Multi Camera Use
Within sports such as football when sky show a live premier league game they have around 24 cameras and this is to add better coverage top the game. In the ground there are a variety of different angles where they place the cameras some are placed around the ground. Some of the cameras are pitch side to catch all of the action such as tackles, goals, throw ins, corners. The main job of the cameras are to capture the excitement in the game and the crowd add to this with the chants in the background and also when the team they support scores this also adds to the excitement of the game. The cameras also get close up to the action and this is done usually done on Sky Sports when there has a goal gone in the cameras around the ground are able to show the goal at a lot of different angles such as close up or at an angle such as behind the goal and this gets the facial expression of the footballer and sometimes the camera will pick up what the footballer may have said. In sporting events such as the world cup the spider camera was introduced to get shots from behind the player and also the spider camera is used for when a team is given a penalty kick or to show the crowd celebrating there national team scoring or before kick off the national anthems are played they use the spider camera to show the crowd singing along to there national anthem. In a football match there are lots of different shots its usually a mid shot. But when there is a corner or a free kick it cuts to a close up on the player. Or it will cut to a shot of the crowd and they do this to create an atmosphere.
This is a tracking shot of the footballer taking the corner kick and this is to show who it is taking the corner and this can be done to create an atmosphere if it is been watched at home or at a pub.
This is a close up of the footballers celebrating and this is to show who scored the goal and also to create more of an atmosphere as the goal has just been scored.
Coverage
Sky Sports is the biggest sporting channel for showing Premier League and Champions League football matches and they have one of the biggest television deals to show the Premier League ever which was signed this year. It is Sky Sports to give the best coverage for football games and they have been growing with the recent HD channels which lets you watch the football in High Definition and recently the 3D channel which lets you watch the football in 3D. Sky Sports have 24 cameras capturing all the football action and all these cameras are scattered all over the ground some being pitch side some being in the stands near the fans. The ones pitch side are able to capture all the moments you miss say for example if there is a foul that one camera wasn't able to capture then it will be shown on the replay and one of the biggest examples of this was the Zidane Headbutt which was missed on live television but other cameras in the ground were able to capture it and this is one of the most famous red cards in World Cup History. Also recently one of them cameras is goal line technology which is a small camera in every premier league ground to stop all the controversy of wether the ball has crossed the line or not. Finally there is also the spider camera which was introduced in the 2010 World Cup and Sky now use it and this is used to capture footage of the fans and also when a team has a penalty kick this camera is used to focus on the player taking the penalty and this adds tension.
Communication of meaning to the viewer
The communication of Sky to the viewer is important and Sky do this by when it is the start of the program they show the names of the experts and ex footballers who are on the program for that match. For example with the recent Manchester United vs Arsenal game they had a neutral pundit this being Graham Souness, Michael Carrick was there watching the game who is a current Manchester United player but was injured for this game, Also there was Thierry Henry who is an Arsenal legend. This catches the communication to the viewer and keeps them watching the program at half time because Ed Chamberlain will ask them both questions to get both of there opinions and let the battle against each other. The program also communicates to the audience by showing all the stats from the game such as which team has had the most possession of the ball, or the head to head stats on the players such as which striker has scored more goals in the season. They also have the betting adverts now which have odds for the match such as Rooney to score first at 10/1.
Visual Style
The visual style of the Sky Sports studio isn't fancy it only has a table with a few chairs which is nothing fancy. The studio usually has one of the best views of the game though and sometimes they even have the studio pitch side depending on how big the game is and there are no filters in the studio. What the studio does have though is it has graphics and these are usually coloured in blue which is a very manly colour. Sky Sports also have there logo right in the middle of the table that they sit at which is very eye catching and is bold writing with the title of the program Super Sunday underneath it. There is also a sense of reality and authority on the program.
Maintaing the Viewers Interest
Sky sports maintain the viewers interests on the program most of the time as this is the reason behind them been given the biggest sporting television deal to show the premier league football. They maintain the viewers interests by showing on screen motion graphics and these could be the stats of the players such as the Manchester United and Arsenal game they would compare the two biggest signings of the summer them being Angel Di Maria for Manchester United and Alexis Sanchez for Arsenal they would compare there seasons and have a debate about them and this keeps the viewers interested and they could then go and have this debate with maybe one of there friends. They also keep the viewers interested by showing statistics such as player comparisons to what the different sets of players have won. Another way they keep the viewers interest is the commentary of the game such as if its Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher commentating on a game then this will keep the viewers interested as these two don't really like each other and give banter to each other and this keeps people interested in the game as well. The commentary keeps people entertained for example when they say its Shire power in that strike this can be used as a metaphor for war and males liking violence and this also adds to the viewers interest
Constraints of studio or Location environment
When Sky Sports are showing a live football match they aren't just filming on a stage they are filming all over the ground such as some camera operators will be filming pitch side and some will be filming in the stands and there is also sometimes someone filming from above. There is now the spider camera which has been introduced into the premier league which isn't usually used to show the players this is used to get footage of the crowd for when a team scores or nearly scores. The studio that is used in Sky Sports isn't big they are really crammed in a box with just a big table and chairs with the Sky Sports Logo in the middle of it. The location Environment is usually they are live at the football ground they are playing at. On Sky Sports Super Sunday they have 2 games one that kicks off at 1:30pm and one that kicks off at 4:00pm and they will broadcast from the ground that kicks off at 4:00pm. They will also have cameras at the 1:30pm kick off as well so they are able to broadcast it live on television.
Here is how I have envisaged how the studio and the football pitch would have all there cameras. Within the studio there will be 3 cameras. Within the football ground Sky have 24 cameras inside the ground covering the football match.
