The Hidden VFX in Live Sports

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  • čas přidán 28. 04. 2024
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    00:00 Why watching sports is different
    01:06 The score bug
    03:20 The yellow line
    05:23 The k-zone
    06:32 Real-Time Tracking
    07:11 RFID and Live Overlays
    08:56 Volumetric Capture
    09:51 Creating a virtual game from broadcast
    11:26 The real purpose of VFX in sports
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  • @narendrabeyond
    @narendrabeyond Před 4 měsíci +4312

    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).

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko Před 4 měsíci +58

      Good job

    • @underratedcomment4566
      @underratedcomment4566 Před 4 měsíci +25

      Yoooooo Great Job 🎉

    • @treyfreeman5992
      @treyfreeman5992 Před 4 měsíci +18

      Amazing stuff!

    • @killerjag
      @killerjag Před 4 měsíci +9

      Awesome work! It was really cool to see my favorite team taking part in the first rendition of this.

    • @sir_ridley3886
      @sir_ridley3886 Před 4 měsíci +14

      I'm not a sports guy but without a doubt my boys fell in love with the Toy Story football game

  • @BrainiacManiac142
    @BrainiacManiac142 Před 4 měsíci +4153

    I love when the VFX breaks, and you end up with people disappearing under advertising that has been projected on top.

    • @kakkeoofficial
      @kakkeoofficial Před 4 měsíci +15

      Kinda true

    • @Sandul666
      @Sandul666 Před 4 měsíci +16

      Happens in baseball all the time lol

    • @spencerjohnson5382
      @spencerjohnson5382 Před 4 měsíci +27

      Happens in hockey legit all the time

    • @Quivex1
      @Quivex1 Před 4 měsíci +39

      @@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.

    • @KidoOtten
      @KidoOtten Před 4 měsíci +3

      I always thought those were glitches in the matrix only I could see

  • @TheFamousGroupLA
    @TheFamousGroupLA Před 3 měsíci +1041

    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!! :)

    • @MyCaptainPugwash
      @MyCaptainPugwash Před 3 měsíci +39

      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.

    • @ksteinwand6744
      @ksteinwand6744 Před 3 měsíci +4

      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..."

    • @camtwan1
      @camtwan1 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Far and away the worst graphics in live sports history

    • @kannon3979
      @kannon3979 Před měsícem

      "What software did you guys use to produce those visual effects?"

    • @cdel4391
      @cdel4391 Před měsícem

      dude just stop, whats next after green monster in game ad? giant goodyear blimp? huh!?

  • @JunkyardDigs
    @JunkyardDigs Před 3 měsíci +724

    I've always wondered how they do VFX, recaps, and edits so fast in live broadcast!

    • @zai-tm
      @zai-tm Před 2 měsíci +7

      Dead Internet theory

    • @reyariass
      @reyariass Před 2 měsíci

      Same here! Very cool!

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 Před 7 dny

      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.

  • @TrevorMedia
    @TrevorMedia Před 4 měsíci +1079

    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
      @juliusnepomuk Před 4 měsíci +35

      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??

    • @Ryan-nm8pw
      @Ryan-nm8pw Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@juliusnepomuk I had the exact same question

    • @mjc4wilton
      @mjc4wilton Před 4 měsíci

      @@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.

    • @ivanm3342
      @ivanm3342 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@juliusnepomukasking the right questions👌😄

    • @GreatSirRELLius
      @GreatSirRELLius Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@juliusnepomukGreat question

  • @ebreshea
    @ebreshea Před 4 měsíci +807

    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.

    • @DriftJunkie
      @DriftJunkie Před 4 měsíci +14

      More Jordan please! ❤

    • @neptun3189
      @neptun3189 Před 4 měsíci +5

      yes this was incredibly inspiring, well done Jordan

    • @DoctorDewgong
      @DoctorDewgong Před 3 měsíci +7

      let jordan do more projects like this. The full team stuff has been honestly a little boring lately

    • @TheElderOne
      @TheElderOne Před měsícem

      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!

  • @jmanfro1
    @jmanfro1 Před 4 měsíci +443

    Never forget the NHL glow puck. One of the live visual effects of all time.

    • @natesmith6413
      @natesmith6413 Před 3 měsíci +69

      It was also the precursor to the yellow line. Same company transitioned from hockey to NFL. Huge miss from this great video.

