‘FIFA 23’: How the aesthetic of soccer video games inspires television

“I really thought it was a Messi free kick FIFA 23. » this Tweet Many more will be added on Sunday, September 18 for commentary on the Argentina striker’s free kick pictures. At the end of the match between Lyon Olympique and Paris Saint-Germain It went viral.

The sequence shows a PSG player coming from behind, towards the goal, then flying onto the pitch after the shot, where spectators are used to watching this action from the sidelines. Comparisons to football video game franchises FIFAincluding the next episode, FIFA 23, Available on console and PC on September 30, it will flourish and collect “likes” on social networks. Even if Lionel Messi doesn’t score, everyone is happy to think that a sports simulation that tries to replicate reality in turn affects real matches.

Lionel Messi’s free kick and Anthony Lopez saves from all angles ???????? #OLPSG

— Ligue1UberEats (@Ligue1UberEats)

Prime Video match director Xavier Demuyter of France admits the rapprochement “Of course it looks that way fifa, But at that time I didn’t say to myself “we’re going to do FIFA” provides the world Independent Director. Why did he choose this unusual point of view?

“I wanted Messi’s eyes, so you could see what he saw. On the other side, On had a crank that made it possible to display the guard [dans le plan suivant]. This is the main thing. Our role is only to show what is happening on the pitch without embarrassing the audience. »

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Filmed using a camera suspended above the field by cables called a spidercam, and broadcast at real speed some time after the action to capture it as best as possible, the sequence wows US publisher Electronic Arts (EA). FIFA Although it simulates football on TV rather than practicing the sport itself, its creators have marketed realism since the first episode that debuted in 1993.

“We are observers in the art of televising matches, so we have already seen it [images de] spidercams or other similar devices »its about the world Guillar Lopez, game designer FIFA 23 at EA Sports. “ But the exact camera angle and movement on this Messi free kick is very similar FIFA I can’t help but think he was at least a little bit inspired by our game.”Brazilian in detail.

Xavier Demuyter causes a “Indirect inspiration”: “I have children and I watch them play FIFA with their friends. I also listen to their comments on the footage, it’s interesting. » A lover of car simulations, he points out that video games lend themselves to a wide variety of influences – including feature films and documentaries.