Comments on: Ideas / NBA Season Ticket, the trash-talk edition http://douglemoine.com/2008/06/nba-trash-talk/ Work, photos, journal, hyphy, minimalism, maximalism, modernism Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Doug LeMoine http://douglemoine.com/2008/06/nba-trash-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-3980 Doug LeMoine Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:16:04 +0000 http://douglemoine.com/?p=250#comment-3980 Thanks, Dan. Your NFL coordinator POV is another excellent example of what you nicely termed "sub-narratives." As a Madden player from days of yore, the appeal of this kind of angle is obvious: Listening to the information flow from the field, getting a sense of what the coordinator believes is important, and then watching it all play out. How much better could it get for a football nerd? (Also, can you even imagine how much more meta-narrative it would add in living rooms across the country?) I also agree with your assessment of Zidane. It walks a very fine line between riveting and pointless. The sound was what seemed so new and interesting to me; the way that the natural sound was mixed did a lot of justice to sports. Mostly grunts, silence, occasional shouts. Also, the Mogwai part was awesome. Thanks, Dan. Your NFL coordinator POV is another excellent example of what you nicely termed “sub-narratives.” As a Madden player from days of yore, the appeal of this kind of angle is obvious: Listening to the information flow from the field, getting a sense of what the coordinator believes is important, and then watching it all play out. How much better could it get for a football nerd? (Also, can you even imagine how much more meta-narrative it would add in living rooms across the country?)

I also agree with your assessment of Zidane. It walks a very fine line between riveting and pointless. The sound was what seemed so new and interesting to me; the way that the natural sound was mixed did a lot of justice to sports. Mostly grunts, silence, occasional shouts. Also, the Mogwai part was awesome.

]]> By: Dan Schmidt http://douglemoine.com/2008/06/nba-trash-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 Dan Schmidt Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:24:10 +0000 http://douglemoine.com/?p=250#comment-3948 That's a great idea. I would love to watch the trash-talk edition. In general, I think there is tons more room for networks to broadcast live coverage of the sub-narratives that take place within games. I've always wanted to see coverage of a NFL game that focuses on the offensive and defensive coordinators who are scheming and reacting during the game. We get a sense of the complexity of the strategy from the ESPN show <i>NFL Matchup</i>, but I would like to witness the drama of the tactics evolving in real time. Also, I'm reminded of the movie <i>Zidane</i> that provides the viewer a radically different (some would say boring) way to experience a soccer game. The film consists almost entirely of close up shots on Zidane throughout the course of a game in which he is eventually expelled with a red card. That’s a great idea. I would love to watch the trash-talk edition.

In general, I think there is tons more room for networks to broadcast live coverage of the sub-narratives that take place within games.

I’ve always wanted to see coverage of a NFL game that focuses on the offensive and defensive coordinators who are scheming and reacting during the game. We get a sense of the complexity of the strategy from the ESPN show NFL Matchup, but I would like to witness the drama of the tactics evolving in real time.

Also, I’m reminded of the movie Zidane that provides the viewer a radically different (some would say boring) way to experience a soccer game. The film consists almost entirely of close up shots on Zidane throughout the course of a game in which he is eventually expelled with a red card.

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