From filming athletes and teams out on the field to editing the footage back in the studio, Advanced TV and Film (ATV) students are able to create a rewarding 20-minute video in order to highlight South’s athletes and their achievements at seasonal sports assemblies, Julie Benca, ATV Teacher, said.

The process of creating the Spring Sports Assembly video began in March and took about a month to complete, Benca said. The process for creating these videos is split into four sections: pre-production, production, editing, and then post-production, senior Demetri Kouriabalis, Co-Executive Sports Producer, said. As an Executive Producer, Kouriabalis assigns the packages, overviews the process, and compiles all the videos at the end to create the final product. At the beginning of March, ATV students were assigned a team or club to create a video for, Benca continued.

“[Students] reach out to the coach or club sponsor to film the team, find out who the captains are, and [prepare] in pre-production to make sure that they’re all ready for their shoot,” Benca said. “They usually have a couple of shoots they go to. Then, they work with their partner once they have the footage to edit it, add graphics, add special effects, color grading, and music to put it all together.”

Sometimes shoots are awkward, but the work we put in after is what really makes the project, Kouriabalis said.

“When you all put it together, it feels so rewarding because you see all your hours, all your time spent putting [work] into this video, and you know you’re gonna like it,” Kouriabalis said. “Your class, the school, and the team [will enjoy it too].”

The Spring Sports Assembly video not only features sports, but also clubs and organizations, senior Alek Troncoso, Co-Executive Sports Producer, said. ATV students work with the SAO to compile a list of clubs they will feature in the video every semester. While some video themes remain the same, this year ATV is focusing on promoting club and intramural sports as well, Troncoso said. 

The Spring Sports Video helps ATV students share their work with their fellow peers, Troncoso said. 

“It’s really fun to see peoples’ [reactions when] their sport comes up,” Troncoso said. “It’s fun to see your work get recognized, because a lot of the projects we do [people] don’t really [see].”