Boys' Basketball LT v Glenbard West - BLACKOUT - ID# 240

Lyons Township
Division: AA
Live Event Coverage Sports
Entry Description

The Blackout game has been a tradition for 10 years now, and the fan section lovingly known as "The Weirdos" has supported the team year after year. With nearly 3,000 people in attendance, this excerpt shows why this BLACKOUT was one of the closest games in a decade. A buzzer beater tied the game and pushed it into overtime.

Recent Teacher Comments

  • 4/25 9:02 am - Very well executed from the timeout to the action. Sequencing was spot on and setup of the moment was helpful in understanding the relevance of that moment in the game. Play-by-play did a great job of calling the play but I didn't enjoy the screaming the "unbelievable" and "are you kidding me" completely unnecessary and annoying. It was a wide open three point shot not a half or full court heave to win a game. Replay was excellent and overall coverage was spot on.
  • 3/6 11:34 am - His foot was on the line...that was a 2-pointer. =)
  • 3/6 10:23 am - Overall, great production.
  • 3/6 9:03 am - I need to see more reaction after the basket and timeout. You've got four cameras, so use them to your advantage to tell the story. Immediately after the timeout is called, iso better on the player who hit the shot. Iso on the crowd. Iso on the cheer/dance teams. Iso on Glenbard West huddle & reaction. Game isn't over, so talk about what will Glenbard do coming out of the timeout. I'd love to see the next 1:30 of this broadcast.
  • 3/6 9:01 am - Good description of the scene and the play. Announcers had a nice balance of telling the story and allowing the natural sound of the moment to take over.
  • 3/6 8:58 am - Jump cut near :49-:51
  • 3/6 8:56 am - Good cutaway shots at the beginning. But handheld camera needs to fixate on one shot, instead of "swish-panning".
  • 3/3 9:50 am - Positive: Great energy by the announcers. It sounded like they had great passion for this evening and great excitement for this home team. Great camera options to pull from. A good top camera capturing everything; at least two or three sideline cameras, following players and capturing the crowd energy. I also like the scoreboard. And its simple, but good use of a replay (with custom logo). Overall, excellent mix of shots as well as professional sounding commentary
  • 3/3 9:50 am - Improvements: Unfortunately, by being only one minute and 25 seconds, I didn't get to hear some of the play by play process as I did with other videos. I would have liked to have seen more to be able to judge that process. I think the logo for the reply can fly in and out a little quicker.
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Judge 2

Positives: This broadcast sample was, for the most part, very clean and professional. Aside from actually capturing the game action, the audio management is likely the most difficult aspect of this work. Even with the crowd and announcers shouting, the audio was level with no obvious signs of peaking. This was done while still maintaining some of the more detailed sounds such as the ent itself.

Improvements: Easier said than done, cutting to cameras that are not "wildly" scanning the crowd or the court is difficult. With proper communication in the moment, camera operators should be instructed to conduct slow crowd pans. This is something that can be discussed in the pregame in the event of an exciting finish. The fast pans feel like a mistake and take away from the quality of the broadcast.

Judge 3

Positives: Terrific moment captured by sound and video. Lucked into that but didn't get in the way. Blend of natural/announcer sound and video was well done.

Improvements: More backstory. I know there is txt description of Blackout game and the Weirdos but piece unfolded more as a highlight than an actual narrative (maybe that's what producers wanted). Reason for not higher score was wanted to learn more about Weirdos, esp for such an exciting game. More fan based video would have told better story esp over last 15 seconds of video. Didn't need to see random sideline video of players huddling. Give me fans.

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