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HP Sports Brief for December 18th

Highland Park

Feature Story

Entry Description

The HP Sports Brief is a weekly sports show highlighting a range of sports at our school. The HP Sports Brief is a part of a six-minute announcement package broadcast throughout the school by HPTV, the student-run television network. For this specific episode on the boys' basketball team, a wild up-and-down game led to a 42-33 win for the Giants over Dundee Crown. Sam Brief reports.

Judge 1

Positives: good opening excellent on court shooting

Improvements: sound quality uneven lighting during individual interviews

Judge 2

Positives: Good use of well-shot game footage well-edited that helps showcase the up and down on the court and in the score. Maximized use of input from articulate player who gave his account of the game.

Improvements: When framing a 2-shot of an interviewer and the interview subject, either leave the interviewer in or out of the shot, but try not to chop interviewer off so that you see part of his head from his ear forward. OK for part of an interview but not the whole thing. Realize it was just a sports 'brief' but more information on the history of the team's past rivalry or standings would help add depth to the report.

Judge 3

Positives: The talent had a really nice delivery. He sounded confident and unscripted. He was well spoken and easy to understand. Great use of natural sound throughout. Good choice of sound bites and interviews. Nice tight editing.

Improvements: While the talent had a good delivery, it sounded slightly rushed. The location of the interviews with a white brick wall in the background could have been better. Always look for an interesting locations for interviews and with decent lighting. Some of the audio levels could have been more consistent.