Stefankiewicz — Slideshow pitch

Your Name: Ryne Stefankiewicz
Your story format for this assignment:

_____ Text (2 photos and/or graphics)

_____ Video

___xx__ Audio slideshow

Your pitch (in one short paragraph): What goes into the “Pride of All Nebraska’s” pregame and halftime shows.  They practice each morning placing spots.  There will be a lot of opportunities for visuals.  This is timely because we are in the middle of the marching band season.  People only see the band on Saturdays, not knowing what goes on Monday-Friday.  I will talk to a drum major to get my sound bites.

Explain why this story is best told using this format.

There are great opportunities for photos with action and lots of visuals with the instruments, flags, twirlers, and Memorial Stadium.  There will also be great natural sound with them playing in the background.  I will go to a Friday morning practice to record the band audio — Friday’s is when the band does pregame, which is what most fans know.

How will you tell this story visually? Please be specific.

I will go to a morning practice and shoot them in their street clothes doing practice.  I will also shoot on a gameday in order to get them in their uniforms for the end of the slideshow.

List the names and titles of the sources (both those you have talked with already and those you plan to talk to) and describe what role they will play in the story.

Anthony Falcone, who is the Associate Director of Bands in order to get into a morning run-through. I will let drum majors Tommy Krueger and Joan Halouska tell the story, though.  I may only use one.