Chabot College
Fall 2008
Course Outline for Mass Communication 72
TELEVISION SPORTS PRODUCTION
Catalog Description:
72- Television Sports Production
(May be repeated 3 times)
2.0 units
Introduction to the exciting field of television sports production. This course offers hands-on
experience in: LIVE broadcast of Chabot College home games and production of the Chabot Sports
Show, both of which are broadcast on Chabot TV on Comcast cable channel 27. Other topics
include: shooting and editing sports highlights and features, field production, sports field reporting,
interviewing athletes, and news writing. Strongly recommended: Mass Communications 33A. 1 hour
lecture, 4 hours laboratory.
[Typical contact hours: lecture 17.5; laboratory 70]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
1. Explain the roles of the broadcast sports production team members;
2. Conduct sports interviews in the studio and on location;
3. Operate studio and location video cameras and associated equipment;
4. Develop scripts and script outlines for a studio-based sports talk show;
5. Describe the structure of sports talk shows;
6. Produce and/or direct a sports-talk show;
7. Work in various crew positions (i.e. camera operator, floor director, switcher, audio and graphics);
8. Plan remote coverage of a sporting event;
9. Cover a remote sporting event as a camera operator;
10. Edit a show segment for broadcast from footage of that event.
Course Content:
1. Broadcast sports production
2. Sports interviewing in the studio and on location
3. Studio and location video camera operation
4. Script and script outlines for studio sports talk shows
5. Structure of sports talk shows
6. Sports talk show production
7. Studio and location crew positions and duties
8. Production planning of remote sports events
9. Multi-camera coverage of remote sports events
10. Logging and editing footage for The Chabot Sports Show segments
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Lectures
Demonstrations
Discussions
Video examples of productions and techniques
In studio lab productions
Remote lab productions
Chabot College
Course Outline for Mass Communications 72, Page 2
Fall 2008
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Shoot & edit highlights for airing on show.
b. Produce the in studio show.
c. Direct a live sporting event.
d. Prepare & present weekly beat report.
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Objective and subjective examinations
b. Participation in productions
c. Completion of the appropriate laboratory objectives with each task signed off
d. Final exam
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Television Sports Production 4th edition, by Jim Owens, Focal Press, 2006, ISBN10: 0-24080916-5
Sports Media: Reporting, Producing, and Planning 2nd edition, by Bradley Schultz, Focal
Press, 2005, ISBN10: 0-240-80731-6
Special Student Materials:
Videotapes, DVDs and miscellaneous supplies.
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