Camera Angles on ESPN

[ArlJim78]

yeah i just posted the same thing on another thread.
too many rapid cuts.

[phystech]

Agree - they need to cut the artsy ****.....just show the track feed and then give me the cute stuff on the replays...

[AeWingnut]

is this why TVG and HRTV aren't showing the races.. so ESPN can
"lets bring in the XFL cam"

I'll just watch it on the internet

what a bunch of idiots
always going to non-horse racing people to promote the sport

[ArlJim78]

one second you're looking at the pan view, then a quick cut to the view from space, then they are heading right at you, next the moving truck shot for about 3 seconds. makes your head spin. they have the right ingredients but they need a director that knows how to watch races. they should have one live race structure, and then a different one for replays.

I'm hoping they show Big Brown bucking in the stall during the far turn of the 3rd. Maybe show P. Diddy posing like a douchebag at the sixteenth pole.

[SundayStar]

hopefully they don't go spastic like this with the belmont.

[Travis Stone]

Remember that ESPN is not here to present a simulcast feed. They are here for entertainment. Anyone outside of our horse racing circle enjoys the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Remember that ESPN is not here to present a simulcast feed. They are here for entertainment. Anyone outside of our horse racing circle enjoys the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives.

Yep, give a 14 to 23 year old a video recording device these days, and they'll likely produced similarly flavored work. For whatever reason, that's the preferred style at the moment, and has been for a few years....

[MaTH716]

Way to foucus on a run away winner guys, Nobody cares about battles for 2nd and 3rd!

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Remember that ESPN is not here to present a simulcast feed. They are here for entertainment. Anyone outside of our horse racing circle enjoys the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives.

I agree on it being entertainment but so many cuts as to make you nauseous doesn't seem the best way to go. I feel like I'm watching the opening battle scene of Gladiator.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Remember that ESPN is not here to present a simulcast feed. They are here for entertainment. Anyone outside of our horse racing circle enjoys the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives.

we all would enjoy the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives if they were shown at the proper time, which is after the race is over.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Remember that ESPN is not here to present a simulcast feed. They are here for entertainment. Anyone outside of our horse racing circle enjoys the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives.

you give them far too much credit. people outside of horse racing circle deserve better, just like we do. the people outside wouldn't know the difference anyway.

[Stall Mucker]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Remember that ESPN is not here to present a simulcast feed. They are here for entertainment. Anyone outside of our horse racing circle enjoys the cool angles, cuts and unique perspectives.

Agreed. Moreover, the Belmont and other big race TV days are bid by ESPN, ABC etc. They will bring all of the resources allowed by budget and they will use all resources. Most tracks can only afford the basic pan shots, talent cams, gate shots, a ground level shot here and there and of course the tower shots that are usually used for steward looks and to find horses on those foggy days. If race tracks had larger TV budgets I'm sure we would see more "artsy" cuts and angles.

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I'm hoping they show Big Brown bucking in the stall during the far turn of the 3rd. Maybe show P. Diddy posing like a douchebag at the sixteenth pole.

Just saw them show B.B buckin in the stall..(just gettin home) Wow! Is he ready to annihilate this field or what?!!

[cowgirlintexas]

WTF was that? All of a sudden a golf game/commercial?

[TheSpyder]

Man, you type fast woman, how'd you beat me?

Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

WTF was that? All of a sudden a golf game/commercial?

[TheSpyder]

OK that's a new angle...OF A GOLF COURSE. Get that monkey off the controls!

Spyder

Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Just saw them show B.B buckin in the stall..(just gettin home) Wow! Is he ready to annihilate this field or what?!!

I hope so. Got a bad feeling about this one.

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I hope so. Got a bad feeling about this one.

I hate being right.