Race - Opening Camera Shot
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Personally I would prefer the race start to be covered by an overhead camera up to and including the first corner instead of the current ground level head-on view.
We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
MikeStroud said:
Personally I would prefer the race start to be covered by an overhead camera up to and including the first corner instead of the current ground level head-on view.
We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
Yep, I agree. I’m trying to interpret what I see in the front on view as you can’t really see the subtlety of their relative fore/aft positioning, We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
I actually thought the general direction of the sprint race was poor, but maybe they couldn’t win on this as nothing happened in the race after the start, and you couldn’t really see what was happening at the start due to the silly front on view….lol
I reckon a higher view (not necessarily the full overhead) would be much better at the start.
MikeStroud said:
Personally I would prefer the race start to be covered by an overhead camera up to and including the first corner instead of the current ground level head-on view.
We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
The standard overhead view we see, is from the cable-cam that runs down the pit lane. While it would be good for the first few seconds of the race, it would quickly be needing to zoom in and difficult to identify the cars. It does work well for the replay though, when we can see the reaction times and the launch that each driver got. We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
Having just watched the F2 start, they have a camera a couple of hundred metres down the road to the outside, which starts zoomed in, then zooms out as the cars approach, before switching to a higher-up camera beyond the first corner.
The first replay they showed was from the helicopter, high and behind the grid. The colours of the cars were quite washed out and difficult to identify. The F1 cars might be a little better though, as their colours are more distinctive.
MikeStroud said:
Personally I would prefer the race start to be covered by an overhead camera up to and including the first corner instead of the current ground level head-on view.
We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
The main reason is so you see all of the sponsor’s logos around the s/f line.We normally get the overhead view later as a replay but for me that is a much clearer view of what is going on.
Is there a good reason why it is how it is?
Head on shot from a drone on the ground in front of the grid, as the lights count down.
Drone takes off with 1 light left to extinguish, 5m above the ground. Camera tilts down to keep the first 6-8 cars in shot.
Drone stays just ahead of the leaders all the way down to the first corner.
Yes, I know, it'll never happen.
Drone takes off with 1 light left to extinguish, 5m above the ground. Camera tilts down to keep the first 6-8 cars in shot.
Drone stays just ahead of the leaders all the way down to the first corner.
Yes, I know, it'll never happen.
Carlososos said:
I agree. Not impressed at all with the first camera shot. You have no real idea who has had a good start or not until 5 or so seconds later.
That's precisely why they use it - gives a bigger sense of drama and excitement as the cars approach the first corner and it also gives the commentators a few seconds to work out what is happening.boyse7en said:
Carlososos said:
I agree. Not impressed at all with the first camera shot. You have no real idea who has had a good start or not until 5 or so seconds later.
That's precisely why they use it - gives a bigger sense of drama and excitement as the cars approach the first corner and it also gives the commentators a few seconds to work out what is happening.HardtopManual said:
Head on shot from a drone on the ground in front of the grid, as the lights count down.
Drone takes off with 1 light left to extinguish, 5m above the ground. Camera tilts down to keep the first 6-8 cars in shot.
Drone stays just ahead of the leaders all the way down to the first corner.
Yes, I know, it'll never happen.
I suspect you're correct about it never happening...what happens if the drone fails and falls out the sky onto a live race track?Drone takes off with 1 light left to extinguish, 5m above the ground. Camera tilts down to keep the first 6-8 cars in shot.
Drone stays just ahead of the leaders all the way down to the first corner.
Yes, I know, it'll never happen.
Just to expand the previous point, if you look closely at the framing and shots they often use you’ll find very many of them are set up to show the sponsor logos at the track (I believe that F1, not the track/promoter gets the money for these). A good example is ‘car coming round corner onto straight’. Often the logos will be in frame and in focus with nothing on track before the car appears and then the camera starts to track it.
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