On Monday Night Football
September, 2016
ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALLTHE RABBIT HOLEBEN SCHOTT-SLOW-MO & ROBOTICS-Monday Night Football owes much of its immediate success to the filmic style and technical innovations of its first director, Chet Forte. Using about 10 strategically positioned cameras (twice the norm)—some mounted on golf carts, some handheld—as well as “shot-gun” mikes to capture every call and tackle, Forte coaxed a stop-start sport into telegenic narratives. He also popularized several techniques including instant replay,...
