>>4765785>announcersCall the play as it happens. No precognition.
It's not a botch if the flub is believable. When announcers start shoehorning things in, that illusion is broken and mistakes which they easily make become a pain to deal with both on the side of production and the side of consumer.
>cameraworkThe cameramen stand where they're told to stand through the headset.
They point the camera as asked, and if the tech is high-end enough they don't even have to focus or zoom on the fly, TV production behind the curtain can do that and directly control what you see that way.
TV has the script, and they produce with the agents so they know what camera angles and positions will be needed to best record the spot sequences.
Unfortunately that means spot sequences are not produced by wrestlers, but by TV people, because it's their job to ensure the action is recorded and broadcast the best way possible, meaning static locations for spots, same angles all the time, same zooming, same everything, every time.
IMO the extremely well-directed camerawork makes it look more fake, and makes botches that much more painful to see.
You'd probably see fewer botches or not notice how botchy it is, if the camerawork wasn't so good.
If for example, the camera follows the wrestler, not a script.
>when should they acknowledge itDepends on who's botching.
Wrestler? "Didn't quite land it." "Full suplex turned into a half-suplex." "Wardrobe malfunction" and then the colour comms say "wardrobe feature I'd say WOO look at that puppy!" Things like that.
TV? "On behalf of the WWE I'd like to apologise for the technical error, we do our best to bring the action to your homes and strive to better our best every broadcast, thank you for your patience". AFTER the match preferably, or immediately if it's something like a cut cable or wireless transmitter meaning everyone's got a black screen.
