Live the atmosphere with E4. Right.
Dave Berry (who?) presented, probably to his best ability, but for me he was as interesting as a cardboard box. No charisma and no evident musical knowledge.E4's coverage was hampered by their keenness to cram in as many advert breaks as possible. Last night between 'Girls Aloud' and 'Beck'
(did you see the camera shots of Cheryl Tweedys crutch?)
We had an advert for Canesten Cream (vaginal thrush) ... "Be healthy inside and out" and Senna for constipation 'Natural and gentle' way to shit
We wondered what they thought their target audience was exactly? Do E4 even know what festivals are all about?
The main coverage sadly lacked any atmosphere. Where were the sweeping shots of the crowd singing back to the bands? The little shots of the drummers and bass players talking to each other? We had mostly the lead singer shots and nothing else. Then there was the cock up with the sound. Saturday had a guy talking on his mobile phone over a lot of the bands. It was fecking crap and I almost switched off as it was so irritating. Sunday had a football match commentary over the bands. Resignedly I tried to ignore it until they scored a fecking goal.
The Bands were cut mid song to pan over to another stage constantly. Then we were told we were seeing one band and another appeared. Dave Berry (who who?) ran around like a total wanker needing a piss.
I know live festivals are fraught but have they never watched the BBC do a Glastonbury coverage? Class and quality and even if something does go wrong it's handled with humour and professionalism.
E4? Stick them in the festival Loo's.
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