I didn't make the last one from the test with Mads, Peter Osckay who used to work for ADAPTA did.
It's always a rush getting inboard camera's mounted at rallies but give me a day and it shouldn't be hard to test it properly and make it perfect :)
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I didn't make the last one from the test with Mads, Peter Osckay who used to work for ADAPTA did.
It's always a rush getting inboard camera's mounted at rallies but give me a day and it shouldn't be hard to test it properly and make it perfect :)
This also gives really nice angle, VIO HD (lens part) attached with proper tape to codriver seat's left ear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx45JvkxIvY
http://don.vn.cz/blog/index.php/is-the- ... y-monkeys/
Ondrej going at it :)
Absolutely my thoughts!Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
I just can't stand that such unprofessional people are working there. There are plenty of enthusiasts around the world who would give all their heart to get this job done properly because they love and know what is rallying. I'm just one of them.
All those useless onboard camera angles where you have absolutely no feeling of the actual speed the car is going. When I go to rally events I watch onboard videos to choose some nice spots, but with these camera angles all the corners look boring although in real life standing beside the road in the same places your mouth sometimes stays wide open after the 1st car pass you.
Those people should be seated next to Ogier and run through the Ouninpohja for example, maybe then they will understand how the onboard video should look like. :)
In my opinion there is no need for big investments to drastically change the style of the coverage. Just need the right people.
Everyone will benefit from it and most likely more people unfamiliar with rallying will be interested in WRC. I have brought plenty of my friends to their 1st rally and even the most sceptical were super excited with what they saw. Even girls. :)
So rallying is spectacular for allmost everyone, the most of them just don't have a clue what it actually is. The good coverage and promotion is vital to attract more spectators.
Even our local promoter mediasport has 1000x better onboards than both WRC and ERC promoters. Every single stupid local event means at least a dozen of onboards in HD on the internet with well placed cameras and all sounds in...
I think almost all of us share more or less the same view on the onboards shown by the promoter: they are just useless and boring.
Adding to this and also the comment by N.O.T. in the Monte thread, I would like to share an interesting conversation I heard in Wales Rally last November between a VW mechanic and some guy working for Red Bull Media.
The VW mechanic mentioned about camera positioning and that Ogier himself has requested for better camera positioning as he cannot use the onboard and does not understand the road with the current camera placement. Ogier asked for the more traditional placement we all loved, which as a lot of people saying is not possible with current cars, but as SubaruNorway shows above can be done with some effort. Although the argument from the RBMH guy was that placing the camera in the centre was only possible for some cars (because of seat specs maybe???) The problem is that the promoter demands that the onboard cameras are places in the same location in ALL cars (maybe for sake of footage consistency). So their 'only' viable option was/is to put it near the pillar.
Probably thats why don't see anymore some of the experimentation they did early on with different locations. I remember the onboard of Latvala from Acropolis Rally with central camera placement, although ahead of the driver, is a lot more immersive and gives better sense of speed than the one the use now.
Personally I believe nobody from all these people working with the promoter has real passion for the sport to improve it. If they cared about this, they could easily find a solution long time ago.
Seems the 2014 TV-guide was born: http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/media/tv-guid ... -80--.html :D
I don't think it is something newQuote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
It's updated for 2014. I don't think the old list has been available since the new site came online. The broadcasters are supposed to be submitting their logo's and broadcast Schedule for February, so it'll be interesting to see if it changes again.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
On a separate subject, clips of Toyota president Akio Toyoda's appearance on J Sports in Japan are on You Tube. He makes quite an entry... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TOKKOqA95s :D
But it is!! :o BT Sport was not signed last year, same for FOX Sports in Italy! :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv