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NFL Films is a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League, as well as other unrelated major events and awards shows. Mount Laurel Township is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, and is an Edge city "suburb" of Generally a company is a form of Business organization. The precise definition varies A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Founded as Blair Motion Pictures by Ed Sabol in 1962, and now run by his son Steven Sabol, it is currently owned by the League and produces most of its videotaped content except its live game coverage, which is handled separately by the individual networks. Edward "Ed" Sabol (born September 11, 1916) is an American Filmmaker and the founder (with his son Steve Sabol, among The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd Regular season of the National Football League. Steven "Steve" Sabol (born October 2, 1942) is an American Filmmaker.

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Founding

Founder Ed Sabol was a World War II veteran who worked selling topcoats after returning back to the United States. Edward "Ed" Sabol (born September 11, 1916) is an American Filmmaker and the founder (with his son Steve Sabol, among World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In his spare time, he often used a motion picture camera, received as a wedding gift, to record his son Steven’s high school football games. A camera is a device used to capture images either as still Photographs or as sequences of moving images ( Movies or Videos. High school football is one of most popular interscholastic sports at High schools in the United States and the second most popular in Canada. Inspired by his own work, Sabol founded a small film company named Blair Motion Pictures, after his daughter. Sabol won the bidding for the rights to film the 1962 NFL championship game for $3,000, double the bid for the 1961 championship game. The 1963 National Football League Championship Game was played on December 29 1963 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The 1961 National Football League championship game was the 29th title game The film of that game impressed NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, who asked the owners of the NFL to agree to buy out Sabol's company. Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle ( March 1 1926 – December 6 1996) was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL Although the owners rejected Rozelle's proposal in 1964, they agreed a year later and renamed Sabol's company NFL Films. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. He received $12,000 in seed money from each of the league's 14 owners, and in return would shoot all NFL games and produce a highlight film for each team. [1] [2]

Style

Much has been made of the style that NFL Films produces. All follow certain patterns: they are always shot on film, they have one camera dedicated entirely to slow motion shots, they have microphones on the sidelines and near the field to pick up both the sound of the game as well as the talk on the sidelines, and use narrators with deep and powerful baritone voices, such as Harry Kalas, voice of the Philadelphia Phillies, and the famous John Facenda, the late WCAU-TV anchor who some called "The Voice of God. Harold Norbert Kalas (born March 26, 1936) is a Hall of Fame American Sportscaster, best known for his roles as lead Play-by-play The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. John Thomas Ralph Augustine James Facenda ( August 8 1913 – September 26 1984) was an American broadcaster and For broadcast stations that previously used the WCAU call sign see WCAU (disambiguation WCAU, channel 10 is the NBC owned-and-operated " 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. NFL Films also dub sound bites of local radio broadcasts over key plays, because radio announcers are typically more enthusiastic about their home team than network television broadcasters. A sound bite is an audiolinguistic and social communications phenomenon whose nature was recognized in the late 20th century helped by people such as Marshall McLuhan. In addition, NFL Films often use multiple camera angles, muscular orchestral scores provided by Sam Spence, Dave Robidoux and Tom Hedden and film of the players and coaches in the locker room after the game. Samuel Lloyd Spence is an American soundtrack composer best known for his work with NFL Films. Many say that through the use of these techniques NFL Films turns football games into forms which almost mimic ballet, opera, and epic battle stories. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto An epic is a lengthy Narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation [3]

Television programs

NFL Films produces the Greatest Moments series, which details classic games from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; the Lost Treasures series, which uses old NFL Films footage which had previously never been shown on television to give an inside and largely uncut look at football players, coaches, and referees; and NFL Films Presents, which shows games of today that NFL Films produces in their traditional, dramatic style. They appear on either ESPN or the NFL Network. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to NFL Network is an American television Specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL and is also shown in Canada

NFL Films also produces the NFL Game of the Week, which showcases a previous-week's game of the current season. NFL Films Game of the Week is a program that airs on NFL Network, the official Television channel of the National Football League. ION Television has purchased the rights to air Game of the Week, Saturdays at 6PM ET beginning September 15, with the Giants-Cowboys game from September 9, 2007. Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998 The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [4] ESPN Classic has been known to air classic episodes of Game of the Week. For the Canadian channel of this name see ESPN Classic (Canada. The Major League Baseball Game of the Week is the De facto title for over-the-air, nationally televised coverage of regular season Major League

Among other television programs NFL Films is credited for producing include NFL Total Access and much of the NFL Network's programming output. NFL Total Access is a Television news program on the NFL Network. NFL Network is an American television Specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL and is also shown in Canada [5]

NFL Films' game highlights were also a staple of HBO's Inside the NFL for its entire run; that show, however, has since been cancelled. Inside the NFL is a weekly sports show that focuses on the National Football League.

NFL Films is famous for producing an annual highlight film for each team every season. If a team had a good year the film often revels in each victory, while breezing through, or skipping altogether, losses during the season. Inversely, if a team suffered through a poor season, the highlights commonly attempt to still show the team in a good light, however difficult that may be. Losses and pitiful play is commonly, and conveniently, edited out, leaving only isolated moments of success, prompting the viewer to not always realize how bad the team might have actually been. Most films conclude by portraying teams optimistically for the upcoming season, whether founded or not.

The Sabols have used NFL Films to showcase their excellent senses of humor, as in the Football Follies series. Football Follies are collections of American football Bloopers performed by National Football League players The Follies used blooper plays, outtakes and silly narration.

Success

Although NFL Films earns more than $50 million in revenue a year and is expanding at a double digit rate, compared to the $18 billion in revenue that the NFL earns from television alone, most consider this to be minor. [6] The real value of NFL Films is how it packages and sells the game and many credit it as a key reason that the NFL has become the most watched league in the United States.

In addition to covering the National Football League, NFL Films has also ventured into other unrelated documentary films, such as documenting the Munich Olympics incident for one of NBC's Olympics telecasts, and serving as back-up film photography for other major events. The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's It also produced the video for Journey's 1983 hit single "Faithfully". Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1973 Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

NFL Films has made the National Football League the second-most filmed subject, behind World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including [7] Its distinctive style has been parodied in numerous commercials, particularly for the NFL's sponsors, including Sprint Nextel and Burger King. Sprint Nextel Corporation ( is a Telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. Burger King ( often abbreviated to

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References

  1. ^ NFL Films, Inc. , Father-Son Team Establishes Gold Standard For Sports Photography - CBS News
  2. ^ http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/managing/articles/0,15114,361371,00.html
  3. ^ TCS Daily : Technology - Commerce - Society
  4. ^ ION Media Networks Secures Rights to Air 2007 Season of "NFL Game of the Week" Produced by NFL Films, Yahoo!, September 10, 2007
  5. ^ List of programs offered by NFL Films. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  6. ^ http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/managing/articles/0,15114,361371,00.html
  7. ^ NFL Films, Inc. , Father-Son Team Establishes Gold Standard For Sports Photography - CBS News

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