Sports tv direction
Discussion
Can anyone who has worked in the industry explain to me the complete and utter obsession sports tv producers and directors have with endless static shots of people on a pitwall, coaches looking gormless in a box etc etc. Eddie Jones being the perfectly good example, tennis coach areas with a person just sitting clapping. motorsport crews staring at a screen on a wall in multiple disciplines. I will say F1 has moved away from this at last it seems.
I watch a lot of endurance racing and the sheer extent of utterly pointless and adding nothing, shots the cameramen take of certain people just standing looking at monitors is staggering?
99% of the time there is no reaction, and there has not been for 20 or so years, so can anyone in the know tell me why they persist? Are they trying to catch people off guard, and they seem to find favourites like Massa's brother all this years ago, the tv people were obsessed with him! oh he reacted once 7 years ago we must do this every week, it adds absolutely nothing you are not making a documentary, you are making a live tv broadcasts and the action is ONLY on the sports area. yes have cameramen there in case something happens, but do not use them just because they are there I literally see no point in it.
I know it is about reaction, the Toto Wolff banging the table stuff, but if nothing is happening, why are you showing it?
And especially there are times when there is action on track/field/pitch and that is clearly put on ice to be showed in replays to go live to a team or crew or manager reaction shot.
I watch a lot of endurance racing and the sheer extent of utterly pointless and adding nothing, shots the cameramen take of certain people just standing looking at monitors is staggering?
99% of the time there is no reaction, and there has not been for 20 or so years, so can anyone in the know tell me why they persist? Are they trying to catch people off guard, and they seem to find favourites like Massa's brother all this years ago, the tv people were obsessed with him! oh he reacted once 7 years ago we must do this every week, it adds absolutely nothing you are not making a documentary, you are making a live tv broadcasts and the action is ONLY on the sports area. yes have cameramen there in case something happens, but do not use them just because they are there I literally see no point in it.
I know it is about reaction, the Toto Wolff banging the table stuff, but if nothing is happening, why are you showing it?
And especially there are times when there is action on track/field/pitch and that is clearly put on ice to be showed in replays to go live to a team or crew or manager reaction shot.
I do understand why they do it but my issue is the person directing the live coverage, reaction takes priority over EVERYTHING, even the sports action, and that I do not understand, you will see reaction then see a move has been made, Some sports lend themselves to it like football or NFL, you have stops in play etc, and some sports do not really do it much like cricket.
But it seems to DRIVE some sports coverage and it is staggeringly misunderstanding of the on track or field action at times, to the point where it actually interferes with t he flow of the coverage
Does anybody why it proliferates so much as in some sports it seems to be getting worse!
But it seems to DRIVE some sports coverage and it is staggeringly misunderstanding of the on track or field action at times, to the point where it actually interferes with t he flow of the coverage
Does anybody why it proliferates so much as in some sports it seems to be getting worse!
My example is slightly different.
For me, the very worst example is football.
As the final whistle is blown, instead of showing the players' delight/despair, what we get are the two managers shaking hands.
Every. Single. Bloody. Time.
The World Cup in France was the only recent example I can think of that kept focus on the players.
I absolutely cannot stand it.
For me, the very worst example is football.
As the final whistle is blown, instead of showing the players' delight/despair, what we get are the two managers shaking hands.
Every. Single. Bloody. Time.
The World Cup in France was the only recent example I can think of that kept focus on the players.
I absolutely cannot stand it.
Same in Football. Looking at a manager or someone in the crowd (guaranteed to be a kid holding a 'can i have your shirt' sign if its on the BBC).
Sometimes i get why they do it. Usually when time is being wasted. But when you can hear the game going and we can't see it is so frustrating!
Also hate seeing replays of the same thing at different angles when the game is being played. Put it in the corner of the screen or during a break in play or at half/full time. f
k sake!
Sometimes i get why they do it. Usually when time is being wasted. But when you can hear the game going and we can't see it is so frustrating!
Also hate seeing replays of the same thing at different angles when the game is being played. Put it in the corner of the screen or during a break in play or at half/full time. f
k sake!At least in sports like cricket and tennis they only use these sorts of shots when the ball is dead, not in live play. The most annoying thing is in F1 where they immediately cut to a shot of the pit garage or the crowd (if there is one) if someone makes an exciting overtake (I know that doesn't happen often in these days of DRS).
The most egregious example was at Silverstone a few years ago. Hamilton made a pass on someone into the Luffield complex, they immediately cut to a reaction shot of the cheering crowd, and completely missed the other driver (I forget who it was) make a pass back in the second half of the complex. We had to wait for a replay to see what had happened.
The most egregious example was at Silverstone a few years ago. Hamilton made a pass on someone into the Luffield complex, they immediately cut to a reaction shot of the cheering crowd, and completely missed the other driver (I forget who it was) make a pass back in the second half of the complex. We had to wait for a replay to see what had happened.
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