as players ran over it and tore up the grass, I also noticed they werent there in instant replays Which confirmed it as an effect.
I was in jail, the county jail in take pod, for longer than I'd like to admit... and during those days of sitting and waiting for my day in virtual ZOOM court, I had nothing to watch other than Sunday/Monday Night Football. and the whole time I sat there wondering how they pulled this stuff off in real time. Thank you so much for making this video. I can now rest knowing the answer to my questions 😂
As a nascar fan, yeah that hits home. Also congrats on being like… the first guy ever to be an outsider making a valid criticism of nascar instead of ‘ooh boring circle cars’ lol, thanks for that :)
I've been so fascinated with the first down markers and the line of scrimmage markers for so long and how they managed to get the line under the players. I never looked it up but seeing this just proves I should have been fascinated because it's awesome.
Super and informative narrative with a very meaningful call-to-action. No matter how good the effects, it's story and emotion which keep us, the audience watching... and as long as Jordan and the rest of the Corridor Crew keep up with their incredible story telling, I'll be watching. Thank you!
Wow, I am so utterly fascinated. It was so cool seeing the history of on screen graphics. My 26 year old self naively believed that sports always had a scoreboard on the screen.
Dude, I study sports science, and did a module on Performance Analysis, most boring thing ever. This video has made performance analysis more interesting in a 13 minute video than when I studied it for a whole semester! Well done! ❤
Recently while watching a hockey game I noticed the ads around the stage were changing. But when another camera angle was used they were gone. I always wondered how they were changing the ads in real time but thanks to this video I know how. I didn't know someone would actually cover this topic so thank you.
This is such a great video. Not only because I have always wondered about this as a huge sports fan, but the pacing, the modeling, everything. So good!
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I've been scratching my head at exactly how the NFL has been adding such detailed graphics so quickly. All they tell you is that it's powered by AWS. Had no idea about the Toy Story thing, that's truly pushing the envelope. Very cool explanation and I'm so glad Corridor was reading my mind as usual.
That yellow first down line has broken some people's brains because it's so simple and perfectly done every time. I remember taking a friend to a local college football game after we had watched several on TV. She was very upset that the yellow line wasn't on the field. Football is now to the point that watching on TV is a far superior experience to actually going to a game. Crazy to see how seamless and necessary some of that tech really is.
@@PeterMcKeon I think that's the next step. But we may be a long way from that. I haven't seen much about Apple's augmented reality implementation but it's kind of the closest thing we've seen because the market has favored true immersion VR instead. I still can't imagine wearing glasses like that for hours at a time.
@@Kevin_2435 I was thinking something closer to Google Glass, lightweight and small that maybe they can find a way to mass produce cheaply enough to sell or hand out at games.
I'm so glad you made this because, while I don't care about watching sports, when I was younger I could never figure out how they got the digital lines on the football field to stay in the same place with relative size so well. It's a totally different beast
Thank you so much for this. I’ve been fascinated with this technology every time I see a sports game, and now you broke down so much of what I couldn’t decipher on my own!
Agreed, it's genuinely bugging me more than it should. This video starts and is talking about the NFL when it "introduced" the score bug. Which not only ignores the fact that that the Premier League added it in 1993 and was used in the FIFA World Cup in America in 1994 (I wonder where they got their exposure) but more importantly doesn't talk about the evolution of tech that led to this. I don't know how cricket handled this but Soccer had scores popping up intermittently throughout the game to show you how long was left. This ranged from similar tech to VERY different tech as you get older. The immediate example I know of is from the 1967 European Final, 25 years prior. Given the nature of cricket I wouldn't be shocked (and would be very interested to learn) about the innovations they made as there is TONES more to breakdown that soccer never needed to. I wouldn't be shocked if somewhere like India was at the forefront of making these innovations as well. Just really not a fan of this being presented as if the NFL were the only people at the forefront of this technology. I understand the narrative choice of containing it to the NFL, but more could have been done here and just feels lazy.
I work in a university, with subjects as Production for Television. I'm definitely showing them this video, so they can appreciate and look with more detail to what does it take to create such big spectacles. Thanks Corridor!
Suprised you didn’t talk about how Sky sports did this first for Football (soccer). It goes further than just the sport itself too. Football matches often broadcast different advertising boards in real time depending on what country the footage is being broadcast on. So the people at home are seeing completely different adverts pitchside compared to in the stadium. All perfectly occluded similar to the yellow like inNFL
It’s so funny because the other day I was just talking to someone about this. We were both talking about how this would be a visual effects nightmare trying to do this live. But we also said that this is on our bucket list because it seems like such a crazy experience to be a part of and you are totally right!
