Docu-series Research

 I believe that the process of researching what our group would plan to produce for a docuseries in its entirety would help us create the best documentary for the UM Sunsations. My group members agreed in a meeting we had and after discussing in our group chat.  We all came to the conclusion if we choose a good layout for the overall series and make our decisions equally as important, then the success of the production we actually will create will have a more professional and clean appeal. When choosing the different schools for the college dance team we will be focusing on we had an order and reason to each of our choices. We all agreed on including the top 3 dance schools in Florida, the University of Miami (our doc choice) as well as the University of Florida and Florida State University. 

     We thought harder about the other 3 schools we chose because we wanted it to have meaning and purpose to it.  My group member Jennifer educated me a bit more of what she knows about competitive dance in college and those that she believed would be a beneficial choice. We wanted to choose one that was popular enough that would catch the eyes of our target audience as well as good enough to help us compose a strong piece. When discussing the Power 5 conferences in our meeting we all looked over an article that I found to give us the media's perspective on the best college dance teams. After discussions and research on the Dance spirit article we learned that there are so many amazing teams to choose. Considering the fact that my group members all to a certain extent fit the target audience of this piece, we decided to come to an agreement on what schools we would be interested in watching ourselves. This really enhanced our point of view on what we thought would be the best other teams.

It was important to find a reputable and well known source from within the dance world to help us pick our docu-series episodes. We concluded that the teams we wanted to included more than the others were  Arizona State, the University of Minnesota, and Penn State University. This process really made me understand the importance of research. I learned that this dance source was one that included valid and accurate information about the dance world and upon more digging on their website I learned more about dance in college and competitive dance. This research helped me gain more of an interest and passion that I didn't really have going into this project. I am excited to learn more and stay focused on the goals I have with this production 

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Best College Dance Teams in the Nation