LTHS Football - ID# 276
Lockport Township
Live Event Coverage Sports
Entry Description
Live coverage of the Lockport Vs. Lincoln-Way West football game.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/24 2:41 pm - Great job setting the scene and the stakes. The sideline camera is shaky. Cut away when setting the shot. Nice angles when set. Audio sounded good. Nice to have an announcer camera. The cheerleaders are great, but perhaps you stay on that shot a bit too long. Great job, overall! Keep going!
- 4/23 9:07 am - I would have liked to see the touchdown before this. One minute of this coverage is during timeout. This one play doesn't give me a good idea of how good this broadcast is. Don't dissolve between cameras. Use straight cuts. Keep field level shot steady, meaning do not zoom quick zoom on-air. Good use of cutaway cameras. Cheerleaders, player iso's. Play-by-play and color commentary are good, but there needs to be more energy for a game-ending play like this, even if it is for the other team. A home broadcast is good, but there's should still be some sort of impartiality. Nice use of the camera for on-air talent and play-by-play. This is good. I want to see more.
Judge 1
Positives: Talent seemed knowledgeable about both teams and talked in a professional manner. Good job cutting to some "color" shots of the players, cheerleaders during periods of lag in play.
Improvements: Cameras most of the time were either too tight and a lot of movement with too much head room. There were also times when the camera op would shift attention to different individuals or what it's focus of action, typically this should be done in-between camera cuts and not while still on program as it creates a "surveillances" feel and can become distracting. Although we can hear a little bit of natural sounds outside of the talent mic, it isn't clear and is being picked up by the announcer's microphone. By adding an additional microphone that is aimed at the field, this can help pick up more of those natural stadium sounds.
Judge 2
Positives: - Love the variety of camera angles and the fact that you were able to work them in during the timeout. - Sound was mixed very well - great balance between NAT audio and your announcer.
Improvements: - For the announcer, obviously this was a disappointing moment for your team and season. I'd encourage you to work on being less emotional and instead more objective in your announcing - remember that while you are certainly disappointed, many of the people tuning in to watch your broadcast might be excited. It was obviously a major play, and you never really described what happened to the viewers. - Obviously the scorebug had some challenges there - one suggestion would be if the score is wrong and you're working on fixing it, take the bug off the screen for a minute until you can get it corrected. It's a bit distracting and confusing to see lots of different scores flashing by.
Judge 3
Positives: Announcer set up the final play well. Showed us both sides during the time-out.
Improvements: Not a lot of play action with this entry, but the director could have more use of color shots while we all waited for the action to start. There was only a single announcer. At the end of the game, it was obvious that the Announcer’s team didn’t win, and it sounded like it. He needs to me neutral, and be excited for the winner, and not who won. At the end of the game, somebody must have been happy, but the director didn’t capture the winning side. The closing thoughts by the announcer should have had some better lighting.
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