I love how Jordan and Wren explain things, both excited and enthusiastic especially Wren. But Jordan's style is more like "how it's made". and the story telling vfx are cool too
Absolutely fantastic video! An instant classic, dare I say a certified banger 😮 I’d love to see more videos like this (the sort of high production video essay style) although I’m sure they require a lot of work. I think the work pays off! Love the research and illustration of ideas in this!
I can remember seeing the tracked driver stats, up to six at a time, following the cars around the brickyard back in the 90s, & being astonished at the steadiness of the tracking, especially given the resolution & overall picture quality they were dealing with. it was good enough even then to have been witchcraft, & as a video technician, I have a reasonably good handle on how these things work!
This is such a cool video i can’t believe there haven’t been more videos made on this subject. You covered like every graphic in every sport too that’s amazing
This ep was one of the best. I've always been stumped by the animated adverts on the boards of the NHL. The ads are constantly changing on the live feed while there are tangible ads on the boards at the actual game..... and even those are being changed by the period. The NHL has resold the same ad space more than three times pergame..... genius. More importantly, the real time keying is flawless.... but what are they keying if the boards arent blank?
Damn you guys killed it on this one, definitely thought it was going to be less than half of what was implemented into the breakdown of the film haha LOVED IT! Keep killing it, and aye if we don’t take our teams losses on the people we love then what else are they good for. 😂
I find the review system thats used in cricket to be really fascinating visually and audibly as they track whether a balls strikes the wickets aswell as using sound technology to hear and see via wavelengths if it touches the bat.
I hate sports, so the only reason I watched this was, well, because it's a Corridor Crew video and I pretty much watch all of them. HOWEVER... I have to say, this was some masterful documentary filmmaking! Seriously! The research, the editing, the presentation and the level of detail... I'm blown away! Credit where it's due, guys. You knocked this one out of the park. (see what I did there?) I'll get my coat! 😜
I love your VFX artists react series and thought it might be a good idea to react to different Doctor Who intros over the years, considering the show started in 1963 on about £5,000 am episode (about £20,000 nowadays) and the newest season reportedly having over £60 million per episode. Just thought it would be cool reacting the the enormous difference in time and budget over the years
I’ve always admired the tech talent that goes into Formula 1 broadcasts! They can tell you the real-time position, gap to next car, speed, throttle, RPM, and lap times of every single car - I’ve even seen them throw on screen a corner-by-corner breakdown of who’s faster when two cars are battling. Can only imagine what that looks like behind the scenes! So many sensors…
I am an autistic, gay, theatre kid who has never once cared for sports but this video was wildly fascinating. Thank you so much for helping me to better appreciate something I never would have been willing to consider. There is a true brilliance in so many aspects of sports that I will never know but now I get to give credit where it's due. These folks are truly innovators and more people need to appreciate that.
Yeah, Fox Trax. I can't believe they left that out. Despised as it was, IIRC it was still the first time a 3d model of the field was used to augment the game. So much of what they discussed started with that puck.
Im not really into sports but have always been really fascinated by the tracked yellow line. Glad someone finally covered it. Live VFX like that are really interesting
Well done! As a broadcast camera operator, I could not have explained it better. Now when asked in the future I will just reference this video…. And just to add one more aspect, let’s not forget that Covid taught us that CG can also fill stadiums during lock down. Some stadiums, in fact, still don’t seat fans above a certain deck- but rather artificially fill the seats - and have panthers jumping out of scoreboards etc. Thank you for the great content!,
I'm a European and watched my first Super Bowl just a few weeks ago. The lines on screen puzzled me immediately! It really appeared as if they were physically painted on the field. Watched the rules on a YT vid during commercials (I came here to watch the game, not Usher). Cool stuff you guys do on screen. In European football Spanish league (La Liga) has some cool VFX as well, but NFS probably trumps it.
Hi Corridor,
Thanks for mentioning our work. We're BeyondSports, the studio behind the making of NFL- Toy Story live stream. We had a blast working on this project. We also worked on Disney's BigCityGreen themed NHL in March. You will be seeing more of these in the coming year(s).
Good job
Yoooooo Great Job 🎉
Amazing stuff!
Awesome work! It was really cool to see my favorite team taking part in the first rendition of this.
I'm not a sports guy but without a doubt my boys fell in love with the Toy Story football game
As a broadcast engineer in the sports scene, y’all delivered a really easy to understand presentation of how these technologies work and are presented to the viewer. (And basically a shorter version of NFL’s history of broadcast technology video)
I’ve had to learn, use, and program a lot of these things in football!