    • @ourkeving
      @ourkeving Před 3 měsíci +5

      I was so put off by it I didn't watch it until I saw it on CBC.

    • @dylben2131
      @dylben2131 Před 3 měsíci +22

      and now they have boards that change ads in real time

    • @davidfrischknecht8261
      @davidfrischknecht8261 Před 2 měsíci +9

      @@dylben2131 I don't like that. I like to see the same ads that I would see if I was at the arena.

    • @camanderson9954
      @camanderson9954 Před 2 měsíci +4

      it was definitely revolutionary but man it was annoying lol

  • @brevanmcclellan6235
    @brevanmcclellan6235 Před 4 měsíci +88

    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 😂

  • @badmana5768
    @badmana5768 Před 4 měsíci +609

    I've always wanted this. The VFX is actually insane in live sports.

    • @BillyBajaBlast
      @BillyBajaBlast Před 4 měsíci +7

      Facts I always wondered if the lines where real or not

    • @hellfish2309
      @hellfish2309 Před 4 měsíci

      CREW! You should check out the tech behind rock climbing competitions - there’s some crazy innovations for the viewers

    • @TokyoXtreme
      @TokyoXtreme Před 4 měsíci

      "Actually" insane, and not "literally" insane?

    • @BillyBajaBlast
      @BillyBajaBlast Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@TokyoXtreme what are you yapping about

    • @TokyoXtreme
      @TokyoXtreme Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@BillyBajaBlast Did you actually literally type "yapping" rn?

  • @nixneato
    @nixneato Před 4 měsíci +439

    Not only was this super interesting, but Jordan really has hit his stride. Loved it!

    • @NoahHayes
      @NoahHayes Před 4 měsíci +21

      Yeah, as someone who doesn’t care at all about sports, I found this a fascinating and really well told video

  • @zacfields9387
    @zacfields9387 Před 4 měsíci +174

    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!

  • @CrucibleMediaLabs
    @CrucibleMediaLabs Před 4 měsíci +21

    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.

  • @TLG1255
    @TLG1255 Před 4 měsíci +780

    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!

    • @ZorenToo
      @ZorenToo Před 4 měsíci +9

      Nice! I love to hear stories of tech actually being used to enrich life! 😎

    • @ChrisGoosman
      @ChrisGoosman Před 4 měsíci +14

      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?

    • @timberthewolf733
      @timberthewolf733 Před 4 měsíci

      That's so cool!

    • @JacksonFromRadix
      @JacksonFromRadix Před 4 měsíci +6

      This makes me want a follow up video on modern technology in live theater

    • @dirtcreature3d
      @dirtcreature3d Před 4 měsíci

      ⁠​⁠@@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

  • @estevanguzman7456
    @estevanguzman7456 Před 4 měsíci +441

    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!

  • @jobejeffers9177
    @jobejeffers9177 Před 2 měsíci +19

    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!

    • @GodplayGamerZulul
      @GodplayGamerZulul Před 16 dny

      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.

  • @X150t
    @X150t Před 4 měsíci +16

    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.

  • @xavierlafontaine121
    @xavierlafontaine121 Před 4 měsíci +403

    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!

    • @prvanram
      @prvanram Před 4 měsíci +20

      They have been doing video essays for 5+ years at least

  • @Pretorax
    @Pretorax Před 4 měsíci +206

    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! 😂

    • @alejandromolinarsanchez6114
      @alejandromolinarsanchez6114 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Thanks for your work.

    • @I_am_ARTBOT
      @I_am_ARTBOT Před 4 měsíci +3

      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!

    • @cameronreynolds4119
      @cameronreynolds4119 Před 4 měsíci +4

      @corridorcrew Get this guy on the couch! Start another show for live production!

  • @Piper_____
    @Piper_____ Před měsícem +2

    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 :)

  • @ashishdandekar3354
    @ashishdandekar3354 Před 4 měsíci +11

    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 🎉

  • @haydenmartin5866
    @haydenmartin5866 Před 4 měsíci +124

    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

    • @danielherring6946
      @danielherring6946 Před 4 měsíci +5

      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.

    • @lucas1berti
      @lucas1berti Před 4 měsíci +1

      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.

