One on One with Larry Bird
Producer: Chris Myers;
Photographer: Tom Sisler & Mike Jensen
Video (13:25)
(Notes by Ally Melnik, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021 )
One of Caldwell’s One on One segments this time interviewing Larry Bird. In it, they go through a brief history of Bird’s time growing up and playing basketball in French Lick, Indiana, as well as playing in college and professionally, and how his back injuries have affected him.
00:01 intro credits over B roll
00:11 cut to black
00:12 B roll and voiceover
00:31 cut to black
00:33 Bird talking about the way he played
00:52 B roll and voice over
01:38 Bird talking about living in French Lick and why he likes coming home
01:56 B roll and voice over
02:16 some man (has a poster of Bird in the background ???? family member? Colleague?) talking about Bird practicing in high school
02:28 Bird talking about motivation toward basketball v. school
02:58 someone else talking about Bird in school (interview’s in a school ???? old teacher?)
03:09 B roll and voice over
03:33 high school teammate talking about Bird playing in high school
03:47 man (another teammate? Old coach?) talking about Bird playing in high school
03:58 B roll and voice over
04:02 Bird talking about college
04:08 B roll and voice over
04:22 cut to black
04:27 credits over B roll
04:36 cut to black
04:38 B roll and voiceover
04:58 old coach talking about Bird’s humbleness in high school
05:09 B roll and voice over
05:13 Bird talking about going to college
05:26 B roll and voice over
05:39 Bird talking about being at college, playing at IU briefly
06:01 Bob Knight talking about Bird being at IU for three weeks
06:31 B roll and voice over
06:46 Bird talking about his father killing himself, effect on family
07:03 B roll and voice over
07:36 Bird talking about being benched at practice at ISU-Terre Haute
07:56 B roll and voice over
08:27 Bird talking about going to college classes
08:41 B roll and voice over
08:55 cut to black
08:57 intro credits over B roll
09:07 cut to black
09:09 B roll and voice over
09:13 IC “You have to learn how to adjust your game…”
09:32 OC “From that day on…”
09:50 high school coach talking about what they used to tell Bird at practice
10:00 Bird talking about his practice routine, trash talking on the court
10:41 B roll and voice over
10:47 Bird talking about his family
11:04 B roll and voice over
11:14 Bird talking about his daughter playing basketball
11:25 B roll and voice over
11:31 Bird talking about being bored due to his back injuries
12:00 B roll and voice over
12:11 high school coach? Talking about Bird’s success
12:30 old teacher/coach? Talking about Bird in high school
12:39 man with Bird poster talking about Bird in high school
12:48 old teammate talking about Bird as a friend
12:58 Bird talking about his friends
13:08 B roll
13:25 cut to black