Gold Zone - ID# 376
Neuqua Valley
Sports Program
Entry Description
Sports talk show produced by Neuqua Valley TV club students discussing topical conversations in professional sports.
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/3 1:28 pm - The talent need to be more spread out. The shots are ineffective because you're trying to not have 2 people in the shot. When a person is speaking we need a single shot of that person. The white balance and exposures didn't match on the cameras. I thought the conversation was fine. The energy between people was good. The program needed more b-roll to enhance the topics and graphics as well. Lavaliere microphones on each person would work best. The audio levels were inconsistent. Talent needs to know which camera is hot so that they are looking at the camera at appropriate times. The desk wasn't really appropriate as it was more of a talk show between talent not a news report. I enjoyed the banter and the information.
- 3/2 2:44 pm - Nice opening to the show. Technically, there were some difficulties. The camera work was very inconsistent. The close up shots of the individuals changed from shot to shot- at one point you can see the speaker but a portion of the body of another person. Headroom and rule of thirds was off on each shot too. The talent seemed knowledgeable in sports, but relied a lot on their scripts, which made it seem like they were just reading the stats that were put in front of them. Hard to tell who was the "lead" in topic number two- there should always be ONE person who runs the show, where here it seemed to switch around. When one "topic" ended, there was no real transition to the next one. Audio varied a bit- mic placement very important because when a guy would turn his head to look into the others, he would quiet down. Use more B-roll. Use it as the guys are talking about it so we get to see something other than the three guys all the time. The closing of the show was very abrupt- no music to end it, or ending credits- or even a graphic that says the name of the show. Spice up the set if you can- hang some jerseys, put some sports stuff around the set. Kind of odd that a short sports show has two sets of talent in such a short amount of time- a lead host might add some consistency. It's a good start- your guys love sports and it shows, now just add some flavor and technical aspects and you'll be on the way.
- 2/28 11:58 am - Gold Zone - ID# 376 Neuqua Valley TALENT / STORY: the content of the show seemed very scripted, as if the students were simply regurgitating the analysis of professional sportscasters. They didn't seem comfortable speaking with each other in a more open-ended discussion format. AUDIO: the audio levels were often inconsistent. There was a lot of room noise coming through the mics, which was distracting. CAMERA: the camera set up provided basic coverage (one wide/cover shot with a couple of cross shots for close ups), but the framing for the close ups felt inconsistent. For example, the student from 44-49 seconds had a ton of empty room in the frame on the right of the screen. His shot should have been framed with room on the left of the screen; this is called lead room (sometimes also referred to as looking room or nose room). The other cross shot of the other student from 1:28 to 1:32 isn't even an effective close up because you have the host in the middle halfway in the shot. This is just poor framing. Same problems permeate the other clip: cross shot of the kid from 7:00 to 7:05 has too much headroom and not enough looking room. SOLUTION: spread out your talent around the table so that they aren't so crowded. This will also give you more space to frame up appropriate lead room on the cross shots. PRODUCTION VALUE: you obviously used clips from other media outlets for your review and analysis. But you just cut to those clips; perhaps consider using a transition, wipe, or some kind of custom graphic to add some production value to your roll-ins. Also, your set is pretty neutral; the desk is nice, but there is nothing on your set that evokes a feeling of a sports show. You could add props or set decorations to bring out more of a sports feel to the set.
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