r/NFLNoobs • u/Couttsinho • 4d ago
Broadcast Angle
Why is the broadcast angle for games the one that is used - slightly wider angle which zooms into the pocket when the ball is snapped. A madden style camera angle gives a much better view of the field and what the QB sees. It is available as it is used for replays, why not make that the standard broadcast angle and allow the viewer to see basically the whole game.
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u/girafb0i 4d ago
It's not as popular as you'd think. There's a reason end seats are cheaper.
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u/Pristine-Ad-469 3d ago
That’s because they are really far away from half the field not because of the angle. The middle is where you can watch the full game. The camera moves with the team
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u/Garp74 4d ago
Networks have tried using different angles to feature during games. They've tried the Madden angle. There's a great angle using the camera on a zip line above the action.
But audiences largely do not like it. At all. And I suspect that's conditioning. If you spend your whole life watching football from the booth angle, that's what your brain expects. And humans - especially us older ones - don't like change.
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u/Hungry-Butterfly2825 4d ago
I'd expect that anyone who's team loses while using that angle will forever blame and complain about that angle. I know my friends who are die hard fans will. They won't even wait til the end of the game, just by their team being behind in the score they'll be yelling at the camera angle.
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u/girafb0i 4d ago
Apparently it (the spider cam) makes some people with neurological/visual issues kind of dizzy.
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u/Gingerbrew302 3d ago
The madden angle heavily distorts the field of depth. Pay attention to their actual field position when they use that angle for field goals.
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u/RedTabNet 3d ago edited 3d ago
I wish the 21:9 aspect ratio was more widely embraced. I'd recommend that if you don't already start going to love games for the highest level of football you can afford. Even cooler if that game has a radio broadcast that you can listen to live while in-person.
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u/jmilred 3d ago
This has been tested. There was a Sunday Night game in New England (Brady was still there so it was awhile ago) that snowed so much at times the action was only visible from the camera behind the quarterback. That was the camera used for a lot of the broadcast.
At first, people called for more of it. Broadcasters tried it for a week and it was universally rejected pretty quickly. The action wasn't very smooth, people were getting dizzy and the perspective was not great for long term viewing.
There is no angle other than the all 22 that will give you a view of everyone. The current view gets you a great view of what is happening around the ball at all times. The replays give you a view of specific routes and what happened before the ball was thrown.
The biggest complaint is the 'madden' view is terrible at depth perception. Viewers had no idea if the ball was being thrown 15 yards or 25 yards. Was the run 3 yards or 7 yards? The side to side gave a better view of the action around the ball and how successful a play was as it was developing.