December 7th, 500 Word Summary

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.