Post by Burst on Jul 13, 2014 17:05:55 GMT -5
I feel like there must've been some turnover in the graphics department since the variety and uniqueness of minitrons have really kind of nosedived since an arguable peak around 2011 or so.
I know back when the HD set first came out they were trying some novel things like Kofi's beach, Kozlov's Moscow, Big Show's crumbling walls, and Jericho's digital rain, leading up to things like "Dashing" Cody's live mirror, the Grotesque! Disfigured! newspapers at Wrestlemania 27, and really a lot better video quality and graphics around that period.
It really seems like the last few years it's been more like lazy, gif-quality background loop with their current T-shirt logo superimposed front and center on the tron, or failing that, a more nebulous tiled pattern. Compare Jericho's entrance graphics now versus his last digital rain setup prior to Orton punting him, you'd have expected the earlier one to be the newer one.
It doesn't make a lot of sense. Budget cuts, yes, and granted I'm not sure who's in charge of the minitron graphics and titantron videos, but I really can't imagine it being a huge place to nickel and dime considering they have to keep the same graphics guys around for PPV graphics and video packages.
I know, I know, it's not really a big thing in the grand scheme of things, and I know a lot of you would rather have the bare bones Raw setup without screens everywhere, but it's doubtful the screens are going anywhere soon, so I'd rather have pleasing, cool-looking graphics than what looks like someone furiously looping through a Powerpoint presentation backstage.
I know back when the HD set first came out they were trying some novel things like Kofi's beach, Kozlov's Moscow, Big Show's crumbling walls, and Jericho's digital rain, leading up to things like "Dashing" Cody's live mirror, the Grotesque! Disfigured! newspapers at Wrestlemania 27, and really a lot better video quality and graphics around that period.
It really seems like the last few years it's been more like lazy, gif-quality background loop with their current T-shirt logo superimposed front and center on the tron, or failing that, a more nebulous tiled pattern. Compare Jericho's entrance graphics now versus his last digital rain setup prior to Orton punting him, you'd have expected the earlier one to be the newer one.
It doesn't make a lot of sense. Budget cuts, yes, and granted I'm not sure who's in charge of the minitron graphics and titantron videos, but I really can't imagine it being a huge place to nickel and dime considering they have to keep the same graphics guys around for PPV graphics and video packages.
I know, I know, it's not really a big thing in the grand scheme of things, and I know a lot of you would rather have the bare bones Raw setup without screens everywhere, but it's doubtful the screens are going anywhere soon, so I'd rather have pleasing, cool-looking graphics than what looks like someone furiously looping through a Powerpoint presentation backstage.
