Spurs' camera angle

[Sanguine]

I think I mentioned this once before. Spurs' game with Basel during the week, the main camera seemed to be half way up the stand, in fact arguably too low, you got little perspective on the width of the pitch. Today for the league game against Everton the camera has returned to it's usual place somewhere on the moon, giving almost a bird's eye view of White Hart Lane.

Have not known clubs to use different camera gantries before, is this something to do with the Europa League?

[Stuka]

What an attentive football viewer you are!

[Sanguine]

Yeah, no-one knew last time either!

Don't know how attentive it makes me - if anything I noticed it because of the extremes. WHL has always had a very high camera, this one in the Europa League is way too low.

Anyway, found this and this, suggests it may be related to Sky and 3D viewing, the high angle isn't suited to this.

http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-foo ... -hart-lane

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Program ... d-p/231643

One post on the first link suggests the lower angle suits avdertising in Europa League games.

[Stuka]

My contact at Tottenham Hostpur writes:

Hi Stuka,

We offer both gantries to the broadcaster and it is there choice which one they wish to use.

I know ITV changed the one at the Emirates recently and the angle was wider, possibly for advertising reasons.

Sky and ESPN tend to prefer the higher more traditional view at WHL.

J

[Alexander Litvinenko]

My contact at Tottenham Hostpur writes:

Hi Stuka,

We offer both gantries to the broadcaster and it is there choice which one they wish to use.

I know ITV changed the one at the Emirates recently and the angle was wider, possibly for advertising reasons.

Sky and ESPN tend to prefer the higher more traditional view at WHL.

J

You'd think Spurs would employ people who can spell......

[Stuka]

Jesus man, he took the time to immediately reply to my enquiry for Hob Nob!

[creative_username_1]

i would love to watch football from a birds eye view. Watch a technical team like Barca to figure out how they create space etc

[Alexander Litvinenko]

i would love to watch football from a birds eye view. Watch a technical team like Barca to figure out how they create space etc

Have you not been to Newcastle?

[Cobi]

I think I mentioned this once before. Spurs' game with Basel during the week, the main camera seemed to be half way up the stand, in fact arguably too low, you got little perspective on the width of the pitch. Today for the league game against Everton the camera has returned to it's usual place somewhere on the moon, giving almost a bird's eye view of White Hart Lane.

Have not known clubs to use different camera gantries before, is this something to do with the Europa League?

Watford used to randomly change which side of the pitch they'd film from.

[Royalist]

Portsmouth's 'highlights' camera angle is so poor because the cameramen cannot be bothered to climb up into the gantry!

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Portsmouth's 'highlights' camera angle is so poor because Pompey can't afford a ladder!