    • @haydenmartin5866
      @haydenmartin5866 Před 4 měsíci +1

      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

    • @allenqueen
      @allenqueen Před 4 měsíci +2

      How does one get into it, if you don't mind me asking

    • @haydenmartin5866
      @haydenmartin5866 Před 4 měsíci

      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

  • @fullerino
    @fullerino Před 4 měsíci +197

    I've long since wondered how they were so fast with these VFX during live sports. Thanks for delving in, great video!

  • @tingalls
    @tingalls Před 4 měsíci +13

    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!

  • @AntTonyLOLKID
    @AntTonyLOLKID Před 4 měsíci +6

    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.

  • @J3553xAnotherFan
    @J3553xAnotherFan Před 4 měsíci +80

    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.

  • @LightrockerRon
    @LightrockerRon Před 4 měsíci +119

    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
      @TheHippyProductions Před 4 měsíci +4

      Dang! Maybe they should've asked for a sponsorship on this one, seems like they did you guys a solid for free 😅

    • @LightrockerRon
      @LightrockerRon Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@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.

  • @SomeKindaELF
    @SomeKindaELF Před 2 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @mattohnesorge
    @mattohnesorge Před 4 měsíci +11

    This was such a joy to watch, you guys (GREAT JOB, JORDAN). And now I have a reason to share my favorite CZcams channel with my dad! Seriously, thank you!!

    • @smileychess
      @smileychess Před 3 měsíci

      That’s funny because I had the exact same thought. Within 30 seconds I sent this to my dad.

  • @flochfitness
    @flochfitness Před 4 měsíci +102

    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!

    • @MrMice...
      @MrMice... Před 4 měsíci +12

      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 😅).

    • @ZorenToo
      @ZorenToo Před 4 měsíci +1

      Here here!

    • @alphaalex8821
      @alphaalex8821 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@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.

    • @maolcogi
      @maolcogi Před 4 měsíci

      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

  • @dennisd4452
    @dennisd4452 Před 4 měsíci +94

    I'm really happy that you bring this into the light for people to understand and learn about.

  • @jakehajek7116
    @jakehajek7116 Před 4 měsíci +6

    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!

  • @briannentwick260
    @briannentwick260 Před 4 měsíci

    This was an incredible video. Informative, well done storytelling....loved every minute of this.

  • @meajur
    @meajur Před 4 měsíci +18

    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.

  • @itsd0nk
    @itsd0nk Před 4 měsíci +10

    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.

    • @Amphygouri
      @Amphygouri Před 4 měsíci +3

      I was also expecting a FoxTrax glowing puck mention lol

    • @KeegoTheWise
      @KeegoTheWise Před 4 měsíci +1

      or the fact that the NHL actually did the whole “virtual game from a broadcast” thing a year before disneys toy story game

    • @jo.v-c
      @jo.v-c Před 4 měsíci

      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.

  • @paulsullivan649
    @paulsullivan649 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Really loved this style of episode! Great work man!

  • @nikhampshire
    @nikhampshire Před 4 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @dustinabigan2776
    @dustinabigan2776 Před 4 měsíci +39

    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.

    • @DerPilotMann
      @DerPilotMann Před 4 měsíci +7

      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.

    • @DustoMan
      @DustoMan Před 4 měsíci +7

      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.

    • @dustinabigan2776
      @dustinabigan2776 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@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.

  • @HobbertGames
    @HobbertGames Před 4 měsíci +42

    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!

  • @vipe650r
    @vipe650r Před 4 měsíci

    Great video. Amazing work. And thank you for what you ended on. I see these kinds of developments and I find myself simultaneously amazed (for all the technical reasons you articulated far better than I could have) and concerned. So much information is being launched at us nowadays. You nailed it at the end. The information needs to SERVE the story. The information will never BE the story.

  • @sassymonkey
    @sassymonkey Před 2 měsíci

    Nice! The writing, enthusiasm, and overall informative experience is really top notch here (and on so many other episodes too)! Excellent work by all. More please!

  • @Quinold
    @Quinold Před 4 měsíci +5

    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.

  • @Cdudesproductions
    @Cdudesproductions Před 4 měsíci +7

    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.

