Not that I should be surprised, but trying to watch it today and it’s just talk talk talk talk. Commercials. More talk. Overhead shots of the stadium. People walking around in the rain. Talking head. Cut away to footage of Carl Lewis bitching about something. Instant replay of something they already showed. People hugging. Stadium shot. Human interest story. Commercial. Shot of Eiffel Tower. Promo for actual sports being shown on Peacock. Etc etc.

Meanwhile you can see there’s sporting events going on because they are showing them on the Jumbotron in the stadium shots. Really no excuse for this since most of this coverage is pre-recorded anyway.

  • deranger@sh.itjust.works
    153·
    3 months ago

    The archery footage blows. Face, target. Face, target. You can’t get a good feel for how far away the target is, nor the size of it. It’s much more impressive when you can get a view of the whole thing from an over the shoulder perspective.

      • deranger@sh.itjust.works
        61·
        3 months ago

        I’m not suggesting every shot be over the shoulder, but some variety of shots to emphasize the distance and size of the target would add some much needed perspective. The way it’s currently shot it feels like they’re 20’ away and shooting at large targets. It takes away from the impressive ability those archers have, IMO. You’d think they would have some dope tracking / zoom shots or something, it’s quite monotonous as it is now.