German TV Directors

[PhiLLer]

So I'm watching the first half of the World Cup final and it's a great game but the direction of German TV really bothered me at times.
Not just in the final but this whole World Cup seems to have been directed by a bunch of morons.

First we have some idiots who seem to find the super slo-mo arousing, especially when it shows a manager screaming in super slo-mo on the touchline. Yeah, looks real charming!

Then there's showing the managers when they really should be showing a replay of an important chance.
Not only do they show the managers at the wrong moment, they also keep the camera focused on them for about 15 seconds!

Then there's showing the crowd at the wrong moments. Show the crowd when the ball is out of play but not when a team is attacking the goal.

Then there's the showing of self-obsessed FIFA/Goverment pricks who contribute absolutely nothing to football. Not in a million years do they deserve camera time.
Another annoyance was in the France vs Portugal game when they showed (ex-France manager) Aimee Jaquet more than they showed Domenech.

Then there's also the use of replays for useless situations. Did anyone notice the super slo-mo replay of a physio squirting water onto Perotta's injured foot. Classic TV directing right there!

I love the super slo-mo replays but use them wiseley. I mean, this World Cup has been brilliont but the TV directing has been absolutely crap. A bunch of blind, demented monkeys could direct a football match better than the bunch of German TV idiots.

[ShearerM4]

Got to agree. You'd expect flawless quality from the Gers, but it's been very poor.

We've probably missed about 50% of the bookings in real time, they show replays while the ref is giving a card, so we don't know until a long while after whether it was a booking or not.

[denrze]

German TV does not have any power. It's a world director appointed by Fifa and his staff who delivers the images. It's a Fifa thing.

[JJSFC]

They are obsessed with that camera view of the ball before a goal-kick has been taken.

[teccomin]

they should have shown more of gattuso :P

[johnnybrubacker]

i thought it was fine, motson and lawrenson were obessesed about a replay of the disallowed goal

Originally Posted by JJSFC

They are obsessed with that camera view of the ball before a goal-kick has been taken.

lmao, i've moaned at that every game.

"Oh look goal-kick.....*waits for camera to zoom in* ....****WANK****BASTAD IT ALWAYS HAPPENS!!"

[Drvar]

i was pissed at the fact that they were slow as hell with replays in some games. like ball is out of play for 10 secs, something big happened before that, no replay. then they squeeze it in in the middle of a play.

[Da Kid]

Originally Posted by teccomin

they should have shown more of gattuso :P

[JJSFC]

Originally Posted by Dan the monkey

lmao, i've moaned at that every game.

"Oh look goal-kick.....*waits for camera to zoom in* ....****WANK****BASTAD IT ALWAYS HAPPENS!!"

It's frustrating isn't it?

[mcq]

Originally Posted by johnnybrubacker

i thought it was fine, motson and lawrenson were obessesed about a replay of the disallowed goal

why on earth did you listen to motson? crap commentator! itv was the best overall.

[johnnybrubacker]

Originally Posted by mcq

why on earth did you listen to motson? crap commentator! itv was the best overall.

david pleat?

[panxoman]

do you know if people at the stadiums had replays on the big screens?

[$chwenker]

Yes they had but not of the crucial scenes (like the Zidane one). They only are allowed to show replays of shots, goals for example.

And as already said, don't blame German TV, they have to take, like everyone else, the pictures of the FIFA production ...

[Help?]

They should have hired Spielberg on there