You’re my man!! One question I really crave: how do you key the New york Jets in their green suits from the Green Field??
@@juliusnepomuk I had the exact same question
@@juliusnepomuk I'm also a broadcast engineer. My experience with down and distance systems is a bit more limited as I don't work football as much as other sports, but I've had to use some of the same systems (my experience is namely with Ross Video's Piero, which does a lot more of the AR stuff but does the same background replacement). Basically generating the key for them is a lot more advanced than just a simple chroma key. If you break down the problem, what you are mainly looking to do is remove the background and keep the foreground / players. What you are given is a series of images taken from a single camera with a constant time difference between them, in addition to data about where the camera is in respect to the field / ground (either through optical tracking, physical trackers on the camera using encoded tripod heads and lens data, or a mix). From there, the only thing moving are the players and ball, so your able to look between the frames and generate what the field should look like without someone there. Once you have a background plate generated nearly real-time, you can see what matches the background plate within a tolerance and what doesn't. Basically generating the key is more computer vision than a simple chroma key. I am kind of impressed that after effects and other vfx software doesn't offer these kinds of keys yet.
@@juliusnepomukasking the right questions👌😄
@@juliusnepomukGreat question
I love when the VFX breaks, and you end up with people disappearing under advertising that has been projected on top.
Kinda true
Happens in baseball all the time lol
Happens in hockey legit all the time
@@spencerjohnson5382 i must admit it's quite a bit better this season than last, but yeah it definitely still happens pretty frequently lol. I find it more inexcusable in other sports that have static shots, for ex. I think in the Vegas F1 race there was a static camera angle of a corner where an ad was completely misplaced over top of the track lol....At least in Hockey the camera is pretty much always moving and players are always in front of the boards.
I always thought those were glitches in the matrix only I could see
I've always wondered how they do VFX, recaps, and edits so fast in live broadcast!
Dead Internet theory
Same here! Very cool!
I mean even in live game the there is still around 10+ seconds of broadcasting delay so i guess the compilation editor guys are just working hard midgame.
Thanks for featuring our work Corridor Crew! We produced the Mixed Reality Nickelodeon Slime Monster at 8:32, Panther at 11:50, Nascar and Super Bowl at 12:09. More to come in 2024!! :)
This would be about the limit I would enjoy, in down time no problems, but if that or something else started appearing mid play I would be so angry. As he said just because you can, doesnt mean you should.
Would you mind explaining why "The Greatest Lap in NASCAR" felt so jarring? Not trying to insult or demean your guy's work, but watching that felt like FOX came to you guys with plastic toy cars and said "This is all you get, do something with it. Oh, and we need it in two days..."
Far and away the worst graphics in live sports history
"What software did you guys use to produce those visual effects?"
dude just stop, whats next after green monster in game ad? giant goodyear blimp? huh!?
I never expected to see this subject on corridor but it was such a good watch. Not only well-researched and put together, but Jordan is an excellent storyteller as well.
More Jordan please! ❤
yes this was incredibly inspiring, well done Jordan
let jordan do more projects like this. The full team stuff has been honestly a little boring lately
it's interesting because I am not that much interested in sports (except occasional ufc or f1 race) but adding these elements, I see in video games, would draw my attention to nba or nfl game, with all that extra stats on screen and visual information, like the line example in nfl game. Gives enough to understand the game on basic level. That's so nice!
I totally agree! It’s one of the reasons why I love watching his videos, and also Wrens videos. They just have such a good way with words, and they tell a story so naturally.
This is such a high production video! Super well done!
I work in live theatre and we use a system that was originally invented for that RFID sports tracking to spotlight our actors, they wear a little tracker and we program the lights and projectors to follow! It’s super cool!
Nice! I love to hear stories of tech actually being used to enrich life! 😎
I’m a (small time) theatrical sound designer and would love to know more about this tech from the lighting world. Is it off the shelf or something you folks built yourselves?
That's so cool!
This makes me want a follow up video on modern technology in live theater
@@ChrisGoosmanyou can do this with an htc vive tracker system, basically you setup the base stations around the theater and then each performer wears a vive tracker, they’re a little smaller than a donut and can thread on to 1/4 20 screws. Then you ingest the tracking data using something like LiveLinkXR in unreal engine, you can then use that tracking data for a DMX environment or something, that’s where my knowledge gets a little hazy since I don’t do live stage lighting
As a person in VFX and has a family into sports I'm so glad you guys finally broke this down. I've been impressed by all this stuff for years and have been wanting to know how it's done since!
