Thursday, February 24, 2011

Editing - Thursday February 24th

Today I edited the Southern Sports Network show from this week. I had to put in the highlights for women's and men's basketball from last weekend. We were also going to use highlights from the softball game but we didnt really have many and it looked terrible the way I put them in. We also had to fix the audio because when the tape captured it was off by a few frames.

TOTAL HOURS: TWO

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Men & Women's Basketball v Tampa - February 22nd

Tonight was senior night for the basketball teams as they took on Tampa. I was able to go down onto the court after the women's game and before the men's game to get highlights of the senior presentations. Also for the women's game I filmed the highlights while Sami took notes and then for the men's game Nya, Tony & I took turns filming and writing down the highlights. It was a pretty intense two games and the Mocs came out on top both times.

TOTAL HOURS: FOUR.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

MIDTERM


For as long as I can remember I’ve been into sports. My life has revolved around baseball, namely the Mets. I try to watch as many games as I can, I make it out to Citi Field a few times a season, I even work in a baseball stadium as a beer vendor. It’s just always made sense to me that I would want to make a career out of this, especially considering that I love it so much it wouldn’t seem like a job.   
I’ve always been concentrated on being the person in front of the camera, the one doing the analysis. But for this assignment I decided to take a look at what I could do behind the camera. I searched on MLB.com and found a job opening for a line producer. While a job like this isn’t attainable right out of college it’s something that is an option some years down the line. This producing job would be for MLB Network, which produces a bunch of different nightly shows, recaps of baseball games, and live telecasts of games. It says in the description that job description that extensive baseball knowledge is a must. I pretty much have that down pat. Aside from John, everyone I know tells me that I know more about baseball than anyone they know, especially for a girl.
I like to think of myself as a fairly organized person, I always have a day-to-day list of what I have to accomplish at hand. I think that producing is something I would be good at, especially since I’ve already been able to get my feet wet and I’m only a sophomore. It also says on the description that a large part of the job is coordinating schedules and content, along with working with the on air talent. That is something that would be really easy for me. I love to make lists and plan things out like it’s my job. I almost like planning my vacations more than going on the actual vacation itself.
MLB Network is obviously a very high profile position. If you’ve made it up to working there then in my opinion that’s basically as high as it can get. Along with working for a high profile network comes a better salary and awesome benefits. The MLB website has a list of some of the benefits including: comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance and paid time off just to name a few. Doing this has definitely opened my eyes to all of the opportunities in this field. Especially with the growth of online media I think that the industry can only improve and grow from where it is now.
Tuesday February 22nd - Southern Sports Network

Today we filmed the last sports show before spring break. Our guest was Adam, one of the captains from the lacrosse team. I directed the show today and I think that it went pretty smoothly, probably one of the best times that I've ran it. Especially considering for the first half of the show the boy scouts were standing behind me annoying me. After the show Jenna and Tony stayed with me to edit the show. We also finished the show from a week or two ago. John asked me to film the basketball games tomorrow night since its senior night. We're also going to meet Thursday at 4 to finish editing todays show and the highlights from the basketball games.

TOTAL HOURS: THREE

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Sunday February 20th

Tonight I worked on my reader for the Southern News Network. I wrote about the inaugural Sunshine State Conference Championships for the swim team. The team competed in Orlando over the weekend and the men & women's teams both put up qualifying times for the NCAA Division II Championships in Texas next month.

TOTAL HOURS: One

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Softball v Weber State - Wednesday February 16th

This was all kind of last minute, John called me when I was at dinner and asked me if I was able to tape the softball game tonight. I got there in the middle of the first game and Justin came to help me a little bit after I got there. We filmed the rest of the first game and then a little bit into the second game my battery died. I didn't have another so I had to leave. I did get a pretty decent amount of highlights and it was interesting for me since it was the first time I was filming softball. Hopefully next time I'll be able to make it through the whole game.

TOTAL HOURS: 1.5

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Southern News Network - Monday February 14th

We didn't tape a show this morning because there weren't enough stories but we did have a meeting. We're going to continue with the two anchor format along with some mini packages and PSAs thrown in to keep the show interesting. We assigned stories for next week's show and I'm going to be writing about the men & women's swim team and how they faired in the SSC Conf Championships this Saturday.

TOTAL HOURS: One.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Southern Talk - February 11th

Today we had our second show of Southern Talk, the focus of this episode was on CollegeACB and cyber-bullying. We had a counselor from the counseling center as well as Anna Birenbaum, who was personally affected by the website come to speak. In order to make the set look like a talk show we went and got furniture from the lobby of the building and carried it into the studio. We had a little bit of trouble filming the show because Justin had a shot just on Meghan and I was focused on the counselor but I had to switch back and forth when Anna spoke. However at the end of the show we realized that it would just work better if I had a two shot on the guests the whole time.

TOTAL HOURS: ONE.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Southern Sports Network - February 10th
Today we taped the interview with Brandon Jenkins from the basketball team. I operated the soundboard for the first time ever and at first I couldn't get the sound to come thru because I didn't have two of the switches up. After the show Jordan and I started to edit the show. I put together the highlights from men's basketball as well as some of the women's highlights before I had to leave.

TOTAL HOURS: 2.5

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Tuesday February 8th - Southern Sports Network

Today our guest was supposed to be Brandon Jenkins from the basketball game but he couldn't make it due to a prior commitment. However John was able to get him to come on Thursday so we are going to meet Thursday at 4 to film the interview then I'm going to edit the show afterwards. We did film John doing all the readers though. I directed the show and did the soundboard as well. It took us two run throughs to get everything perfect.

TOTAL HOURS: 1.5

Monday, February 7, 2011

Women's & Men's Basketball - Saturday February 5th

After practicum on Friday John asked me if I could run the basketball games on Saturday since he was doing a package on the presentations at half time. Justin, Jenna and Nya came to help me film the games. They all took turns filming and writing down important highlights. After the women's game John asked me if I could help him film the presentation on the 1981 Men's basketball, baseball and golf teams at half time. I went down and stood at half court filmed the players being introduced head on as they walked through the 'tunnel' of cheerleaders so John could have another angle if he needed it. He also asked me to come help him film interviews after the game. We spoke to a couple of the players on the team as well as a couple of the people who were part of the 81 championship teams. This was my first experience doing something more than just filming highlights and I really enjoyed it. I thought it was a super cool experience overall.

TOTAL HOURS: Four.
Southern News Network - Monday January 31st

Today we had our second meeting for the Southern News Network, however we didn't film a show today. A lot of the freshman that were writing stories were either not paying attention to what Anna said or just writing one or two sentences. Colleen and Anna talked to them and tried to better explain what they were looking for. We also found out that John was going to be a co-anchor to help liven up the show a little bit. We then assigned stories for the next week that would be due Friday at four as always.

TOTAL HOURS: 30 minutes.

Thursday February 3rd
My reader for the week was going to be on the start of the Mocs baseball season. I wrote about their first doubleheader in which they won both games after coming from behind. Both games were walk off wins and I included who had the hits in the reader and sent it to Anna so she could look it over.

TOTAL HOURS: 1.

Southern News Network - Monday February 7th
Today we had our first meeting of the news show with both Colleen and John as anchors. When I walked in Anna asked me if I wanted to direct the show and some of the freshman could shadow me and learn what I was doing. It took us a couple run throughs to get the show perfect because of the anchors messing up or the prompter going too slow. All in all I liked the show a lot better with John and Colleen instead of just Colleen. I think that the show can only go up from here.

TOTAL HOURS: 30 min.


TOTAL HOURS: TWO.