Thanks for doing this. I've always found sports graphic packages intriguing, especially as the technology has improved. A couple thoughts:
* Words cannot express how much my minimalist heart loves the simple use of the team abbreviations without the logos. That drives me up a fricking wall. * I'm guessing the lack of the big "TOUCHDOWN" pop-up is from not having to think through the mind of watching a game with no sound. This is probably also why they don't have a time out display. * I can't say all with certainty, but I would find it shocking if a pro or major college venue didn't offer a number feed of the clock for broadcasters to use (which is usually amusing to watch when they're trying to adjust it). That said, there's always a fixed camera on both game and play clocks for the purpose of replay burn in (this is true in basketball and hockey coverage as well) that's grabbed when the widget is malfunctioning. In most places, it's bolted down well; given this was a one-off, they probably didn't do as thorough a job. * Given that's the CBS graphic package for the down and distance display, my guess is that's now how international NFL feeds package those cameras. * I'm on the fence as to how much information these widgets should display. As you might guess from the first bullet, I'm of the opinion the less the better unless it can be done well, so I like this (though I think you could've put the down and distance display down to the third line and bumped in the clock to make a rectangle. One of the fun parts of the Fox generator problems from Tuesday was to see what the graphic package was on the international feed: MLBN with the MLB logo where the MLBN logo usually is. On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:18 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm never sure how attachments work on Google Groups, so below are some > links to some screengrabs. > > Note that because they come from iPlayer they have an additional BBC > transparent bug in the top left that doesn't appear on live broadcasts. > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ga8N37qzidM1NrOWM0MzE5aGs > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ga8N37qzidejhzU1lKSU5oNFU > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ga8N37qziddld5alUzeW9vX1U > > A couple of things to note: > > - The BBC uses the same on-pitch overlays and graphics showing yardage > - There's no indication of remaining timeouts > - There's no pop-up saying "Touchdown" when there's a score. The scorecard > just ticks over > - You can't tell from the grab, but because the clock is actually a camera > pointed at what I assume is a stadium clock, it's constantly rocking when > the stadium rocks - i.e when those 4th quarter touchdowns were coming in. > I'm sure I remember that's how things used to work in the old days with > NFL. Back in the 80s perhaps? That's when the UK first got regular coverage. > > As for your solution for choosing teams to play abroad, it's an > interesting model. The only thing I'd note is that the NFL is clearly > trying to *sell* the game internationally. And if you only give the UK dull > fixtures with losing teams that nobody cares about, then they won't do > that. But then I'm basically against the whole thing anyway :-) > > > Adam > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