From someone in the industry that works with a lot of this tech you've done a fantastic job at summarizing all of this. Great video!
Never forget the NHL glow puck. One of the live visual effects of all time.
It was also the precursor to the yellow line. Same company transitioned from hockey to NFL. Huge miss from this great video.
I was so put off by it I didn't watch it until I saw it on CBC.
and now they have boards that change ads in real time
@@dylben2131 I don't like that. I like to see the same ads that I would see if I was at the arena.
it was definitely revolutionary but man it was annoying lol
I've always wanted this. The VFX is actually insane in live sports.
Facts I always wondered if the lines where real or not
CREW! You should check out the tech behind rock climbing competitions - there’s some crazy innovations for the viewers
"Actually" insane, and not "literally" insane?
@@TokyoXtreme what are you yapping about
@@BillyBajaBlast Did you actually literally type "yapping" rn?
Not only was this super interesting, but Jordan really has hit his stride. Loved it!
Yeah, as someone who doesn’t care at all about sports, I found this a fascinating and really well told video
Im glad that you guys are breaking into the video essay market! Corridor's production value mixed with interesting information on seemingly random/obscure/unappreciated branches of the VFX world, this is a proper early christmas gift!
They have been doing video essays for 5+ years at least
I got my start in the camera/content world when I was in college. Big 10 school, absolutely massive. I got hired in the sports media office, and so I was a cameraman, director, slow-mo operator, and everything else by the time I graduated. It was absolutely wild to see the kind of hardware it takes to make all of this stuff happen. We had 2 separate server rooms full of switchers, keyers, routing equipment, PTZ control stations, all of it. And to think that most of that tech didn't exist when I was born. And now we've got literal AR tech that's piping out graphics that can be viewed in real time. Nuts.
I love that you guys are branching out a little from just movie and shows. It really broadens this channel and shows how much this technology is everywhere.
As someone who's worked in live sports graphics for over a decade it's really nice to see you guys cover it and get hyped about the insane tech involved. Now I have something to link when someone asks what I do for a living! 😂
Thanks for your work.
Sports graphics tech is ridiculously un-sung in the digital world, but has some of the highest impact of all graphics. It's only going to get more interesting!
@corridorcrew Get this guy on the couch! Start another show for live production!
I’ve been handling VFX for Formula One for 3 years now and still amazed by how quickly the team manages to turn around great telemetry based visuals, camera tracks and compositing
Feels similar with Nascar where they seem to have infinite graphics for odd little points the broadcasters bring up as well as quite hard to miss animations whenever a flag goes out. And don’t even get me started on the bumpers between the show and ads, amazing stuff they do.
Sometimes, during an onboard shot, there's a graphic that shows up on top of the car in front showing the driver's name. How is that done? Is it AI? I noticed that it mostly works even in poor lighting conditions, such as sun glare and rain, and while really far away.
I can’t comment on the technical specifics but you are pretty much correct. We’re always looking out for emerging tech that can aid these types of effects
How does one get into it, if you don't mind me asking
Be a killer generalist, never overspecialise, get into the habit of reading machine vision whitepapers, develop your own taste and seek out genuinely *good* artistic references @@allenqueen
I've long since wondered how they were so fast with these VFX during live sports. Thanks for delving in, great video!
Wizards. It's always wizards.
As a high school math teacher, I absolutely LOVE the way you brought real mathematics into this video. I wish more videos would try this and maybe inspire students who may dislike math to understand its worth and want to learn more. Thank you Corridor Crew!
There wasn't any math tho? All that was said is that math is used, no explanation of the actual calculations and transforms in the video. There are videos that cover this topic much better, but it's not what this one is about in the first place.
Finally a full video dedicated to this tech! I've also wondered how well the live tracking ads on the football field, but how weirdly aligned it was to the cameras' angle.
These educational videos from the crew in between the major releases are so good.
Ren has a great show. Jordan's breakdown here was great. Like, I honestly would love to see these micro shows from everyone at Corridor.
Even for me as someone, who developed such sport graphics from 2005 on and whose results can be seen at international sport events, that videos was still interesting, especially from the American perspective. And from now on I can share it to further explain, what we are doing business wise. Thank you!
BTW: Currently every tracking software we are developing utilizes self-trained neural networks. Early 2021 was the last time a project, in which we were involved, used hardware tags.
Dang! Maybe they should've asked for a sponsorship on this one, seems like they did you guys a solid for free 😅
@@TheHippyProductions Nah, I would only use it in private conversations and don't want to take credits for someone else's work in a business presentation.
