Sports Talk
Throughout the fall semester Tony
D’Angelo, Robert Pandolfino and I all worked on the Sports Talk. As the
semester progressed, I learned more and more about how to properly run the show
and became aware of all the different aspects in order to run an efficient
show. Tony acted as a “father figure” throughout the entire process and
gradually let us do more hands on work as the semester continued. The first
thing I learned to use was the audio equipment. While I had worked on the
Sports Show and audio was involved, I never had to set up the audio. In the
beginning, I simply connected XLR’s with microphones and gave sound checks.
However, now I set the sound and adjust the levels before starting the show. In
addition, other minor things like doing proper research and making sure that
certain webpages were uploaded was also a part of my tasks before the start of
the show. Also, I would place set up the tapes for recording. We learned that
you obviously have to rewind the tapes before recording the show but also to
use tapes that are old and can be taped over.
During the show there was a variety
of things that Tony taught Robert and myself. For instance, how to continue a
conversation and being able to manage time properly were things that we learned
over time by doing the show. While doing the show, it is important to know how
to keep a conversation flowing and make it seem as though you are just having a
debate/conversation without any long pauses or uncertain answers and comments.
In addition, it is also important to not drag out a topic. The tape does have
limited space and all three of us love to discuss sports.
Tony also helped us with how to edit and
share the show using FinalPro and Soundcloud. I learned how to log and capture
the show onto the computer from the tape. Simply rewind the tape and go to the
log and capture option. For the show, we only needed to capture the audio
because there was no video necessary for uploading the show. However, other
times I helped Tony use the program, we worked on video as well, such as the
recent basketball package. In these instances, b-roll and interviews as well as
voiceovers were used to create the package.
When the log and capture was finished,
editing started because people interrupting the show, pauses, and parts of the
beginning and the end were not necessary. Editing this out was simple and after
editing was over we had to upload the audio to Soundcloud. We initially had
problems uploading the file onto sites like YouTube because the audio format
was not in the right form. However, you simply export the audio file, upload it
to Soundcloud and post it to Facebook. The Facebook post is the final version
of the podcast and available to view for anyone who has access to the Communication’s
page or is Facebook friend with Tony, Robert, or myself.
This was the show I primarily worked
on for the semester and I had a lot of fun participating in this show and hope
to do so in the future.
