This is NFL Films - Season 1
Much has been made of the Films style. Salon.com television critic Matt Zoller Seitz has called NFL Films "the greatest in-house P.R. machine in pro sports history . . . an outfit that could make even a tedius stalemate seem as momentous as the battle for the Alamo."[5]
NFL Films productions follow certain patterns. Film is mostly used, one camera is dedicated entirely to slow motion shots, microphones are present on the sidelines and near the field to pick up both the sounds of the games as well as the talk on the sidelines, and narrators with deep, powerful, baritone voices are preferred. Narrators have generally been from the Philadelphia metropolitan area, with well-known announcers such as Jefferson Kaye, Harry Kalas, John Facenda, Andy Musser, Jack Whitaker, William Woodson, and current announcer Scott Graham all having narrated NFL Films presentations at various points in time. J.K. Simmons was tapped to narrate the company's one-hour recap of the 16-0 regular season of the 2007 New England Patriots, while actor Burt Lancaster was tabbed for narrations during 1969. Burl Ives narrated the 1971 Washington Redskins highlight film.
Team-specific films such as year-in-review films have occasionally been narrated by broadcasters or personalities involved with the team in question. Examples include the 1985, 2000 and 2001 Oakland Raiders season reviews being narrated by actor and former Raiders player Carl Weathers. Former Giant Frank Gifford periodically narrated New York Giants season reviews (notably the company's throwback-themed 2013 season recap) until his death in 2015, and ex-Giants teammate Pat Summerall narrated highlight films for many teams until his death in 2013. New England Patriots play-by-play announcer Gil Santos narrated the year-in-review films of the 1974, 1976, and 1978 seasons, and New Orleans Saints films from their inception in 1967 through 1979 were narrated by Don Criqui, who called Saints games for the NFL on CBS in the team's early years, and radio announcers Al Wester and Wayne Mack.
The style has been called tight on the spiral, a reference to the frequently-used slow-motion shot of the spinning football as it travels from the quarterback's hand to the receiver. This shot usually consists of showing the quarterback throwing the football, then the camera zooming in to focus on the spinning ball, then, as the ball starts to descend, the camera zooms out, showing the end result of the ball traveling into the receiver's hands. NFL Films also dubs sound bites of local radio broadcasts over key plays, because radio announcers are typically more enthusiastic about their home teams than are network television broadcasters. In addition, NFL Films often uses multiple camera angles (with an emphasis on close-up shots that often exaggerate the speed of the players in real time). The company's films also employ muscular orchestral scores from a wide variety of musicians, notably Sam Spence, Johnny Pearson (whose "Heavy Action" became the theme for Monday Night Football) Frank Rothman, Ralph Dollimore, Udi Harpaz, Malcolm Lockyer, Jan Stoeckart (under his varied stage names such as Jack Trombey), Peter Reno, Paul Lewis, Prameela Tomashek, Dave Robidoux and Tom Hedden. The company's use of KPM Musichouse tracks also notably included Syd Dale; tracks include "Malestrom" for the company's 1968 Minnesota Vikings season highlight reel and also the psychedelic-flavored jazz track "Artful Dodger" on the film recap of Super Bowl V, specifically during the montage which shows Johnny Unitas' 75-yard touchdown pass to John Mackey which was tipped in flight by Eddie Hinton and Mel Renfro before bounding to Mackey.
The company also makes prolific use of footage of players and coaches in the locker room after the game. With these techniques NFL Films turns football games into events that mimic ballet, opera, and epic battle stories. Among the company's most famous creations is the poem and accompanying music cue "The Autumn Wind", which have become official themes for the Oakland Raiders.
First Air Date: Jan 01, 1986
Last Air date: Jan 01, 2016
Season: 5 Season
Episode: 195 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 4.228
Language: English
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Episode
Pro Football's Longest Day
Run to Daylight
American Football League Review
They Call It Pro Football
Football Follies
Lombardi
The Man Behind the Men (1968)
Big Game America
Eyeball to Eyeball
The Young The Old and The Bold
Try and Catch The Wind
More Than A Game
Pro Football Pottstown, PA
The New Breed
The Hunters
The Championship Chase
Son of Football Follies
The Defenders
Legends of The Fall
The Super Seventies
NFL Follies Go Hollywood
Crunchtime
In The Crunch
Strange But True Football Stories
Follies Crunches Highlights & Histories
The Gift of Grab
NFL Quarterback
Tough Guys
An Era of Excellence: The 1980's
High Stakes Heroes
Merchants of Menace
Search and Destroy
Playing With Fire
See How They Run
The Best of The 1980's
Bombs Away
Master Blasters
Super Sunday - A History of The Super Bowl
The NFL's Hungriest Men of The 90's - Volume 1
The NFL's Hungriest Men of the 90's - Volume 2
Winning Plays and Wacky Wonders
Thunder and Destruction
NFL Rocks
NFL's Hungriest Men of the 90's Volume III
Talk of The NFL
John Elway's Greatest Comebacks
75 Seasons 1920-1995 (1994)
Monday Night Football 25th Anniversary
NFL's 100 Greatest Follies
The Super Bowl Dream Team
Greatest Ever (Vol. 1) Plays
Greatest Ever (Vol. 2) Players
Greatest Ever (Vol. 3) The Game
NFL's Greatest Ever - Volume 4 - The Quarterbacks
NFL's Greatest Ever - Volume 5 - The Runners
NFL's Greatest Ever - Volume 6 - The Dream Team
Quarterbacks on Quarterbacks
War Stories
Fight to The Finish
The Man Behind the Men (1996)
Running Backs
The Spirit of The Game
Talkin' Follies
Swearin', Losin', Referees & The Whistle
The State of The Game
1998 - The Year in Sound
NFL Films Cinematographers
Football Lingo
Inside NFL Films
John Facenda
Game Innovations, Integrations, and Lost Strategies
21st Century Follies
AFL Moments & Sounds of the 60's
Greatest Moments In Super Bowl History (2000)
Football and Life
Leading A Team
Matchup of The Millenium
Gatorade, Stick 'Em & Mud
Jan 5th, 2003 - The Most Exciting Playoff Day
Hall of Fame Induction Speaches
Reunion in Canton
The Greatest
Draft Stories
Greatest Super Bowl Moments
Stories From The Game
Two Minutes To Glory
'85 The Greatest Team in Pro Football History