  • @Stevenwave-
    @Stevenwave- Před 4 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @nicoleable1000
    @nicoleable1000 Před měsícem

    THIS subject has always fascinated me, love the deep dive 🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @AlexSanchezber
    @AlexSanchezber Před 4 měsíci +38

    I'm so proud of how far you've come at CC Jordan. You're fucking killing it dude. Love you guys.

  • @mrsharp4
    @mrsharp4 Před 4 měsíci +23

    This is so well written. I really really loved this one, great job Jordan and the Crew.

  • @BKNtshangase
    @BKNtshangase Před 4 měsíci +16

    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

  • @danielherring6946
    @danielherring6946 Před 4 měsíci +4

    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 :)

  • @MysterySteve
    @MysterySteve Před 4 měsíci +7

    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

  • @morik3188
    @morik3188 Před 4 měsíci +9

    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...

  • @scuttt1752
    @scuttt1752 Před 4 měsíci

    one of jordans best videos so far! keep up the great work yall!

  • @dankimus
    @dankimus Před 4 měsíci +1

    What a great video. Superb research, even better delivery.

  • @jubandhoon
    @jubandhoon Před 4 měsíci +23

    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.

  • @DragonaxFilms
    @DragonaxFilms Před 4 měsíci +20

    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 👌

  • @annabellwoods2799
    @annabellwoods2799 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Glad Jordan gets more and more projects too work on, he's really talented!

  • @SewerTapes
    @SewerTapes Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks, Crew. I'm not even a sportsball fan, but I've been curious about these real-time effects for years. Not enough to spend hours researching, but enough to thoroughly enjoy this video about it.

  • @DaddyWard2003
    @DaddyWard2003 Před 4 měsíci +19

    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! ❤

  • @JETBLACKPRIEST
    @JETBLACKPRIEST Před 4 měsíci +7

    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.

  • @crowofcrius
    @crowofcrius Před 3 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @ItsbeenPhill
    @ItsbeenPhill Před 4 měsíci

    I have been curious of sports v effects for years! Thanks for the breakdown it's amazing how they do such good effects in real-time I was always jealous and curious of how they did it nice job!

  • @basementdwellers2512
    @basementdwellers2512 Před 4 měsíci +6

    As a sports fan, this is my favorite break down video you guys have done to date!

  • @zipperking007
    @zipperking007 Před 4 měsíci +8

    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!

  • @timwarner16
    @timwarner16 Před 4 měsíci

    My two favorite things in one video - thanks for this. Super informative and well done.

  • @mojitomaker
    @mojitomaker Před 3 měsíci

    One of the best videos on this channel, well done Jordan. Can’t wait for part two, three and four!

  • @MrPerser
    @MrPerser Před 4 měsíci +5

    Honestly fascinating how complex sports vfx are. Great video!

  • @RealAndySkibba
    @RealAndySkibba Před 4 měsíci +13

    Really cool to see you guys dive into this.

  • @tables8489
    @tables8489 Před 4 měsíci

    Wow. ❤️. I love it when Corridor use their skills to relate to new or existing ideas.

  • @joshnelson8401
    @joshnelson8401 Před 4 měsíci

    one of my favorite videos yet!!

  • @najrenchelf2751
    @najrenchelf2751 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Now _this_ would be a vfx artists react episode - ideally with someone from the field - that I can get behind! :D

  • @siddhanthdas8622
    @siddhanthdas8622 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I'm intrigued by the realtime VFX everytime I see any sports, thanks for answering all my questions in such a cool narrative-video way with cooler corridor graphics lol. Amazing video !! ❤❤❤

  • @mic08242000
    @mic08242000 Před 3 měsíci

    this is amazing. Probably my favorite video on corridor so far.

  • @colinfedorchak1460
    @colinfedorchak1460 Před měsícem

    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!

  • @steelerfaninperu
    @steelerfaninperu Před 4 měsíci +4

    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.

  • @Kevin_2435
    @Kevin_2435 Před 4 měsíci +11

    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
      @PeterMcKeon Před 4 měsíci +4

      I imagine at some point they might start offering augmented reality glasses when attending events just like they have 3D glasses at the cinema.

    • @Kevin_2435
      @Kevin_2435 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@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.

    • @PeterMcKeon
      @PeterMcKeon Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@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.

