Cmty Dev & Apld Econ: Sports Media (A)

About CDAE 2430 A

A hands-on video production class broken into three sections: sporting event coverage working with CATAMOUNT TV, sports journalism collaborating with The Vermont Cynic, and contributions scaffolding into a sports documentary with ESPN's 30 - FOR - 30 as a model. Prerequisites: ENGL 1001, CDAE 1240, or EDPE 3200.

Notes

Prereqs: ENGL 1001, CDAE 1240, or EDPE 3200; Open to Degree and PACE students

Section URL

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Section Description

Sports Media is a hands-on video production class broken into three sections, Sporting Event Coverage, Sports Journalism, and finally scaffolding into Sports Documentary. The goal of the class is for participants to work with student athletes or teammates, UVM clubs, or community organizations, teams, or athletes to collaboratively produce media focusing in these three areas. As a CIVIC LEARNING class, we hope to collaborate with partnerships both on and off campus. Each section of the class will hopefully partner with these organizations as case studies, such as Catamount TV, The Cynic, and use ESPN’s 30 for 30 as a model for sports documentaries.

The class will be split into defining sports media through screenings and discussions in one class and will conduct hands-on training in the other. By putting into practice media production (specifically video production), each weekly exercise will scaffold into an assignment at the end of Week #05, #10, and #15. The content of each section is as such; Sporting Event Coverage will consist of documenting sporting events and how to get “coverage” to then edit into a highlight reel. Sports Journalism will consist of completing portraits of athletes or giving a behind the scenes glimpse of their lives and communities. These initial two sections will hopefully scaffold into Sports Documentaries, which would be a deeper dive into the themes surrounding sports and challenges athletes face. At Week #06, students will design a project proposal and create a ten week schedule that will be revised at Week #10. This repetition will help students adapt and manage their own accountability. Through a proposal, they will predict what their project may look like in written form and then complete it visually into a video or other multimedia project. This process will help to tease out the social and cultural aspects, including diversity, equity and inclusion, that sports represent and embody. Through case studies, participants will question and recognize the value of their own media production practice and problem solving. For each section, students will start with a formal analysis of how these forms of visual communication are produced, and then students will try to replicate through production and reflect on the process through weekly field notes or questions. The class will culminate in a community screening where participants are invited to join and build community.

Section Expectation

Participate in Documentary filmmaking in the local community by producing a short video
Explore the forms of documentary from traditional to experimental through in class discussions
Collaborate with community members in the spirit of CIVIC LEARNING
Hands on experience through tutorials and workshops, from pre-production through post-production during class lab time and through weekly scaffolded exercises
This includes, camera skills, interviewing, editing and uploading, culminating in a final screening
The process of critical thinking, problem solving and reflection through weekly production notes or behind the scenes videos posted to Brightspace accompanying exercises and assignments
Finished video(s) for online distribution & end of semester Community Screening
Archive all raw material for use in later classes
Work alongside a professional filmmaker

Evaluation

Classroom time will be a mix of lecture, discussion and labs. Lectures will focus on documentary forms including defining social media, community media and public broadcasting, while discussions will focus on screenings and analysis. Labs will be technical training. Outside of class students will be responsible for watching screenings and completing exercises that scaffold into assignments.

Each week, the professor will assign EXERCISES that will scaffold into ASSIGNMENTS. On the fifth week, the EXERCISES will scaffold into an ASSIGNMENT. This will happen every five weeks in three sections. Students will also be responsible for weekly production notes to be submitted with exercises/assignments and tracking their hours in a spreadsheet provided by the instructor. By doing this, students will also learn how to bill their time as a media professional and will be responsible for creating mock invoices.

Students will be working to learn Adobe Suite Applications and will be asked to use the Media Lab of Morrill Hall 005 lab if they do not own their own computer and editing software. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!!! Labs will be spent in the Media Lab editing and certain weeks students will be tasked with only completing field work and completing online work, such as uploading exercises or assignments. If students do not own their own equipment, they can borrow from the MultiMedia Services in the library. Students can use the computer lab to edit with Adobe Premiere or their own devices. The class will be taught with a focus on Adobe Premiere.

Students will be evaluated on attendance, weekly reflections and exercises, three assignments at the end of each section, work outside of class in the community, and their contribution to the community screening at the end of the semester. For breakdown, see grading criteria and policy. They will be evaluated on their individual levels and on completion of exercises/assignments according to their experience. In this sense, the class embodies asynchronous learning.

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