I'm a bit confused why there is more effort on the torch relay in london this week from BBC sport, why not do this across the whole country as well,
have enjoyed following it on torch cam for the last 70 days though but found their comentry was out a lot, as they missed some of the torch bearers out
I do think they've struggled to get the balance right with the torch relay and tended towards pleasing those who'd have been sick of it after a couple of days rather than viewers who would embrace it. A good documentary tonight though - but could have been an hour long really.
I'm a bit confused why there is more effort on the torch relay in london this week from BBC sport, why not do this across the whole country as well,
have enjoyed following it on torch cam for the last 70 days though but found their comentry was out a lot, as they missed some of the torch bearers out
The only torch bearers mentioned are ones whose information was on the LOCOG website.
Sorry for two posts in a row, but heres an interesting one for you. The coverage on Tuesday started off with a feed of a reporter and crew in the Brighton Royal Pavilion gardens arranging an interview with a young boy and his Dad (who almost missed seeing the torch due to waiting to be interviewed). After the interview and two live reports are over the cameraman, with camera, leg it over to BBC South East Today's Chrissie Reidy who we see climb over a fence to get out of the Royal Pavilion gardens and get ready to do a piece to camera with the crowds in the background. This is where the feed is cut.
Does anyone know who the first reporter was? I don't see BBC South East in the morning that often nowadays, but I don't recognise her as a local face. Surely, another region weren't covering Brighton too?
that's live feeds for you, another day finished with the torch bearer about to light the cauldren when the cameraman just puts the camera on the floor and we see feet and hear crouds cheering, then it cuts
what I didn't understand with the torch cam is why when the torch went where the media truck couldn't go like on the steam train from york or the punt on the river cam, it wasn't followed by a camera man, the only time it did this was when it went down lake windermere.
Surely they knew well in advanced where they would not be able to follow with the truck and could have filmed on a quad bike like on eastenders or just walked with the torch bearer. when it left the isle of wight it would have been nice to see the flotilla of boats following the ferry to southampton rather than the back of the mini bus the media van was parked behind on the car deck
Ease of getting the footage back to the truck, additional expense of cameraman and equipment to do that not deemed worth it as things'd get recorded anyway, just not go out live? Just some ideas.
On Freeview, they used the red button 301 service for the bit between Camden and Peckham where they took a break, but didn't show the 2nd part from Peckham onwards. The 3G picture was mainly excellent, but did pixelate a lot in Peckham which may suggest heavy usage of their network. Helicopter shots were used in the City of London.
However, the News Channel showed the celebrity torch bearers in Kings Road, Chelsea and Brucie at White City.
