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Though that "script" is, like most event commentary scripts provided, little more than a guide. Very few decent broadcasters will just read it - they will use it as research input, along with lots of other stuff they are provided with.
Sure - the guide script is a useful source of information - however if you were to just have someone just reading that - the coverage would probably be VERY dull, given that the same script is being provided to everyone. The key to commentating, is having research, having notes, and then having the ability to speak coherently using this research background, not from a script.
I guarantee you that virtually every fact provided during the ceremony commentary will come from the Chinese Olympic Authorities. As for it being dull, have you not watched these things before? They are dull! There's no competition- it's only on one broadcaster in each country.
noggin posted:
Dunedin posted:
To be fair when it comes to opening ceremonies, there is a "script" issued for all broadcasters describing the thinking behind each component.
Whilst of course the commentator could choose to not say any of it, given the artistic nature of these things, understanding what a dance/movement/object represents adds a little more interest for the casual viewer. I think this will be particularly appropriate in Beijing, as the culture is so very different to ours.
Whilst of course the commentator could choose to not say any of it, given the artistic nature of these things, understanding what a dance/movement/object represents adds a little more interest for the casual viewer. I think this will be particularly appropriate in Beijing, as the culture is so very different to ours.
Though that "script" is, like most event commentary scripts provided, little more than a guide. Very few decent broadcasters will just read it - they will use it as research input, along with lots of other stuff they are provided with.
Sure - the guide script is a useful source of information - however if you were to just have someone just reading that - the coverage would probably be VERY dull, given that the same script is being provided to everyone. The key to commentating, is having research, having notes, and then having the ability to speak coherently using this research background, not from a script.
I guarantee you that virtually every fact provided during the ceremony commentary will come from the Chinese Olympic Authorities. As for it being dull, have you not watched these things before? They are dull! There's no competition- it's only on one broadcaster in each country.