This is my new favorite corridor video. I never even had a second thought about the fact that the first down line stays on the field but under the players, so that blew my mind 😂
One of the better Corridor vids I'd say. Jordan's been one of the best newer additions to the crew imo.
One thing I thought may come up is Hawk-Eye. I've seen it most used in tennis. Not only does it digitally recreate the last shot made in real time, showing exactly where the ball landed, therefore demonstrating whether or not the shot was in or out, but it has been used to actually alter the sport itself when used. Some tournaments opt not to utilise it, but when it is used, players can actually challenge a call made by the umpire and/or lines people, and we then refer to Hawk-Eye to reveal whether it was truly in or out. Points can be lost, reverted back or replayed.
One of my favorite examples of data enhancing the story recently is the NHL’s “shift time” tracker, which they bring up on the screen sometimes. It shows how long each player on the ice has been on the ice, and can really serve to make icings or long stretches without a whistle feel that much more intense.
Great video! I really enjoyed it :)
I'm really happy that you bring this into the light for people to understand and learn about.
I just want to take the time to emphasize one of the last points of this video: technology should complement the story, not distract from it. I need to continue to tell this to myself every time I get caught up in, not having the latest gear or having snazzy bells and whistles. Thanks for the amazing video corridor crew!
Some what related...12 years ago, phone cameras were finally getting decent pics and videos. On a Saturday morning, watching my 6 year old play soccer, there we all were, lined up in a row, ALL the parents with their phones out... no one was actually watching the game. Everyone wanting the perfect pic. Changed my perspective immediately, put away the phone and can remember (cliche as it sounds) the smell of the grass, the chill of the wind. Recall the coach yelling the plays. Chasing out of bounds balls. Took it all in. Most importantly, I remember the after game hug from kiddo (and I got a picture of it... from another parent 😅).
Here here!
@MrMice... This is the same reason why I don't have as many photos as other people. I like to enjoy the moment and forget to take photos, lol. But the best photos I have have been because I wasn't looking for the best photo but because I was appreciating the moment and the environment.
My main hobby is gaming so having the latest gear with all the snazzy bells and whistles literally makes the story, or at least makes it look better and run smoother. But you're not wrong in most cases! xD
One of my favorite things to do is to remember how something was in my childhood and contemplate how far technology has come to get to what I'm now used to today. I like to appreciate what I've got. This episode is absolutely perfect for someone like me.
This was such a joy to watch, you guys (GREAT JOB, JORDAN). And now I have a reason to share my favorite RUclips channel with my dad! Seriously, thank you!!
That’s funny because I had the exact same thought. Within 30 seconds I sent this to my dad.
Love the content, I'm not an avid sports watcher myself, but I did catch a glimpse of the tracking circles under a player's feet and it blew my mind! Thank you for doing the research to share this with all of us!
I never really watched sports, but recently with all these new advancements I’m just admiring it the entire game. Real time masking of players, real time effects on field, digitalization of players.. It’s all been fascinating to watch.
Such a good video! Love how you guys broke all this down and how Jordan tells it all so perfectly. I'll even take for granted that he's wearing a clippers jacket!
Great breakdown! I was expecting you to mention when NHL took it a step too far in the early days of adopting this tech, mid-90’s, and made the hockey puck into a blue glowing monstrosity.
I was also expecting a FoxTrax glowing puck mention lol
or the fact that the NHL actually did the whole “virtual game from a broadcast” thing a year before disneys toy story game
FoxTrax was actually the first example of realtime tracking for this sort of thing. The engineers behind it went on to create the "first down line" in the NFL after FoxTrax was discontinued.
I've watched this so many times, I've always marveled at how sports broadcast give real time graphics where it would take keyframe animators months to produce. Very informative... Well done Jordan
This is so well done Jordan, executed and delivered with perfection. I learnt so much!
The 'what would happen if' incorporation of VFX videos are fun, but a little gimmicky, this was pure content with a beautiful sprinkle of humour throughout.
This was awesome!! I got to say, Jordan absolutely did his research and NAILED the terminology, such as calling the main 3 cameras with 1st down line the high game cameras, since they're the cameras high above the field with the main responsibility being of showing the game live and wide, as opposed to tighter shooting cameras for replay looks or to isolate players. That's a small but important delineation that most people don't realize regarding what the camera operators responsibility is. I'm a director and technical director for basketball and hockey broadcasts, and also been a fan of corridor since 2011 so seeing these worlds mix is excellent!!
