Burny’s Sports Bar & Upper Deck hosts the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The annual parade starts at the corner of Third Street and North Market Street in Maryville. This survey shows the best locations for camera and mic placements amongst the crowd.

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Colby Holman
Will Murphy
Mobile Site Survey
10/26/2021
World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Mobile Site Survey
Event Overview:
• Burny’s Sports Bar & Upper Deck hosts the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Each year the parade decreases a foot at a time in order to keep the title of the World’s
Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The annual parade starts at the corner of Third Street
and North Market Street in Maryville at approximately 3:17 pm. The parade is organized
by local volunteers of the parade committee and sponsored by Burny’s Sports Bar. The
event is open to anybody to enter and show off their Irish spirit.
Production Overview:
• Crew
o Producer
o Director
o Audio
o Camera Operators x 4
o Switcher
o Reporter
• Live Video: This event will be a four-camera shoot cut live and cut live to tape. All
cameras will be recording as well so that way we can go back and make any small
changes to skips or glitches in the live stream footage.
• VTR & Replay: For this shoot we will need VRT for the intro and outro of the parade
live stream. We will also need replay for certain parts of the parade like the cement trucks
full of green water.
• Audio: The audio that will be used for the shoot will come from a shotgun mic that’ll be
set behind the cameras, away from the crowd. Audio will also come to the stick mic from
the roaming camera/field reporter.
• Communication Equipment: For this shoot, we will need six (6) walkies to
communicate across the entire crew.
• Grip/Utility Equipment: We will need an assortment of XLR and HD-SDI BNC cables
along with a C-Stand, Mic Clamps, etc.
• Signal Transmission: In order to broadcast this live to YouTube and Facebook Live, we
will need to run an ethernet cable to the top of Burney’s Sport Bar to a satellite that’ll
point directly back to the studio.
• Event Timeline:
o 9:00 AM – Gather and load equipment at Wells
o 9:20 AM – Leave Wells and travel to the square
o 9:40 AM – Setup Equipment
o 11:30 AM – Break for lunch
o 1:30 PM – Crew callback time to location

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o 2:45 PM – Start Live Stream
o 3:17 - 4PM – Start of the Parade
o 4:20 PM – Strike Equipment
o 5:15 PM – Return to Wells
Equipment List
• Video:
o 1 – JIB Camera
o 4 – JVC cameras
o 2 – Tripods
o 1 – Wireless Receiver
o 1 – 50 ft BNC cable
o 2 – 200 ft BNC Cable
o Tricaster TC1 Switcher Board – Media Truck
• Audio
o Allen Heath MixWizard 16 – Media Truck
o 1 – 50 ft XLR cable
o 1 – 3 ft XLR cable
o 1 – Shot gun mic
o 1 – Stick Mic
• Comms
o 6 – Walkie talkies with headsets
• Misc.
o 1 – Cable Tester
o 2 – Gaffers Tape Rolls
o 1 - C-Stand
o 1- CAT 5 100m ethernet cable
o 1 – Portable Satellite
o 1 – Shoulder mount
o 1 – Mic clamp for the C-Stand
o 12 – Traffic cones to keep people away from the cameras.

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Diagram Layout
209 ft
36 ft
Media Truck
200 ft BNC
200 ft BNC
50 ft BNC
50 ft XLR
Roaming
JIB
100m
Ethernet

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Third Street. This is where the Media Truck will be set. The street will be blocked off, so we
won’t have to worry about people parking next the truck or hitting the truck.

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Courthouse parking lot. This area will be empty, so we’ll be able to run cables without any
issues. The arrow is where the C-Stand and audio mic will be. It needs to be far away enough
from the crowd, so we don’t get specific voices. Instead, we’ll be getting ambient sound.
Shotgun Mic

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This where to the first camera will see setting, so it’ll capture everything at the beginning
parade as they move down the street.

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This is where the JIB and second camera will. The second camera will be lower to the ground
and more of a wide shot. The JIB will have
JIB
Camera #2

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Where the arrows are pointing where we want the signal to travel in order broadcast the event
live.

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This is one of the many views from the other side of the street where the roaming camera and
reporter will be as they interview people watching the parade.