Tv
- Thread starter Calavera
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Yeah can ou imagine the depsit on one and then trying to get it back after the things been hit three or four times, cos you'd have to keep sticking your head into streams of paint to make anything like good telly. X-fire did a good job on channel 4........NOT!!!!
What the hell was that all about, sorry to say this but I'd rather watch golf, and usually I'd stick knitting needles in me thighs before watching golf.
Hey guy's and girl's, if X-fire comes back on telly, who fancys getting a team together and taking our own markers on. Now that would make for good viewing.
I used to play lacrosse for 2 years, absouloutly loved it!
Nothing like being the largest attacker on the field, and having the abililty to send HUGE ass defenders on there ass.
Firstly i don't think X-fire would allow a bunch of paintballers with Angels, Cockers whatever to play.....but........
Paintball in tv is a tricky one. Its tring to get the format that would work best. The trouble is there is no focal point.
In Snooker. Football, rugby and golf the focal point is the ball. It is easy to watch and allthough footy has 11 on each side it dont matter what any of them are doing if they aint on the ball.
Paintball there are 10,14 or 20 people to watch all at once. Any one of them could bust a move at any second and you never know who it would be. I think for paintball to make it on to TV it would have to be filmed on 5+ cameras (head cams also good if all were wearing them) then edited into a sturcture. So you watch the game not live but edited into the flow of it so you are shown what the best player at that moment is doing and not having to make up your mind and either get it right or wrong.
Lot of work though in that and TV compaines might not want to waste time on a pre recoreded sport.
Paintball in tv is a tricky one. Its tring to get the format that would work best. The trouble is there is no focal point.
In Snooker. Football, rugby and golf the focal point is the ball. It is easy to watch and allthough footy has 11 on each side it dont matter what any of them are doing if they aint on the ball.
Paintball there are 10,14 or 20 people to watch all at once. Any one of them could bust a move at any second and you never know who it would be. I think for paintball to make it on to TV it would have to be filmed on 5+ cameras (head cams also good if all were wearing them) then edited into a sturcture. So you watch the game not live but edited into the flow of it so you are shown what the best player at that moment is doing and not having to make up your mind and either get it right or wrong.
Lot of work though in that and TV compaines might not want to waste time on a pre recoreded sport.
OK I've been doing a lot of thinking about paintball and TV, and I'm convinced that it comes down to this: It's all about the story.
It dawned on me when someone lent me a video of the Manchester United 'Treble' a few years back. It detailed the whole season, showed the highlights, interviews that gave extra insight into why the players performed the way they did. They packed the whole season into a two hour tape of pure excitement and information, cut out all the boring bits, and showed great goals, great moves, and explained why they worked.
First, you have to have a cast. Players like Chris LaSoya, Rocky, Bob Long, and The kids from Dynasty, all make great characters. People would actually be interested in what they are like off the field. The rivalry between players can be played out and exploited, as could the incident involving Jeremy Salm. All of this stuff makes for interesting viewing.
Second is the Games them selves. You have to build them up, explain what teams are going to try an achieve, have professional commentators, explain to the audience what they think the teams will try to do, just like American football. You need to make the audience believe that each game means something to the teams playing.
Third, you need to make things clear on the field. You don't need to show every event in the game, but careful editing with enough cameras, (I'd say you need at least 4 cameras minimum, plus ref cams, and player cams) and commentators explaining what's happening, the story can be communicated to the audience.
In a typical game, players break out, someone always gets shot on the break. Players make their barricades, then the commentators start to explain where the players have gone, and what the strategies might be. Players get shot, commentators update, then something dramatic happens. You have several camera angles to cut together to show it happening, instant replay. The commentators get excited, they let the audience know what has happened in the game, and the game continues.
At this point, one or two players will be doing the most damage, the camera crews need to be in on the action.
At this point, it either becomes the story of one team trying to defend their flag from a hungry opposition, or it becomes the story of a team trying to break a solid defence.
The final moments of a game are usually the most dramatic, one player puts in a killer move that destroys the defence, and the rest of the pack moves in for the kill. The commentators have a post game preamble, including some comments from the players them selves who will be interviewed after the game, then the best moves of the game are shown in replay (slow motion and reverse angles) and the game is a wrap.
I firmly believe that it's all about the story. Paintball as a sport will not sell it's self, but it does provide the right raw material for an intense and dramatic show, if presented properly.
I will be very interested to see what the Americans do with x-ball. If they get the right people and the right production crews, they could crack this, and bring paintball to the masses.