(Kind of) Fun fact: 1994 was also the first year that FOX began broadcasting NFL games, same year the score bug started. For one reason or another, (I think because FOX came on the scene the same year), the score bug in FOX TV trucks came to be known as the "FOX Box." Even today, in trucks that are NOT FOX, for NON Football broadcasts, when the bug looks very much NOT boxey (think long bars that fill the screen), crew members often call the score bug the "box," and the person who operates it is a "box operator." I just think that's kind of neat.
This is so well written. I really really loved this one, great job Jordan and the Crew.
I've never cared for sports, but I love VFX. Whenever I caught a football game on TV, I'd always wonder about this stuff. So glad you guys are covering it, can't think of a better channel to unravel the mysteries of Sportball 👌
This is a really fire video Jordan. As someone that doesn’t really watch sports at all but loves movies and corridor I initially wasn’t interested in this concept but then it piqued my interest becuase like you at the start of this, it really isn’t occurred to me just how much CGI and effects are used in sports these days and suddenly I was intrigued.
Awesome job dude.
From someone in the industry that works with a lot of this tech you've done a fantastic job at summarizing all of this. Great video!
I think F1 (and really any racing series in general) really demands a lot of information being presented just to help people make sense of things. Without VFX, it would pretty much be near impossible to get a good view of what's actually happening to all the drivers on track whether it's where they are, what strategy they're on, the gaps between the cars, etc. especially if you're just watching or listening in. F1 in particular has cars that can transmit over a TB of data in a 1.5 hr race to different receiving stations in a track. This data (while most of it isn't made public because it's only for the team's eyes) also includes the VFX on-screen in the feed like speed, gear, battery use, distance to car in front, etc.
The halo graphic is one of my favorites.
It's such a good way to present the telemetry like a "HUD" on what is otherwise dead space.
Also ever notice how much AR advertising is placed along the track during races? I've noticed this for the past couple years. Most of the time it's subtle but other times they CG in large objects like a complete ferris wheel next to the track in Singapore.
@@DustoMan Honestly the only time I realized they even used CG graphics was when Leclerc went under one of them in the live feed in Lap 1 Mexico.
I am being completely serious when I say your enthusiasm and the whole atmosphere of this video has taken me from a near-zero sports fan to genuinely wanting to try watching sports and see what's up
Need more videos of this genre! Really love your content and Jordan Allen, hats off to you and everything you do with the Corridor Crew 🎉
Awesome video! Have always been amazed by sports graphics and it's the best part of the Super Bowl each year -- seeing their latest tricks!
This was genuinely interesting. I dont usually follow your vfx stuff (i work in the field and get my fill) but this was actually really interesting and well produced. Great job.
I would love to see you cover older broadcast processes like linear keying.. it would be fascinating to understand how far we have come from vintage analog broadcast gear to now...
I'm so proud of how far you've come at CC Jordan. You're fucking killing it dude. Love you guys.
I actually recently noticed this myself watching football in Australia, I noticed the advertisments on the field were aways pointed perfectly towards the camera so I started trying to figure out if it was actually on the grass or an overlay by seeing if it discolored at all as players ran over it and tore up the grass, I also noticed they werent there in instant replays Which confirmed it as an effect.
I was in jail, the county jail in take pod, for longer than I'd like to admit... and during those days of sitting and waiting for my day in virtual ZOOM court, I had nothing to watch other than Sunday/Monday Night Football. and the whole time I sat there wondering how they pulled this stuff off in real time. Thank you so much for making this video. I can now rest knowing the answer to my questions 😂
As a nascar fan, yeah that hits home. Also congrats on being like… the first guy ever to be an outsider making a valid criticism of nascar instead of ‘ooh boring circle cars’ lol, thanks for that :)
I've been so fascinated with the first down markers and the line of scrimmage markers for so long and how they managed to get the line under the players. I never looked it up but seeing this just proves I should have been fascinated because it's awesome.
Super and informative narrative with a very meaningful call-to-action. No matter how good the effects, it's story and emotion which keep us, the audience watching... and as long as Jordan and the rest of the Corridor Crew keep up with their incredible story telling, I'll be watching. Thank you!
I don’t watch sports, but this was still super interesting. Jordan has really solidified himself as one of my favorites in the Crew
I bet the vast majority of their viewers don't watch sports.
This was a fantastic, even made me emotional toward the end talking about the beauty of telling stories!
Wow, I am so utterly fascinated. It was so cool seeing the history of on screen graphics. My 26 year old self naively believed that sports always had a scoreboard on the screen.
Dude, I study sports science, and did a module on Performance Analysis, most boring thing ever. This video has made performance analysis more interesting in a 13 minute video than when I studied it for a whole semester! Well done! ❤
Really cool to see you guys dive into this.
