2018-19 CSMA Best of Colorado

Sports Feature ( Video Broadcast - Class II (over 1,500))Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Castle View HS / Video
    Entry Title: Tennis
    Entry Credit: Maddie Rudolph
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Rampart HS / Video Broadcast
    Entry Title: Haley McCorkle and RHS Volleyball
    Entry Credit: Ian Wilkinson
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Regis Jesuit HS / Video Broadcast
    Entry Title: Regis Jesuit's Fran Belibi: Stanford Commit and USA Basketball Star
    Entry Credit: Whitney Wiser
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: Cherokee Trail HS / Video
    Entry Title: Unified Basketball Wraps Up the 2019 Season
    Entry Credit: Brian Balajonda , Aaryn Novak
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: Palmer HS / Video Broadcast
    Entry Title: Cross Country
    Entry Credit: Max Robinson, Eric Ingram
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: Rangeview HS - Video Broadcast
    Entry Title: Video: The Speller brothers spell success for RHS basketball
    Entry Credit: Aaron Chapa
  • Competition Comment: In all I was surprised by the interview skills, and writing skills of this group of entrants. They have all been taught well how to elicit good answers from their subject, and how to put stories together to make them compelling. One part I thought was lacking in just about every entrant was supporting video and pictures to go with the subject. In many cases, the video was too wide, not supporting the audio in any way, and just not engaging enough to make one want to stay tuned. I realize there are different time constraints on many of these students, but these stories could have been made better by taking a little extra time during the taping time that they did have to get better shots. Closer shots. shots of the emotions involved in the content, shots that showed the viewer something they don't normally get to see. And when video isn't easy to get, perhaps getting some file pictures from the subjects would help tell the story better. Final thought - impressed by the interview and writing skills, as well as the editing of each piece into a cohesive story, mostly what all but one of these stories was lacking was supporting video.