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CCM Media Production students take 'The Rotation' live at Big 12 Media Days
CCM Media Production students take 'The Rotation' live at Big 12 Media Days
Students will work behind the scenes across the live broadcast of 'The Rotation' in Kansas City
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Media Production students from the UC College-Conservatory of Music will help produce and broadcast "The Rotation" live, bringing the Big 12 original to Basketball Media Days on Oct. 20-21 in Kansas City. Watch their work on episode 2 of "The Rotation," airing live on the Big 12's YouTube channel each day from 2-4 p.m. CT, with interviews and short-form content available across Big 12's social media platforms.
Our students are putting their skills to the test in a real-world opportunity like no other.
Joe Brackman Associate Professor of Multi-Camera Production at CCM
CCM Media Production students working on "The Rotation" at Big 12's Basketball Media Days in Kansas City. Photo/Provided by Joe Brackman.
"The Rotation" is a personality-driven original content series featuring interviews with student athletes, coaches and influential voices at the intersection of sports, culture and lifestyle. The goal is to create fun, informative coverage that showcases student athletes from the Big 12 member schools. Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Tech and Utah will take the stage on Tuesday followed by Arizona, BYU, UCF, Houston, K-State, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia on Wednesday. Three Cincinnati women's basketball players Reagan Jackson, Caliyah DeVillasee and Sahnya Jah; and head coach Katrina Merriweather will represent the Bearcats.
A group of students, faculty and staff will all travel to Kansas City's T-Mobile Center to work on the broadcast of episode two of "The Rotation" on Oct. 20-21. The CCM Media Production team leading the broadcast are BFA students AnnaLucy Surrey (producer), Paul Nienaber (director), Janice Huynh, Michael Lee, Ryan Leopold, Ryan Penny and Troy Spitzmiller; faculty member Joe Brackman (project leader/crew member) and UC Athletics staff crew member Jack Langen.
From BYUtv to Cincinnati's CCM, we're building on their expertise and production capabilities while providing the next generation of storytellers meaningful, hands on experience in front of and behind the camera.
Kauri Black Big 12 Vice President of Broadcast & Emerging Platforms
CCM Media Production students working on "The Rotation" at Big 12's Basketball Media Days in Kansas City. Photo/Provided by Joe Brackman.
"Our students are putting their skills to the test in a real-world opportunity like no other -working with the staff at the Big 12 Conference to develop the second episode of 'The Rotation,'" said Joe Brackman, Associate Professor of Multi-Camera Production at CCM. "They have been on calls with professional talent, executives and many more, taking on active leadership roles, all while getting inside look at how a big production comes together."
For more than 6 years, UC Athletics and CCM Media Production have partnered on athletics video production, together serving partners at ESPN, CBS Sports Network and more. This collaborative partnership has led to 100+ broadcasts every year, giving CCM Media Production students incredible experiential learning and co-operative educational experiences. Learn more about CCM Media Production.
About Big 12's "The Rotation"
"The game introduces fans to the athlete. Our opportunity is to introduce them to the person," said Kauri Black, Big 12 Vice President of Broadcast & Emerging Platforms, who developed and launched "The Rotation" and serves as its executive producer.
"We didn't build The Rotation around a format. We built it around the freedom to reinvent how stories are told," he adds.
The inaugural episode with BYUtv featured a roundtable inspired by The Shop, exploring women's sports and what makes the Big 12 A Different League. At Basketball Media Days, they are spotlighting our women's basketball programs through a live, personality driven experience. "Next, it could be What's in Your Rotation?, à la GQ's 10 Essentials, or even a women's basketball alternative broadcast," said Kauri Black
"It starts with talent. Kendra Sheehan, a digital contributor across all sports and host, along with Jaden Owens and Olivia Petnicki, our Big 12 Women's Basketball and Lifestyle Content Creators, are former high-level athletes and true creatives who bring fresh perspectives and ideas. We built around their versatility and personalities, rather than forcing them into a predetermined format."
"Our campus production partners are essential to that vision. From BYUtv to Cincinnati's CCM, we're building on their expertise and production capabilities while providing the next generation of storytellers meaningful, hands on experience in front of and behind the camera. It's an investment in the future of sports media, bringing emerging voices into the creative process while helping us better connect with younger, digital first audiences."
The Rotation is flexible by design, but intentional in its storytelling. The presentation may change, but our ambition remains the same: discover something worth sharing that audiences wouldn't otherwise see."
About CCM Media Production
CCM's Media Production Division emphasizes hands-on, experiential learning that is student-centered, professionally relevant and focused on creative content development.
CCM Media Production is student centered with small class sizes and an innovative, flexible curriculum that reflects the dynamics of industry demands and student needs. CCM's Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Media Production features five curricular tracks, allowing students to specialize in:
- Audio
- Broadcast News
- Film and Television
- Multimedia
- Sports Media
Students in CCM's Media Production Division acquire the hands-on skills and digital portfolio necessary to transition successfully into the professional world. In addition to classwork, students are connected with professional internships that are integrated into the curriculum. The division's award-winning, full-time faculty has extensive professional media backgrounds that allow them to emphasize current professional media production tools and techniques while providing students with connections to the industry.
CCM also offers an Academic Minor in Media Production, which prepares students in the integrated media arts of film and digital cinema, television and broadcast media news, audio production and new media design.
Featured image at the top: Media Production students, CCM faculty and UC Athletics staff at the Big 12 Basketball Media Days in Kansas City. Photo/Provided by Joe Brackman.
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