As a sports fan, this is my favorite break down video you guys have done to date!
This is something I was always intrigued by... I always wondered how they did the live score, the transitions and the replays on a live footage
Recently while watching a hockey game I noticed the ads around the stage were changing. But when another camera angle was used they were gone. I always wondered how they were changing the ads in real time but thanks to this video I know how. I didn't know someone would actually cover this topic so thank you.
This is such a great video. Not only because I have always wondered about this as a huge sports fan, but the pacing, the modeling, everything. So good!
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I've been scratching my head at exactly how the NFL has been adding such detailed graphics so quickly. All they tell you is that it's powered by AWS. Had no idea about the Toy Story thing, that's truly pushing the envelope. Very cool explanation and I'm so glad Corridor was reading my mind as usual.
That yellow first down line has broken some people's brains because it's so simple and perfectly done every time. I remember taking a friend to a local college football game after we had watched several on TV. She was very upset that the yellow line wasn't on the field. Football is now to the point that watching on TV is a far superior experience to actually going to a game. Crazy to see how seamless and necessary some of that tech really is.
I imagine at some point they might start offering augmented reality glasses when attending events just like they have 3D glasses at the cinema.
@@PeterMcKeon I think that's the next step. But we may be a long way from that. I haven't seen much about Apple's augmented reality implementation but it's kind of the closest thing we've seen because the market has favored true immersion VR instead. I still can't imagine wearing glasses like that for hours at a time.
@@Kevin_2435 I was thinking something closer to Google Glass, lightweight and small that maybe they can find a way to mass produce cheaply enough to sell or hand out at games.
I'm so glad you made this because, while I don't care about watching sports, when I was younger I could never figure out how they got the digital lines on the football field to stay in the same place with relative size so well. It's a totally different beast
Thank you so much for this. I’ve been fascinated with this technology every time I see a sports game, and now you broke down so much of what I couldn’t decipher on my own!
Thank you for this! I have been more distracted by all the effort put into the visuals during games than the game itself for YEARS!
Very informative but sad to see cricket being left out. The vfx levels are here insane and in many cases were the first in the world.
Absolutely worth mentioning, yep
I'm not sure if Americans know that cricket exists
Agreed, it's genuinely bugging me more than it should. This video starts and is talking about the NFL when it "introduced" the score bug. Which not only ignores the fact that that the Premier League added it in 1993 and was used in the FIFA World Cup in America in 1994 (I wonder where they got their exposure) but more importantly doesn't talk about the evolution of tech that led to this. I don't know how cricket handled this but Soccer had scores popping up intermittently throughout the game to show you how long was left. This ranged from similar tech to VERY different tech as you get older. The immediate example I know of is from the 1967 European Final, 25 years prior.
Given the nature of cricket I wouldn't be shocked (and would be very interested to learn) about the innovations they made as there is TONES more to breakdown that soccer never needed to. I wouldn't be shocked if somewhere like India was at the forefront of making these innovations as well.
Just really not a fan of this being presented as if the NFL were the only people at the forefront of this technology. I understand the narrative choice of containing it to the NFL, but more could have been done here and just feels lazy.
@@aussiegecko1892 great post
Now _this_ would be a vfx artists react episode - ideally with someone from the field - that I can get behind! :D
Wow! I have always wondered about this... One of the most interesting videos I have watched in a long time, thanks!
I work in a university, with subjects as Production for Television. I'm definitely showing them this video, so they can appreciate and look with more detail to what does it take to create such big spectacles. Thanks Corridor!
Honestly fascinating how complex sports vfx are. Great video!
Suprised you didn’t talk about how Sky sports did this first for Football (soccer). It goes further than just the sport itself too. Football matches often broadcast different advertising boards in real time depending on what country the footage is being broadcast on. So the people at home are seeing completely different adverts pitchside compared to in the stadium. All perfectly occluded similar to the yellow like inNFL
It’s so funny because the other day I was just talking to someone about this. We were both talking about how this would be a visual effects nightmare trying to do this live. But we also said that this is on our bucket list because it seems like such a crazy experience to be a part of and you are totally right!
I love how Jordan and Wren explain things, both excited and enthusiastic especially Wren. But Jordan's style is more like "how it's made". and the story telling vfx are cool too
Glad Jordan gets more and more projects too work on, he's really talented!
Absolutely fantastic video! An instant classic, dare I say a certified banger 😮 I’d love to see more videos like this (the sort of high production video essay style) although I’m sure they require a lot of work. I think the work pays off! Love the research and illustration of ideas in this!