It dawned on me when someone lent me a video of the Manchester United 'Treble' a few years back. It detailed the whole season, showed the highlights, interviews that gave extra insight into why the players performed the way they did. They packed the whole season into a two hour tape of pure excitement and information, cut out all the boring bits, and showed great goals, great moves, and explained why they worked.
First, you have to have a cast. Players like Chris LaSoya, Rocky, Bob Long, and The kids from Dynasty, all make great characters. People would actually be interested in what they are like off the field. The rivalry between players can be played out and exploited, as could the incident involving Jeremy Salm. All of this stuff makes for interesting viewing.
Second is the Games them selves. You have to build them up, explain what teams are going to try an achieve, have professional commentators, explain to the audience what they think the teams will try to do, just like American football. You need to make the audience believe that each game means something to the teams playing.
Third, you need to make things clear on the field. You don't need to show every event in the game, but careful editing with enough cameras, (I'd say you need at least 4 cameras minimum, plus ref cams, and player cams) and commentators explaining what's happening, the story can be communicated to the audience.
In a typical game, players break out, someone always gets shot on the break. Players make their barricades, then the commentators start to explain where the players have gone, and what the strategies might be. Players get shot, commentators update, then something dramatic happens. You have several camera angles to cut together to show it happening, instant replay. The commentators get excited, they let the audience know what has happened in the game, and the game continues.
At this point, one or two players will be doing the most damage, the camera crews need to be in on the action.
At this point, it either becomes the story of one team trying to defend their flag from a hungry opposition, or it becomes the story of a team trying to break a solid defence.
The final moments of a game are usually the most dramatic, one player puts in a killer move that destroys the defence, and the rest of the pack moves in for the kill. The commentators have a post game preamble, including some comments from the players them selves who will be interviewed after the game, then the best moves of the game are shown in replay (slow motion and reverse angles) and the game is a wrap.
I firmly believe that it's all about the story. Paintball as a sport will not sell it's self, but it does provide the right raw material for an intense and dramatic show, if presented properly.
I will be very interested to see what the Americans do with x-ball. If they get the right people and the right production crews, they could crack this, and bring paintball to the masses.
We need to get some sort of media event going.
How about we get in touch with some of the "lads" mags FHM etc... and get them to sort out some b list celebs and do a tournament for Charity. They do it with football all the time........ bet that would get us on the map. We could have a soaps team, a who gives a rats ass about the storyline , look at the scenery team (Holyoaks) and a celebrity crim team (King, Archer, Barrymore etc...) they'll be lining up round the block to take a shot at that lot.
But seriously, how about it? see if we can get some minor celebs at a big tourney and run a little side competition to raise money for charity (and get some coverage). We could sponsor them by the welt. (Dean Gaffny: £100,000 pounds, whadya mean he hasn't played yet?).
@ JoseD 2003 (a product of chronic insomnia and growing insanity)
My idea, don't nick it, I know where you live.(also paranoid).
How about we get in touch with some of the "lads" mags FHM etc... and get them to sort out some b list celebs and do a tournament for Charity. They do it with football all the time........ bet that would get us on the map. We could have a soaps team, a who gives a rats ass about the storyline , look at the scenery team (Holyoaks) and a celebrity crim team (King, Archer, Barrymore etc...) they'll be lining up round the block to take a shot at that lot.
But seriously, how about it? see if we can get some minor celebs at a big tourney and run a little side competition to raise money for charity (and get some coverage). We could sponsor them by the welt. (Dean Gaffny: £100,000 pounds, whadya mean he hasn't played yet?).
@ JoseD 2003 (a product of chronic insomnia and growing insanity)
My idea, don't nick it, I know where you live.(also paranoid).
It could indeed work. You know all those 'celebs' that did big brother (blah ). They are minor enough to count and desparate enough not to say no.
I'd pay to see Cheggers running round getting peppered with paint and cowering in fear
And then there is that program dream team, thats just about a football team and all the kooky stuff they get up to, something like that perhapes but with paintball insted of football.
It could happen.
It could happen?
). They are minor enough to count and desparate enough not to say no. I'd pay to see Cheggers running round getting peppered with paint and cowering in fear
And then there is that program dream team, thats just about a football team and all the kooky stuff they get up to, something like that perhapes but with paintball insted of football.
It could happen.
It could happen?
Come on then "charity celebrity paintball"........ let's get the ball rolling. any ideas? I say we tag it on to a Summer Tourney, one that we know will look good on TV. Any takers? anyone else want to get this thing up and running? I'm taking names so start E.mailing me. I'll contact FHM and Loaded for starters... inter-mag teams? how about PGI too, then we start on soaps etc.....
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