Fog forces NBC to use Madden-esque camera angle; Twitter rejoices
A thick fog descended on Gillette Stadium on Sunday night, forcing NBC's television production crew to use a vertical camera angle, rather than the standard side angle, so TV viewers could see the action on the field in the Super Bowl LI rematch.
This view, reminiscent of the Madden video game series, proved very popular with fans and media alike watching the game and following along on Twitter:
This camera angle looks familiar... #ATLvsNE
- EA SPORTS Madden NFL (@EAMaddenNFL) October 23, 2017
It's like playing madden as Tom Brady with this camera angle.
- Patriots Militia (@PatsMilitia) October 23, 2017
And I love it pic.twitter.com/sCXjokTW5b
Oooooh, we get MaddenVision
- Evil Dead 2 Magary (@drewmagary) October 23, 2017
This camera angle is amazing.. so cool to see the plays develop from the point of view of the QB. They should use it a lot more #SNF
- Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) October 23, 2017
i would be fine with using the skycam for all plays always
- Danny Kelly (@DannyBKelly) October 23, 2017
We are seeing the future viewing angle of NFL and college football. It's so much better.
- Sage Rosenfels (@SageRosenfels18) October 23, 2017
NBC is using 2 sky cams for the first time ever tonight. Timely
- Ben Volin (@BenVolin) October 23, 2017
Perhaps this is something we'll see a lot more of in the future.
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