Future Rally Media Coverage

I like it, getting better everyday.
First day too short.
Second day better, bit too less interviews, but the helicopter shots were great. Especially the one of Latvala at the fast section in the first part was pretty epic!
Third day good! Nice shots, more interviews :)

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

As I understand it, the entire TV production team hired by Red Bull Media House is made up of the former NOS team - producers, cameramen, directors etc. With the Finnish team from Filmworks providing all the tech stuff - just as they did for NOS.

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Hiring ex NOS staff is slightly disappointing. The sport needs new ideas and ways of showing itself - not the same old coverage as before. The 'as Live' commentary from Paul King wasn't funny years ago, and it still grates. They just don't listen.

So how else should the commentator do it?

Can anyone give me examples from YouTube of how they want to hear what the WRC coverage should be live? Any other NON Live sport?

The 52 minutes highlights from the WRC YT channel from the past are excellent:

WRC Highlights: Monte Carlo 2002: 52 Minutes - YouTube

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Hiring ex NOS staff is slightly disappointing. The sport needs new ideas and ways of showing itself - not the same old coverage as before. The 'as Live' commentary from Paul King wasn't funny years ago, and it still grates. They just don't listen.

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Without EX NOS staff we would most propably have zero Monte coverage. You can't start form the scratch in that short amount of time. also, we don't know the big picture so it's too harsh to blame the staff.

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Originally Posted by vkangas

Without EX NOS staff we would most propably have zero Monte coverage. You can't start form the scratch in that short amount of time. also, we don't know the big picture so it's too harsh to blame the staff.

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But in saying that, NO DOUBT I AGREE WITH YOU. They haven't started from scratch really and didn't really have a short period of time... the FIA and WRC organizers had ALL OF 2012 to get their s*^t together!

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Hiring ex NOS staff is slightly disappointing. The sport needs new ideas and ways of showing itself - not the same old coverage as before. The 'as Live' commentary from Paul King wasn't funny years ago, and it still grates. They just don't listen.

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I really don't think you have any idea of what must be in place to arrange an international tv-production and distribution...

Without ex NOS staff, much probably we could have seen again the 2012 Eurosport WRC-mess, showing the images only on their network, leaving without nothing (except the mandatory VNR for news access) all the other broadcasters.

This kind of work needs months of plannings and developement, not a couple of weeks. Let's give time to Red Bull MH and Sportsman Group, they're working in the right way, they just need some time to fix the details. :)

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

But in saying that, NO DOUBT I AGREE WITH YOU. They haven't started from scratch really and didn't really have a short period of time... the FIA and WRC organizers had ALL OF 2012 to get their s*^t together!

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Exactly: it's JUST FIA fault, because Red Bull and Sportsman had just a couple of weeks to work in a quite important project like this, since they signed the contract.

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

So how else should the commentator do it?

Can anyone give me examples from YouTube of how they want to hear what the WRC coverage should be live? Any other NON Live sport?

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Look up any pre NOS coverage on YouTube. There are many, many examples, but I think you are missing the point. What we are watching is a review, and is NOT live, yet Paul King is attempting to make it appear as if is is actual live footage.

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Originally Posted by RAS007

Look up any pre NOS coverage on YouTube. There are many, many examples, but I think you are missing the point. What we are watching is a review, and is NOT live, yet Paul King is attempting to make it appear as if is is actual live footage.

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Is there really much 'pre-NOS' stuff? That company was the same since 2001.

and before that the coverage was done by Bernie, in an ad hoc way, with coverage provided about 2 weeks after the event.

Paul King from day 3 coverage as we watch an onboard over a stage covered in ice and snow:

"Amazing as we watch these drivers going fast on what is, effectively, ice and snow"

Such an informed and expert insight. We'll be lost without such fantastic commentary/scripting.....