Thank you for highlighting the NASCAR broadcasts. NASCAR gets so easily overlooked and dismissed, so it’s nice seeing someone praising them for once.
I can remember seeing the tracked driver stats, up to six at a time, following the cars around the brickyard back in the 90s, & being astonished at the steadiness of the tracking, especially given the resolution & overall picture quality they were dealing with. it was good enough even then to have been witchcraft, & as a video technician, I have a reasonably good handle on how these things work!
This is such a cool video i can’t believe there haven’t been more videos made on this subject. You covered like every graphic in every sport too that’s amazing
This ep was one of the best. I've always been stumped by the animated adverts on the boards of the NHL. The ads are constantly changing on the live feed while there are tangible ads on the boards at the actual game..... and even those are being changed by the period. The NHL has resold the same ad space more than three times pergame..... genius. More importantly, the real time keying is flawless.... but what are they keying if the boards arent blank?
Really loved this style of episode! Great work man!
Just starting the episode, but I've been hoping you guys would do sports for a long time. This shit is so cool
Damn you guys killed it on this one, definitely thought it was going to be less than half of what was implemented into the breakdown of the film haha LOVED IT! Keep killing it, and aye if we don’t take our teams losses on the people we love then what else are they good for. 😂
This is actually one of the coolest videos I didn’t even know I wanted to say. Nicely done corridor
Ive wondered about the VFX in sports for years, I just never got around to searching about them. So glad this video was made.
Glad you are covering this, I do this for a living and install and setup machines and software that do this stuff.
As a software engineer this is just as amazing as I’m sure it was for VFX artists.
I find the review system thats used in cricket to be really fascinating visually and audibly as they track whether a balls strikes the wickets aswell as using sound technology to hear and see via wavelengths if it touches the bat.
Hawkeye was invented for cricket and is now a staple of other sports as well like Tennis
I hate sports, so the only reason I watched this was, well, because it's a Corridor Crew video and I pretty much watch all of them. HOWEVER... I have to say, this was some masterful documentary filmmaking! Seriously! The research, the editing, the presentation and the level of detail... I'm blown away!
Credit where it's due, guys. You knocked this one out of the park. (see what I did there?)
I'll get my coat! 😜
I love your VFX artists react series and thought it might be a good idea to react to different Doctor Who intros over the years, considering the show started in 1963 on about £5,000 am episode (about £20,000 nowadays) and the newest season reportedly having over £60 million per episode. Just thought it would be cool reacting the the enormous difference in time and budget over the years
I’ve always admired the tech talent that goes into Formula 1 broadcasts! They can tell you the real-time position, gap to next car, speed, throttle, RPM, and lap times of every single car - I’ve even seen them throw on screen a corner-by-corner breakdown of who’s faster when two cars are battling. Can only imagine what that looks like behind the scenes! So many sensors…
I am an autistic, gay, theatre kid who has never once cared for sports but this video was wildly fascinating. Thank you so much for helping me to better appreciate something I never would have been willing to consider. There is a true brilliance in so many aspects of sports that I will never know but now I get to give credit where it's due. These folks are truly innovators and more people need to appreciate that.
Would love to see this technology used for Live Action Role Playing
Would love to see an additional breakdown of the old tracker the NHL used to use for pucks with the big circle overlaid on the puck.
Yeah, Fox Trax. I can't believe they left that out. Despised as it was, IIRC it was still the first time a 3d model of the field was used to augment the game. So much of what they discussed started with that puck.
Im not really into sports but have always been really fascinated by the tracked yellow line. Glad someone finally covered it. Live VFX like that are really interesting
Well done! As a broadcast camera operator, I could not have explained it better. Now when asked in the future I will just reference this video…. And just to add one more aspect, let’s not forget that Covid taught us that CG can also fill stadiums during lock down. Some stadiums, in fact, still don’t seat fans above a certain deck- but rather artificially fill the seats - and have panthers jumping out of scoreboards etc. Thank you for the great content!,
Jordan is my Dad.
Hi Jordan's Son
Your dad is cool
Guys, could you please turn the background music just half a decibel down? At this level it's becoming a little distracting.
That lex fridman interview with The Zuck was wild. The pore stretch blew me away. Thanks for the content
I'm a European and watched my first Super Bowl just a few weeks ago. The lines on screen puzzled me immediately! It really appeared as if they were physically painted on the field.
Watched the rules on a YT vid during commercials (I came here to watch the game, not Usher). Cool stuff you guys do on screen.
In European football Spanish league (La Liga) has some cool VFX as well, but NFS probably trumps it.
Jordan KILLED it on the delivery and editing here