Tintin Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Is Hirano camera-shy? He's been hanging out by the corner flag all game (in other words completely out of sight of the television audience). He usually makes a few good runs down the touchline each game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgary Boomer Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Well, that ends the worst week in Whitecaps recent history. Insult -> injury. Teitur screwed things up by putting Knight at RB, instead of Martin. Martin's a better defender, Knight is a better crosser. That one seems so obvious. Arze gave the ball away 10 TIMES in the first half alone. He's not good enough. Cudos for Saputo apologizing, and for tearing a strip off the team after Thursday in the locker room, with the coach present. I gather by his intonation, he wasn't thrilled with the lineup Dos Santos started in that game. And I'll 18th the motion to fire the camera man. The amount of times the ball was off screen was truly atrocious. Also, good on the Ultras. Anyone connected with Vancouver appreciates that gesture today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 The camera man was fucking terrible, he wouldn't follow the ball, sometimes for almost 10-20 seconds at a time. Joey has plenty more to do to show he was genuine, like getting rid of NDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 quote:Originally posted by jonovision QFT. I get tired of him repeatedly "begging your pardon" because he can't tell the black players apart. I bet he had a hard time with Montreal today then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Gage, Haber and Hirano looked suspect today. Marlon is getting less rusty each outing so he'll be back in top form by next week I hope. First Impact goal was offside. Camera work was shoddy at best. Oh well on to the next game. Nice to see CBC coverage. I wonder what the TV numbers are? Spain vs SA was much better (duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegasAlexandros1555362277 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I think the camera problem may have been related to the fact that they were shooting the game in HD, and for those not watching in HD, they simple cut the image instead of resizing... then again, I might be talking out of my ass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portuguese Sensation Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 That's exactly what it looked like they did Megas. At first I thought the camera guy was unusually bad - but then I realized it's probably because of HD and I still have a regular tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tintin Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I'm a technophobe, so I don't understand how being in HD would make the cameraman seem not only slow but unable to move the camera far enough to one side to see the near corners. I thought HD just meant a clearer picture. Can someone please explain this? I don't want to be ticked off at the CBC unnecessarily. However, I think HD is a load of crap if it is going to make my TV obsolete even though its only three years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I was at the game on Saturday in Section 103 (I came to town to watch TFC win the Cup and stayed the weekend) and while I knew about the UM02 protest ahead of time during the first half all the soccer moms and dads sitting around me didn't know anything about anything. They just thought the terraces there were for people who'd rather stand instead of sit (it sort of pissed me off that security told me I had to sit down during the game, sitting at a footy match seems sacrilegious). Just before the second half started I seen UM02's flags moving past the southwest corner opening and remarked aloud "It looks like the Ultra's are here" and the guy beside me asked "Who?". I explained about supporters groups and the Ultras protest and once UM02 got in their section and organized and started their chanting and such everyone was enthralled. Me not so much. Although I was impressed by their ability to get loud enough to be heard over all the kids and soccer parents using those cheesy Oasis Laminated Noisemakers that were being handed out before the game. I took one too as a souvenir from the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 quote:Originally posted by devioustrevor I was at the game on Saturday in Section 103 (I came to town to watch TFC win the Cup and stayed the weekend) and while I knew about the UM02 protest ahead of time during the first half all the soccer moms and dads sitting around me didn't know anything about anything. They just thought the terraces there were for people who'd rather stand instead of sit (it sort of pissed me off that security told me I had to sit down during the game, sitting at a footy match seems sacrilegious). Just before the second half started I seen UM02's flags moving past the southwest corner opening and remarked aloud "It looks like the Ultra's are here" and the guy beside me asked "Who?". I explained about supporters groups and the Ultras protest and once UM02 got in their section and organized and started their chanting and such everyone was enthralled. Me not so much. Although I was impressed by their ability to get loud enough to be heard over all the kids and soccer parents using those cheesy Oasis Laminated Noisemakers that were being handed out before the game. I took one too as a souvenir from the game. We've been known to cut through many things easily: Across the stadium, and we're still louder than people right above the camera. [8D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Trident We've been known to cut through many things easily: Across the stadium, and we're still louder than people right above the camera. [8D] Where's the video from the second half? [8)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Tintin I'm a technophobe, so I don't understand how being in HD would make the cameraman seem not only slow but unable to move the camera far enough to one side to see the near corners. I thought HD just meant a clearer picture. HD is typically filmed, like movies, in widescreen, a rectangular format. To make movies fit into a regular square TV, you can choose two options: black bars at the top and bottom of the screen or cutting off the sides. In this case, CBC cut the sides off for its standard broadcast, but didn't alert the cameramen to keep the cameras centered (they were looking at a wide image, where they could see the ball on the side). Here's a difference between the two formats: http://www.geocities.com/obsessivetougafan/grease.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Rudi Where's the video from the second half? [8)] I dunno, haven't seen one. Oh, I get it now, it's surprising that a team that is winning their first championship ever is louder than fans across the stadium watching their team lose 6-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie Monster Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Daniel In this case, CBC cut the sides off for its standard broadcast, but didn't alert the cameramen to keep the cameras centered (they were looking at a wide image, where they could see the ball on the side). What's this you say? The CBC was ignoring all the stuff far out west, and all the stuff far out east, and instead focused on the centre of the universe? I'm shocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Trident I dunno, haven't seen one. Oh, I get it now, it's surprising that a team that is winning their first championship ever is louder than fans across the stadium watching their team lose 6-1? Or that 300+ of them travelled 600km on a weeknight to watch their team, who had to win by four goals despite having only scored four in a game once in its history. You want to get into a pissing match over whose fans are better, fine. I'm not that interested myself, but I won't hesitate to throw it back at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tintin Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Daniel HD is typically filmed, like movies, in widescreen, a rectangular format. To make movies fit into a regular square TV, you can choose two options: black bars at the top and bottom of the screen or cutting off the sides. In this case, CBC cut the sides off for its standard broadcast, but didn't alert the cameramen to keep the cameras centered (they were looking at a wide image, where they could see the ball on the side). Here's a difference between the two formats: http://www.geocities.com/obsessivetougafan/grease.html I see, thank you. Another problem though, which I can't see being related is that the cameraman seemed very slow. Even considering the sides of the image being cut off, the ball was sometimes nowhere in sight. With such a wide angle, I don't see how even while watching in HD that the ball could have been in view. Again, I don't know anything about this stuff, so I could be completely wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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