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Shuhei Yoshida apologises for "atrocious" gamescom stream camera work
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BlazingDarkness
Member
Can we get that cameraman fired next pls
ComputerMKII
Banned
What would have Kamiya said?
demosthenes
Member
Ha, glad someone there acknowledged this.
Nightengale
Member
I don't think it's the cameraman, but the director who decides the transition and what shots to focus/when.
Law Abiding Stranger
Banned
Stream your mum's ass.
Jaded Alyx
Member
How is it the fault of the cameramen?
Do you eat shit, camera man?
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
EXTREEEEEEEEME CLOSE UP!
Not only that even during gameplay from a bunch of games. Keep the camera on the games when showing not in weird angles and the guy playing.
PhoenixDawn
Member
This same crap happened at the past few E3s too, especially the most recent one. I'm surprised it happened again at Gamescom, and I'd even say this camerawork was probably the worst so far for a game press conference. Hell, I've seen shaky audience camera footage that provided a clearer picture of the action that was going on. Hopefully it's fixed for future shows, good to see they're aware of it finally.
mentallyinept
Banned
It really messed up the experience for me. I said to myself after every trailer that I would have to wait until they uploaded a direct capture somewhere to understand what the hell was going on.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Lmao
gaming_noob
Member
Odd. I was watching the IGN stream and I didn't notice that. I did notice the camera panning through the spectators during trailers though.
EatinOlives
Member
It's always like this for every show in every conference from every publisher. EA, Microsoft, Sony, Ubi, E3, Gamescom, you name it, the camera work on the stream was shit on it.
You don't need more than one 5-second shot confirming that the game is being played live. Just once. I don't want the same shot every 20 seconds obscuring the actual game. It's mind boggling that this is industry standard and nobody's doing anything about it.
You don't need more than one 5-second shot confirming that the game is being played live. Just once. I don't want the same shot every 20 seconds obscuring the actual game. It's mind boggling that this is industry standard and nobody's doing anything about it.
Stone Ocean
Member
Holy shit hahahahahaha!
I crapped my pants at that moment... >_>
Hey look, a zit on Jim Ryan's face! Thank you cameraman for the extreme closeup.
It reminded me of the camerawork during the first couple of years G4 broadcasted the E3 press conferences circa 2007.
BronsonLee
Member
Like other people have said, not the fault of the cameraman. Director should've known better.
Also, they should've had more cameras. Not sure why dude was trying to rack focus right at the start of the damn conference, though. Did he screw it up that badly?
I almost died of laughter when I saw this. Vinny picking it up on it first was just gold.
Dead Prince
Banned
Don't blame the cameraman. he was just excited for the ps4 event just like us.
Jaded Alyx
Member
He/She was running backwards and forwards in excitement. Only human.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
you mean the director, right....
NekoFever
Member
The director should cut away while the camera operator is adjusting their shot.
It sometimes seemed like they made a point of pulling away for gameplay footage. The Killzone MP trailer was only focused on the footage for text and the crowd for actual gameplay.
Stone Ocean
Member
HMM? WHAT'S THAT?
OH YOU WANT 30 MORE SECONDS OF FOOTAGE OF THE AUDIENCE WATCHING THE GAME BEING PLAYED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE FOOTAGE OF THE GAME ON STREAM? RIGHT ON IT.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
When they do these things the minute it cuts to a video on the screen it should be directly in the feed.
It's so simple and it very frustrating watching it cut away time and time again.
It's so simple and it very frustrating watching it cut away time and time again.
sixteen-bit
Member
lol that's awful
BlazingDarkness
Member
No, the cameraman was equally terrible.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
No fault to cameramen, except at the end of the Aveline part of AC4 the camera just kept going back and back. lol
Really though whoever was flipping the switches between cameras should have been dragged out of the booth 10 minutes in and told to piss off. Nearly anyone could have done a better job then that person.
Camera to person on stage
Direct feed
Back to person now talking
Direct feed
Person announcing stuff
Direct Feed
Really though whoever was flipping the switches between cameras should have been dragged out of the booth 10 minutes in and told to piss off. Nearly anyone could have done a better job then that person.
Camera to person on stage
Direct feed
Back to person now talking
Direct feed
Person announcing stuff
Direct Feed
Revolutionary
Member
That's not something the cameraman decides to do on his own. It was the director that told him to zoom in some more, to cut to the audience feed, etc. Furthermore, he should have cut away when the zooming was being done.
They really shouldn't have used a Vita to film their conference.
somesayyea
Member
it really was terrible
TheJollyCorner
Member
The show director was fucking drunk.
Had to be.
Director: "Ok... zoom out."
Director: "Stay zoomed."
Director: "Zoom in. FAST!"
Director: "CLOSE UP!"
Director: "Zoom out; pan the back of the audience."
Director: "Ok, now pan back over the audience."
Director: "Zoom in... NO WAIT."
Had to be.
Director: "Ok... zoom out."
Director: "Stay zoomed."
Director: "Zoom in. FAST!"
Director: "CLOSE UP!"
Director: "Zoom out; pan the back of the audience."
Director: "Ok, now pan back over the audience."
Director: "Zoom in... NO WAIT."
Krisprolls
Banned
The cameraman was obviously drunk or he was a MS shill. Or both.
Doesn't mean the camera operator just isn't very good.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Glad he acknowledged this. How frustrating was it that they kept pulling out to show a shot of the audience every ten seconds? So fucking dumb. Don't fire the cameraman, fire the director.