Fans Call Out The 2023 “MAMA Awards” For “Ridiculously Terrible” Camerawork

On November 28, the first day of the 2023 MAMA Awards took place, honoring artist’s hard work over the last year. This year’s award show took place in Japan and sparked excitement from the moment it was announced, initially.

Throughout the years, the MAMA Awards has been home to some of the most iconic and viral performance moments. Many waited in anticipation for this year’s artist performances following the line-up’s announcement, though not everyone was a fan of how it was revealed.

2023 “MAMA Awards” Draws Criticism From Korean Netizens Following Line-Up Announcements

Unfortunately, many netizens have shared they feel that the award show’s camera work took away from what were amazing performances.

For example, during ENHYPEN‘s performance, instead of seeing the group during key moments, viewers at home saw set pieces and wide shots that made it difficult to see small details.

MAMA Stream

MAMA camerawork can go straight to hell for robbing us of this Jake and Jay part during the dance break… pic.twitter.com/vein9QeiMr

— ًً (@sjydaiIy) November 28, 2023

Fancam

231128 dance break#제이 #JAY #엔하이픈 #ENHYPEN pic.twitter.com/1WqfjikTDj

— stunnin’ (@stunnin_jay) November 28, 2023

MAMA Stream

Start of the villain arc after MAMA gatekept that Sunoo part. The neck thing was only seen on led screen but not zoomed in on broadcast.

That award show love to do bird's eye view on camera. Like we love to see the performance not the ceiling nor the audience. 🙃💀 pic.twitter.com/l0LWON2R7L

— ash 𔓘 (@urisunnie) November 28, 2023

Fancam

if only mama had done a better job with the camerawork we could have had a close-up and hd ver of this center sunoo dance break ㅠㅠpic.twitter.com/7k1MTCmHR6

— uswe 🍊 (@uswerunknown) November 28, 2023

TXT also fell victim to the accused poor camera work, with fans being given massive audience shots during moments when a close up would have been more appropriate.

i hate mama camera work so bad like they missing the good parts
pic.twitter.com/PtpEdI2tHW

— ori ❁ (@soojinzh) November 28, 2023

During an 18-second clip of TXT’s performance, the camera’s angle changed more than 12 times, with a majority of the shots being too wide to see any details of the performance.

MAMA Stream

아 이부분 도파민 쩔어 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/Pct3aNZcVS

— alex (@TXT__Alex) November 28, 2023

Fancam

231128 🥹#연준 #YEONJUN #투모로우바이투게더#TOMORROW_X_TOGETHER pic.twitter.com/SpylfOVrnF

— 𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻 (@dearest_yj913) November 28, 2023

With streaming being how the majority of fans are able to see the MAMA Awards, many feel that the show should have made a greater effort to highlight the group’s amazing performances. Some have even said videos recorded by fans in the audience captured the groups better.

Serious talks here, i think mama’s camera works hasnt been improving 😭 they should have FOCUSED on the artist instead of showing off the audience?? Im so pissed off some iconic parts in this were zoomed out ;((

pic.twitter.com/dpTTKA8yRW

— Kye ✵⁵ (@beargyuxth) November 28, 2023

all these fancams eating mama up in terms of camera work like pic.twitter.com/uKWv9DriCX

— jai (@sparklyujins) November 28, 2023

and i thought mama camera work couldnt get any worse than last year
pic.twitter.com/XdMtqD4QAV

— taijbol aigoed again (@cranbinnies) November 28, 2023

Check out the show’s winners below.

The Full List Of Winners From Day One Of The 2023 “MAMA Awards”