The day is finally here. It’s time for the “Hard Knocks” crew to show its work.
The longtime NFL Films production will debut Tuesday night on HBO, turning roughly 350 hours of footage into a roughly 60-minute show on the start of Raiders training camp in Napa.
Camera crews and producers pride themselves on being flies on a wall, but they aren’t that invisible. Boom mic operators follow prominent Raiders figures everywhere, so often, in fact, that head coach Jon Gruden dreamt one came into his room last week.
Crews have certain scenes set up well for TV filmed after practice, where it’s easy catching families and position groups gathering for unfiltered chats.