Media mistakes

[prpr]

What with drones and those cameras on cables above football pitches (and probably elsewhere) we may be getting too close to the action.

The shots are mostly $h!t3 too, being massively wide-angle, and are over-used, probably by trendy young directors who want to use the latest whizzy thing regardless of merit. Traditionally positioned cameras on tripods etc. cover things a lot better most of the time. Strange that ain't it, decades of experience triumphing.

The batsman hits a ball, it's heading in the air towards the boundary and splat it hits a drone, how many runs?

Should be 10, for extreme skill and positioning.

Or, it hits the drone and a fielder catches it.

The ball or the drone?

Is the batsman out? With a bit of luck the drone will be out.

No, but hopefully the drone is smashed into the (old fashioned) boundary fence, not the stupid modern boundary sponge thing positioned a ridiculous distance inside it.

 

[EEPhil]

Traditionally positioned cameras on tripods

Or Steadicam, but not some plank with a camera perched on their shoulder. I feel seasick just thinking about it.