Comments on: The Golden Age? Growing Old With the Game http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/09/28/the-golden-age-growing-old-with-the-game/ Exploring football culture around the world Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:13:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Doyle http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/09/28/the-golden-age-growing-old-with-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-9616 Jennifer Doyle Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:08:25 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=3257#comment-9616 Oh, I actually loved the game footage. Just goes to show you how much big sports media is dependent on the magic tricks more special to the editing room than the field. It made the documentary so much more engaging than it might have been (though not necessarily more sophisticated in terms of its narrative). I thought that the cinematography & editing made it worth watching, actually. What the film doesn't tell you is that it isn't at all unusual to find guys with pro and semi-pro experience in metropolitan leagues. Or what "pro" or "semi-pro" means - that can be incredible, or not so incredible, depending on the country and that person's story. Anyway, if we want visual restraint, in terms of filming & broadcasting of games, we can always turn to the ascetics (pun intended) of the WPS. But like you, I was very curious about the league drama - and also what the tone of the film feels like in its feature length version. OK, got to take care of my own over 40 knees, JD Oh, I actually loved the game footage. Just goes to show you how much big sports media is dependent on the magic tricks more special to the editing room than the field. It made the documentary so much more engaging than it might have been (though not necessarily more sophisticated in terms of its narrative). I thought that the cinematography & editing made it worth watching, actually.

What the film doesn’t tell you is that it isn’t at all unusual to find guys with pro and semi-pro experience in metropolitan leagues. Or what “pro” or “semi-pro” means – that can be incredible, or not so incredible, depending on the country and that person’s story.

Anyway, if we want visual restraint, in terms of filming & broadcasting of games, we can always turn to the ascetics (pun intended) of the WPS.

But like you, I was very curious about the league drama – and also what the tone of the film feels like in its feature length version.

OK, got to take care of my own over 40 knees,

JD

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