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Re: Directing the cameramen

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Originally Posted by Leav View Post
I'm no director, but watching all those matches on TheBlueAlliance has me wondering why they are filming them the way they are...

I don't mean to be rude, but a close up shot for 10 seconds of a blue lap robot, while the red score jumps inexplicably from 10 to 36, isn't very interesting...

it would be much more entertaining and informative to have the view from the wide shot of the entire field 75% of the time and and some other shots "from the floor" thrown in to make things interesting....
Part of the problem has to do with the question, "Who is the audience for the mixed video?"

Unfortunately, there are two different audiences -- (1) the folks in physical attendance at the event, for whom the video mix is seen on the "big screen", and (2) the internet feed / recorded video viewers.

In all honesty, I think the primary focus for the video mix is audience (1) for whom the close-in shots are more interesting, since they have the "wide shot of the entire field" right before them with their own eyes!

As a result, however, the recorded video with lots of close-in shots isn't as good for scouting or getting a feel of what is happening in the match as having the wide-screen view would be.

That said, I really like dtengineering's suggestion of recording not the "mix video" but the "wide-angle view" instead. In a lot of cases, that would be the better video mix for long-distance scouting.
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