As Euro 2024 officially kicked off on Friday, BBC’s official trailer for the tournament hit television screens. Title sequences, particularly in the United Kingdom, are an important part of watching major soccer competitions. BBC, for instance, initially created a hit trailer for the 1990 World Cup. The network used Luciano Pavarotti’s version of Nessun Dorma to set the mood for their coverage of the competition.
While FOX Sports is handling coverage of Euro 2024 here in the United States, BBC and ITV are splitting the presentation of the tournament on UK TV. The two British television networks previously purchased broadcasting rights to the competition to be played in Germany. BBC will air 27 total matches throughout the tournament, while ITV handles the remaining games. Both networks, however, have agreed to share broadcasting of the final.
Title sequence features miniature versions of soccer stars in game of pinball
The official trailer for BBC’s coverage of Euro 2024 centers around a game of pinball. The pinball itself in the video resembles a soccer ball. As a commentator introduces the tournament, the ball races towards a pitch guided by metal rails. A plastic figure of Scotland‘s John McGinn then kicks the ball off of a pinball version of Virgil van Dijk’s head.
The ball then bounces off of bumpers that resemble Croatian flags and into the mouth of Luka Modric. Miniature figures of Spanish and Italian players are then represented as well. As the ball continues on, an eight-armed referred carrying red and yellow cards guides it to rails that lead towards pinball paddles. The paddles, which are golden soccer boots, kick the pinball around England duo Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.
As the ball looks certain to end up in a plastic goal, Italy‘s Gianluigi Donnarumma blocks it to push it out towards painted figures of France‘s squad. Figures representing Germany, Portugal, and Belgium then pop up and finally kick three different…
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Author : Chris Moore
Publish date : 2024-06-15 14:50:52
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