Bryan Cooper

Bryan Cooper
Producer/Director of Flyers
Comcast

I made contact with Mr. Cooper for the station/programming profile. I emailed Neal Slotkin in attempt to contract someone with the Flyers and he got me in contact with Mr. Cooper. I will use Mr. Cooper entierly for my station/program profile.

Bryan Cooper is in charge of the preplanning for the game which involves planning not only the advertisements, in game announcer conversations and the topics of conversation but he is also responsible for making sure that all the cameras and technical aspects of the game are set up and in the places that they are supposed to be. Normally this job is split but as is one of the only director/producers in the league he does both. He got started around 20 years ago when he was picked up

What he likes most about his job is that every day is different. He is never going into work having to do the same thing he did the day before. He also said that there was something about being live that gave him a rush. That what he is doing is being shown live and there is no undo button if something goes wrong, they just have to move through it. Lastly he said that he has a passion for the sport and for the Flyers that makes it work coming into work every day. What he said he disliked the least was apathy. When he goes to away games he works with the crews they have at the stadium and he said he is most frustrated when he gets a crew who's heart isn't in it. As I said in my last post he believes that fans will be given the option to watch there team from many angles and from wherever they want to. Right now a fan of the Penguins who lives in New Jersey would only be able to get the Philly feed but in the future they will have the option to choose between both.

To get started he said that most people get into it through a part time position or an internship. His crew is rather small and he says most people get started working for a sports news show. He said the experience is important but that passion and knowledge of the game that you're doing helps a lot as well. He said that he has worked with many different crews and what really separates someone who's good in sports and someone who isn't is the passion and understanding they have for the game. You could be the best camera man in the world but if you don't understand the game of hockey the viewers aren't going to be impressed. He did not know of any Industry Journal/Trade Publication.

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