Testing the Veo3 as End-Field POV
This weekend Beep Media Studio is heading to Lake Placid for some soccer game coverage and a few athlete highlight reel content productions. One of the key matchups will be the prep school game between Northwood School and Hoosac. It is an important prep school (Prep Premier League) level game on the pitch and an exciting one for us behind the cameras.
Alongside our trusted Nikon Z6 III for sideline level coverage, we are trying something new: two Veo3 cameras placed at opposite ends of the field, near each net or slightly to the side for a more natural angle.
At Beep, we expect to begin working with PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) networked cameras soon for our game coverage services. For now, this is a good chance to see whether the Veo3 (auto-tracking) can handle an end field POV. To our knowledge, no one has documented this being tested or proven successful. The Veo3 is designed for center pitch player tracking but with both teams likely running their own Veo setups from midfield, we can focus on using ours for something different.
The Veo3 is (apparently) a 1080p 30 fps level camera. Oddly, this is not well documented in official specs, which is surprising for a camera designed for sports. What we do know is that the Veo3 runs on an AI powered engine built for ball tracking and player stat collection. We expect solid but not top tier video quality. Our plan is for this footage to serve as a secondary input into the project. At the same time, we hope the perspective proves valuable enough that we will want to integrate it into the final highlight reels.
Our aim is to capture:
By blending the sideline angles from the Z6 III with these end field perspectives, we want to create highlight reels that feels more dynamic and immersive. Instead of the usual sideline or high angle, these tests should bring viewers closer to the intensity of the match.
It is part of our ongoing effort to explore new tools and camera angles that raise the level of athlete media production. If it works as planned, it could open the door to fresh storytelling ideas for the teams and athletes we work with.
We also recognize that professional sports have the budget to run multiple high resolution cameras with dedicated operators and full production crews. Grassroots and regional level teams rarely have that luxury. Beep aims to provide creative and accessible solutions for athletes and organizations at every level. After all, it is not often that a Saturday afternoon amateur match gets covered by a multinational broadcasting studio, and that is exactly why we like to be there.
Stay tuned for updates from Lake Placid.