  • @MarkSkater
    @MarkSkater Před 4 měsíci

    GREAT breakdown n story telling about stats n visual

  • @chubemagicz28
    @chubemagicz28 Před 4 měsíci

    This is my favorite CZcams channel because of this kind of videos. Amazing work Jordan

  • @_OpenJournal_
    @_OpenJournal_ Před 4 měsíci +4

    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!

  • @QuincyKane
    @QuincyKane Před 4 měsíci +3

    This was a great video!
    I don't usually watch sports, but I was watching a football game with my family during Thanksgiving and I noticed the VFX and found them to be very interesting to analyze!

  • @DerekElliott
    @DerekElliott Před 4 měsíci +2

    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!

  • @Snakedoc7170
    @Snakedoc7170 Před 4 měsíci

    Gahhh ! The writing of this piece is flawless! Such a powerful video!

  • @hitasaksa
    @hitasaksa Před 4 měsíci +32

    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.

    • @MarkPentler
      @MarkPentler Před 3 měsíci +1

      Absolutely worth mentioning, yep

    • @Enidub
      @Enidub Před 2 měsíci +1

      I'm not sure if Americans know that cricket exists

    • @aussiegecko1892
      @aussiegecko1892 Před 2 měsíci +4

      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.

    • @MarkPentler
      @MarkPentler Před měsícem

      @@aussiegecko1892 great post

  • @deemfx
    @deemfx Před 4 měsíci +4

    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!

  • @jcollif
    @jcollif Před 3 měsíci

    Jordan......Dude....This was awesome. Extremely well done. Corridor is lucky to have you. You're camera presence is top notch. You should be on that couch for every episode of react...no matter what the subject.

  • @ulisescampos2118
    @ulisescampos2118 Před 4 měsíci

    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!

  • @ChristopherLaHaise
    @ChristopherLaHaise Před 4 měsíci +3

    I'm only one minute in and I'm fascinated. I love these deep dives you guys do on a variety of topics - and this is one I'd never have even thought of. I mean, I know there's a tracker in curling rocks, but this kind of goes beyond that. :D

  • @therac23
    @therac23 Před 4 měsíci +5

    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

  • @iSeeSharp2
    @iSeeSharp2 Před 3 měsíci

    I know about many of these techniques and still watched the whole thing. Great explanation. THank you

  • @buoy-
    @buoy- Před 4 měsíci

    This was a fantastic, even made me emotional toward the end talking about the beauty of telling stories!

  • @cdraughan
    @cdraughan Před 4 měsíci +8

    Thank you for highlighting the NASCAR broadcasts. NASCAR gets so easily overlooked and dismissed, so it’s nice seeing someone praising them for once.

    • @duncan-rmi
      @duncan-rmi Před 4 měsíci

      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!

  • @BariLax
    @BariLax Před 4 měsíci +4

    Just starting the episode, but I've been hoping you guys would do sports for a long time. This shit is so cool

  • @187SCARFACE187
    @187SCARFACE187 Před 4 měsíci

    Phenomenal and super educational video as always!! Bravo Corridor….BRAVO!!!!! 👏

  • @marknobert
    @marknobert Před 2 měsíci

    this was amazing and so informative. Id love a deeper dive into the graphic overlays like the digital dashers on the NHL and that type of VFX

  • @jscott4reel
    @jscott4reel Před 4 měsíci +23

    I don’t watch sports, but this was still super interesting. Jordan has really solidified himself as one of my favorites in the Crew

    • @Luka1180
      @Luka1180 Před 4 měsíci

      I bet the vast majority of their viewers don't watch sports.

  • @TheKYRw
    @TheKYRw Před 4 měsíci +11

    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

  • @faroazandeen589
    @faroazandeen589 Před 4 měsíci +1

    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

  • @MitchellSains
    @MitchellSains Před 2 měsíci

    This is such a great video, looking forward to checking out more of your content!

  • @mario21329
    @mario21329 Před 4 měsíci +11

    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. 😂

  • @phquiste3504
    @phquiste3504 Před 4 měsíci +7

    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!

  • @JottaaHD
    @JottaaHD Před 2 měsíci

    I've always noticied this but never found a good source that explained how they work! Glad to see you guys cover this!

  • @callumwarren115
    @callumwarren115 Před 4 měsíci +6

    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.

    • @zahid131
      @zahid131 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Hawkeye was invented for cricket and is now a staple of other sports as well like Tennis