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Actually, I think it was during Saturday evening stage(s) there was a shot from drone crashing into something (a farm house?) and falling down to the ground.
You could see a bit later when Breen was driving in EV mode to the closest escape road that there was a WRCTV guy doing something (fixing the drone?) in the boot of his car (also totally unawere there's a rally car coming behind him - since it had no sound in EV) :)
I understand this point as well. WRC+ needs to balance between showing what is happening and being entertaining. For example many people would like to see helmet cam, but in my opinion it's something that looks wild even on slower driving but gives little information of what is actually happening. Maybe this drone is towards entertainment, but still a nice "closer helicopter view" when done properly. Also it looks a bit like video game chase cam, which could look attracting to video game people?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
I'm glad they're trying something different. The same seat-obscured onboards / badly placed 'FX' cams / not-very-interesting stage-side locations had been wearing thin. The drone stuff has the potential to be really cool, especially when we get to more technical rallies, seeing the cars from a 'chase cam' position in twisty or bumpy sections will surely be more interesting than what we've got now.
In Sweden, we had both the sublime and the ridiculous. There was one tracking shot, next to the house towards the end of the powerstage (a fast right-hander over a small crest/jump) that was quite beautiful, it would be great to see more like that, a great example of what these cars can do.
Then we had the slightly tense moment where Tanak was approaching Breen's awkwardly-parked car on SS14, aaaaand... they switched to a view of the crew's faces right when they needed to be looking out of the windscreen. Totally nonsensical.
Heh, I've been talking about this already like 15 years ago (and actually did some timing in highlights, where this view was almost as used as the regular onboard view).Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
It's fine for 3 seconds, maybe on the start line or after crossing the finish line. But I don't understand why it is so overused, especially in important situations like you mention. Well, I've heard from a guy working for NEP that it's the producer's (dont know who he is?) decision...
As I said yesterday regarding the Paul King commentary - they're still seemingly stuck in the North One era; the same camera shots, poor choice of stage side cameras, etc Considering how good Red Bull are at producing action sports, I do wonder how much influence they have in the WRC coverage.
Who else is there from North One era?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Did a TV channel in anyone's country (FTA or pay) show the ERC+ All-Live stream ?
Posting here because more people watch the WRC All-Live than ERC, and maybe the guys from the promoter monitor this thread.. is it a common problem on the All-Live platform that the sound becomes unsynchronised from the pictures? It's really disorientating, makes it almost unwatchable for me!
It happens to me almost every time I use it with a chromecast. I have to restart it during every stage at least once.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
If just watching from the app or on browser it works fine usually.
Yep, Chromecast here.Quote:
Originally Posted by OHL