Boys Basketball 1-13-23 - ID# 66

Glenbrook South
Live Event Coverage Sports
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Boys Varsity basketball game. 1-13-23

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  • 4/10 7:47 am - The baseline camera work is unsteady. It’s hard to watch at some points. Stabilize better. Kaitlyn (pxp) said at one point, “he’s probably going to dribble out and hold the ball” – that did not happen. It is the commentator’s job to add value into the broadcast. Have the PxP just speak what’s happening. Just tell it how it is. Also, the comment, “ahhhh, Ryan is hit with a questionable reach in foul” is a very biased statement. Camera work when live was questionable. Make sure movements are smooth and in focus before taking the shots.
Judge 1

Positives: Nice to see multiple camera angles and keeping the action of play on the main wide-shot camera. Good job getting the handheld camera to cover the huddle during the timeout.

Improvements: Cameras were a little unstable and and had a lot of headroom. When the first player was shooting the free-throw, always keep the shot where we can see the player shooting from the front or side not from the back. The score graphic was unusable -- the points scored was inaccurate compared to what the scoreboard shot showed as well as having the title "final" or "half" listed on the graphic while game was still in play in the 4th quarter. Talent would at times talk over each other and commentated in an unprofessional and rude manner.

Judge 2

Positives: - Sound was well mixed throughout this clip. - Liked seeing all of the camera angles and resources that you have available to you to produce a really strong broadcast - see my note below though about the best times to utilize some of those other angles.

Improvements: - For the director, your game camera should be your best friend. I always tell the students that I work with that when you have several camera options it's really tempting to cut around between them a lot - but when the game action is live, the game camera is by far the best angle for viewers to be able to see and understand what is happening. Under basket cameras are best used for replay angles, covering free throws and cutaways of the bench or fans, but not for live action. - Some of the criticism from the announcers seemed a little mean spirited. At this level of basketball, I'd encourage you to remember that these are students who are working on and developing their craft, just like you. So if you say something that you then back up with "no offense" - it probably was said in a more mean way than was really merited.

Judge 3

Positives: Camera - This is awesome, A+. I really like the baseline camera angle when the action is up close. Cutting to that when the ball is in the paint... very dynamic, very professional looking. Directing - Also awesome, also A+. Great cutting back and forth when appropriate.

Improvements: Announcing - The broadcast felt a little to casual to me, more like a podcast. There was some interrupting of each other (not always bad, but try to limit). There was also some not-fully-confident word usage. Try to limit these words: "umm" and "I think" and "maybe" and "like". In my opinion, it's better to just portray that you know EXACTLY what you are talking about. I would rather a broadcaster be 100% confident than a broadcaster second guess themselves. Even the professional announcer don't know everything, but they act like they do with their TONE and word usage. example: instead of saying, "I think they are going to try to shoot for 3 points, I think... yeah, umm, they will probably do that". Try this: "The Bulls will go for 3 here." Even if you are are wrong, and they DON'T go for 3, it's not bad. You can cover with "Interesting, the Bulls decide to take an easy 2." Pro announcers do this ALL THE TIME. IMPORTANT: The two announcers are very fun, entertaining, and easy to listen to. So please keep that same fun and excitement. Both announcers could easily have a 50 year career in announcing, podcasting, presenting, etc, if they wanted to. Sound - the mic peaked a popped a few times. Play with the mic levels to avoid I wouldn't call this a mistake, but something fun to experiment with: Try some close up shots of players, coaches, and fans. When I say close up, I mean shoulder-up... pretty tight. It's hard when guys are running around, of course, but experiment with sprinkling in some close up shots of a player that just got benched, or a player at the free throw line. It can add a LOT of great emotion to see a player on t free throw line, zoomed all the way in, and we see him taking a deep breath before a shot that he HAS to make.

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