I have been working as a consultant or assistant student producer for the volleyball team under Lauren Cummings. She has been fantastic to work with, but I am not sure if I have given her anything specific to look at concerning the work that I have done. I am not sure how to evaluate the success of the my project at this point. I have been watching film, creating highlights of the games, and going to the games and learning what it takes to produce. However, I don't know how I will measure the success of my project. Is success measured by how much I am able to learn throughout the course of my project? When I started I did not know how to do anything except set up and take down cameras. Now I know how to run replay, engineer the cameras (white balance and changing iris settings), set up the audio booth for announcers, and put together video clips on Adobe premier. I am only halfway through the season, so I know I will learn more as I go.
I don't have anything to base my success on because this has not been done before at DSU. I am comparing to last season and, I would say that the biggest changes have been having an announcer for each game and having an opener to run before the games started. I have been in charge of finding announcers for each game, and I put together the opener from old footage. Does this mean my project, thus far, has been a success?
I guess for me I would count success as anything that makes watching volleyball on CEC TV more enjoyable. Last year for several of the broadcasts I noticed that some of the announcers didn't know how volleyball games worked. They ended up repeating themselves or saying something that didn't fit with what the viewers were seeing. Having an announcer, who is knowledgeable of the game, makes it easier to watch the game and know what is going on. I also found that having an opener gave us as producers a starting point to begin recording the game. In previous years the footage would start after the national anthem, after the starting lineup and sometimes after the game had started. By producing an opener I was able to give us a solid starting point. I plan on updating the opener with highlights from this year, so the opener accurately reflects the 2015 volleyball season.
Anyone with any insight on the last three objectives feel free to leave a comment or to text me at 435-671-6543. I can use any help on those that I can get.
