Description
TideSports.com TV was a weekly live-to-tape 30-minute show produced for the Tuscaloosa News / TideSports.com during the 2015 college football season. The show was hosted by Jenn Chapman, sports anchor from WVUA-TV, and included sports writers (Tommy Dees, Cecil Hurt, Aaron Suttles, Ben Jones) from the staff of the Tuscaloosa News / TideSports.com. The show was taped in a local bar and had a minimal budget. It aired twice each week on WVUA23 and was streamed on TideSports.com and WVUA23’s website after the first weekly broadcast. The show previously existed for several years as a web-streamed only one-camera production from the Tuscaloosa News staff. I was brought in to bring the show up to "broadcast" standards. I produced the show as a one-man-band 3-camera production. I focused on camera angles, lighting, creating a visually interesting background, and quality directing. Two members of my family helped me as grips and novice camera operators. All other production functions were handled by me personally. I also managed social media for the show. The WVUA23 sports department provided the b-roll for each week's show. I produced 18 episodes in 2015.
Awards
Best of Festival - Sports (TV Sports Event Direction and Production) 2016 BEA Festival of Media Arts (9% acceptance rate) for TideSports.com TV (Episode 14)
Publication
Bruce, M.D. (2016). TideSportsTV. Journal of Media Education,7(4), 5-8. http://en.calameo.com/read/0000917894f4bb05abd6a
Credits
Producer/Director/Editor: Michael Bruce, University of Alabama
Content Producer: Tommy Dees, Tuscaloosa News/TideSports.com
Host: Jenn Chapman, WVUA23
Content Producer: Tommy Dees, Tuscaloosa News/TideSports.com
Host: Jenn Chapman, WVUA23