Alysa Clinton

I watched  ESPN's Preseason Favorites  and they discussed their favorites what the team has done well thus far. The anchors have good chemistry together. They also wait for each other to finish what they are saying before they speak next. He says a lot of interesting facts about the different teams. Both of the commentators play off one an other and have nice banter. They can improve on a few things such as less pauses and more facts. The segment is a little negative towards the chiefs. GO CHIEFS! They do include a lot of their own opinions and not enough facts.  They jump from topic to topic a lot with out nice transitions. Overall the segment was interesting and I learned a lot about football. We could bring some of this energy into the raven round up. The class can also research more for the pregame shows. I learned that I need to bring more enthusiasm and facts into my voice overs.

ESPN did a run down on the top  NFL Power Rankings . I like how the producers did the graphics. Even though it wasn't a very long segment it was very interesting. The anchors use various intonation which make the audience want to listen. Also the commentators are not very negative when talking about some of the poor plays and choices the players or coaches have made. Some things they could improve on is making some more creative backgrounds for the graphics. They could also make some of the segments a little longer. Some of the teams were not even talked about, yet their pictures were still shown. I would still like to include some creative graphics and varied intonation. In the next package I need to include stronger voice overs and cool graphics. I learn a lot of new techniques from watching ESPN.

I watched a USC football recap USC Football recap  that ESPN produced and they did a great job using a shot sheet. They told me the situation, action, and the result. The commentator also continuously told me what quarter the event occurred and what the score was. ESPN also used interesting graphics to tell the audience the situation. They need to work on more enthusiasm and personality with the voice overs.  The shots could be a little more varied. He needed to use more analysis and less of an overview. He could've gotten an interview with the coach and another player. I can implement some of these things in my videos and news packages. I would use the shot sheet more. I would also need to use a cool lower thirds because it made the video interesting. In the video they also used graphics and I can use that in my packages as well.