Live Sports Production

Catalog description

This course is designed to expose students to the processes, equipment, production roles, techniques, and goals of live, mobile television studio production of sports. Serving as directors, writers, camera operators, sound engineers, etc., students will gain valuable, direct hands-on experience with the technical and creative challenges faced during the various phases of mobile television production from pre-production planning through actual live production work. Students will serve as production crew for sports television programs and become familiar with the unique challenges and pressures faced during the production of live events using mobile studio technology and software. Students will be regularly required to participate in live sports productions outside of normal class hours. Speak with the instructor for more details. This course is repeatable once. If a student takes COM 255 they can only take FTV 255 once.