I’m shooting for TV40 Sports again tonight and it has been awhile since I have shot for them.

The only difference between 40 and Producer Plus is that 40 has a slightly larger production. Their production truck is bigger and so are their cameras. Which is not always a good thing. I had gotten use to the smaller, lighter cameras that Producer Plus has.

It’s a good thing that I shot with some larger cameras for the Superbowl Village work that I did last week. It got my shoulder ready for this shoot, and the others that I will have with 40 this month and next.

It’s an 8:30 am crew call. The Pacer’s parking garage normally charges us $4 for parking. But it’s Superbowl Day and the garage is now charging $99. Which is cheap, compared to the parking lot down the street which is charging $200.

We all got there early to ensure that we could find parking space. I parked in the ESG Security parking lot at 11th and Capital and I took their shuttle in. Other crew members found free parking on the street. But we all got there so early that we beat the people with the keys to the control rooms. So we all ended up sitting on the floor, waiting.

There are only 3 schedule shows to shoot, plus one extra show that was cancelled from Friday’s overcrowding. All of them were on the Pepsi Stage. Easy shoots. A easy day.

Once the shows were done we packed in the cameras and tripods. Early in the morning we pulled all our cable from the Verizon stage. But in the end, the problem proved to be the Pepsi Stage. There were so many people out trying to enjoy the last day of Superbowl events, it would be dangerous trying to pull cable with a lot of people walking over them.

So we had to wait for the Superbowl Host Committee to make a decision. And we waited. And waited. And finally they asked for a volunteer to stay and help pull cable later in the day.

Hershel volunteered, or was he Volunteered! Anyhow, I was out of there.

Verizon Stage

• Closed

Pepsi Stage

• Indiana Reggae Band
• Whitney Coleman
• DJ Rusty

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Once again, I didn’t have to shoot the last Verizon show, which was O.A.R.. That means that I had time to use my own equipment to shoot some stills and video of the show.

Verizon Stage

• Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band
• Here Comes The Mummies
• Umphrey’s McGee
• O.A.R.

Pepsi Stage

• DJ Kyle Long/Carson Diersing
• Twin Cats
• Born Again Floozies
• North Mississippi Allstars

This is the fireworks display that took place up and down the Superbowl Village before every evening concert. There was also fireworks going off over the stage behind me which I didn’t shoot.

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8p – As I stand here on the Pepsi Stage waiting to shoot my 8:30p show, all I can see from the stage is wall to wall people. This is unreal!

I’m not all that sure that there will be a show. The talent can’t get to the stage. Our cameras can’t get here. Nobody can move!

9:43p – The last Pepsi show was finally cancelled. Larry did make it to the stage with 2 cameras. What should have been a 5 minute walk took him a half hour.

Of course, with the show cancelled we had to walk both cameras back. We took a round-about route. Two blocks north, 2 blocks east, and then down to the Pacer stadium.

We had to secure the tripods at the stage because there was no way we would make it back with 2 cameras and 2 tripods with one of them on a dolly.

I was exhausted!
I watched the final show at the Verizon stage from the control room.

Verizon Stage

• Mike Epps/Morris Day and the Time
• En Vogue
• Fitz & the Tantrums
• LMFAO

Pepsi Stage

• DJ Limelight/Blackberry Jam
• Bashiri Asad
• Gentleman Alphonse
• Cancelled

This is how it looked Friday night at the Pepsi Stage.
They were packed in shoulder to shoulder with very little room to move.

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At the end of this 14 hour day, all I could think of is, I only have 2 and a half more shooting days.

I might add that I didn’t know who Darius Rucker was either. Now I do!

Verizon Stage

• Corey Cox
• Sixpence None the Richer
• Edwin McCain
• Darius Rucker

Pepsi Stage

• Hero Jr./Hohn Spencer
• Otis Gibbs
• Red Wanting Blue
• National Act TBA

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Just the last of the short days. The next 3 days will be 14 hour days with a 9 am crew call.

My feet are killing me and my right shoulder isn’t to far behind.

Verizon Stage

• Brent James Contraband
• Big Head Todd & The Monsters

Pepsi Stage

• Colts Cheerleaders
• Roxie/Indy’s Legends of Doo Wop
• The Meatball Band

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Verizon Stage
Colts Cheerleaders/Venrez
Fuel

Pepsi Stage
Greta Speaks/DJ Helicon
Hunter Smith Band

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Finally, we got some short days coming. We only have to work half a day, today, Tuesday and Wednesday. Then it’s back to the long days Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The Village People weren’t too bad either. But still not nearly as good as last night.

Verizon Stage

• Big Sam’s Funky Nation
• Village People

Pepsi Stage

• Healing/Stereo Deluxe
• Living Proof

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Today is kids and family day. A lot of the entertainment is geared for the kids.

It was another long day, but it had a big pay off at the end. I’m not a big fan of country & western singing, but Dierks Bentley put on what I think was by far the best concert of any group that we have shot so far.

Verizon Stage

• Corey Cox
• Will Hoge
• Railroad Earth
• Dierks Bentley

Pepsi Stage

• Jr. Civic Theatre
• Kicking Daisies
• Indianapolis Children’s Choir
• Dude!

The man really knows how to play to the cameras. I got some really great shots.

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Yes, this has been one very long day. But it was a lot more organized about who was shooting which camera and who’s on break.

There are 2 shoulder mounted camera, 1 built-up camera on the Verizon Stage and a RF camera that floats with the 2 Shoulder Mounted cameras.

Generally every cameraman shot 2 shows then had a break. Then back out on camera. Changing up with shooting different cameras also made the day go easier.

Verizon Stage

• Colts Cheer/Tech Drumline
• Civil Twilight
• Joe McLaughlin
• Nancy Moore
• Patti LaBelle

Pepsi Stage

• Orquestra Bravo
• Cynithia Layne
• Lynda Sayyah
• Jennie DeVoe

Having Patti LaBelle as the last show, made the long day worthwhile.

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