Benjamin Mauger
As ACSC boys basketball came to Penang, Mr. Edman set up a team to live stream every game for the parents back home. The tournament took place from Wednesday, February 15 to Saturday, February 18. A total of eighteen different people broadcasted the twenty-six games. Some of these games took place during school and some after the final bell. The team was willing to give up class time and free time to help broadcast.
There are multiple jobs that we did. We had the overseer producer, the focused camera man, and the talkative announcer. The producer’s main job was to set everything up online and to make sure that everything was running smoothly. Gloria Kim liked producing the games because she felt like she was helping people around the world to witness what is going on in Dalat’s gym.
The camera man’s job was to follow the action on the screen so that people back home would be able to see what was going on. We had the camera up in the stands for logistical purposes. Hyun Ji said, “It was nice being in the center of the crowd where you could see the entire game and cheer along, although it could be nerve wrecking at times trying not to make any mistakes.”
The announcer’s job is the easiest to understand but might be the hardest to do. Watching the action and describing it is hard enough, but there is also people from different schools playing. Noah Graves, who announced eleven games, said, “The hardest thing about announcing was memorizing all the names in just a few minutes."
All of these jobs contributed to the live stream. Although everyone was focused on the teams and refs, not many people knew what was going on behind the scenes. But this hidden action is just as important as everything else. The only difference is that it doesn’t get recognized as much.
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