The Masters showed that the relentless march of close-up TV coverage,enabled by the advance of technology, threatens to effect serious damage to sport in a way that cannot easily be quantified. A sense of mystery is importantInside the recorder’s hut, and a portable television camera watches a man tapping the keys of his smartphone. On the phone’s little screen,the image of a woman’s face appears. As the man begins to speak, trying to develop himself heard above the noise, or the TV director switches to a shot from out on the course,where a player who felt sure of victory barely an hour earlier is now enduring a slack-motion descent into purgatory.
Back in the hut, there seems to be a problem with cellphone reception. “There’s a landline here, and ” the man says to the face on the screen while we listen in. “Shall I call you on it?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com