The VTV Truck - ID# 109

Homewood-Flossmoor
Division: A
Natural Audio News Package
Entry Description

Inside the making of a LIVE event.

Recent Teacher Comments

  • 3/12 12:02 pm - Nice shots, very informative, Need tripod to make shots steady. Good variety of b-roll. Need more natural audio to tell the story as the category defines. We are inspired (jealous) of your truck
  • 3/12 11:33 am - An impressive operation! I like the look of the interview footage. Good b-roll, demonstrates different elements, but at times does not always match what the interviewee is saying. Audio is well balanced. Could use more natural audio.
  • 3/9 10:39 am - Lighting on studio interviews is bright. Balance the natural audio throughout the package and be sure to bring it up full at the end so we can hear the announcers sign-off. Is there any natural audio from the equipment being set-up that you can use in your story. It’s not just the sound bytes that tell the story, but the actual natural audio that helps to define the story as well. Great story idea - I’m jealous of your truck!
  • 3/5 6:26 pm - Positives: Great mix of audio of the process and interviews. Good shot variety keeps the viewers interest. Improvements: Consistency with natural audio as not all b roll shot had it.
  • 2/27 9:43 am - Good natural audio in the beginning. Camera footage is a bit shaky but good use of b-roll. The interview color grading is different depending on the interview and contrasts strongly with the b-roll. Excellent segment idea and great job promoting what you do as a program. The ending is perfect with the signing off.
Judge 1

Positives: Great topic! Very cool to see a live broadcasting truck at a high school. I like how the story line progressed showing setup to the actual broadcasting during the game. Good use of video to highlight all aspects and roles of the broadcast.

Improvements: I liked that you opened the piece with nats but I would tighten that up. Unless it's amazing nat sound, 3 seconds of beeping bus would have been perfect. I would cut out the nats break from:28-:30. It feels like dead air, because you don't hear anything. I would add some nat breaks of the sideline reporter or the play by play/color commentators. The microphone placement on all the interviews was sloppy. They should know to place the mics under their shirts and on their collars.

Judge 2

Positives: Interesting story...having your own video truck is pretty cool. Good bites, though the first bite, Luke, is a little unclear at the top. Someone should have asked him to slow down a tad and repeat the bite.

Improvements: Having your own video tv truck is a pretty cool thing, so we should see more of it and the behind the scenes activity involving the truck. When Kenneth Powell talks about the mixers and the sound boards we should see broll of people, including Kenneth doing sound. The behind the scenes video needs to drive this story and it doesn't. The gray background for the interviews looks flat and lifeless. It lacks dimension and energy. Kenneth's microphone is placed in a sloppy manner. Audio mix could be better.

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