UM Big Event
Here’s a video we produced with Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones and Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson advertising this year’s UM Big Event. An annual day of service for Ole Miss. For more information on the event and how you can volunteer click here.
Black Alumni and Family Reunion
This past weekend, the Ole Miss Black Alumni and Family Reunion was held on campus. We taped several of the events and were able to capture interviews from several of the attendees. These oral histories will be used in part for the documentary we’re producing on James Meredith and the integration of Ole Miss for […]
Getting Ready for The Big Event
In preparation for the annual Ole Miss student leadership event, the UM Big Event, we’ve been out collecting interviews around campus and Oxford. Pictured is Ole Miss student Toran Dean who shared her experiences as a student leader. This afternoon we were on the square shooting an intro by Chancellor Dan Jones and Mayor Pat […]
The Oxford Film Festival
This past weekend’s 9th Annual Oxford Film Festival was a great success for Media and Documentary Projects. We had a wonderful premiere of this year’s community film, The Show Must Go On directed by Matthew Graves. Joe York’s short documentary To Live and Die in Avoyelles Parish had a great screening as well as several student […]
The Show Must Premiere
We will be premiering the 2nd Annual Oxford Community Film for the Oxford Film Festival this Thursday night at 7:30pm at the Lyric Oxford. The Show Must Go On will be the opening night film to kick off the festival which continues throughout the weekend at the Malco Theater. For more information about the film […]
That's a wrap!
Last weekend, we finished production on the community film for this year’s Oxford Film Festival. It was a busy, whirlwind weekend to say the least, but I truly thought we captured some great moments that will help create a film we can be proud of. Here’s a short video that Mary Stanton put together from […]
The Show Must Get Started
We began principal photography this weekend on this year’s community film for the Oxford Film Festival. Or rather, I suppose we started second unit shooting…or maybe we’ll call it pre-shoot pickups. Either way, actors were acting and cameras were rolling. The main shooting will be done the first week in January but this got us […]
They Didn't Get Famous (but Camilla might!)
Camilla Ann Aikin just completed an independent study with MDP’s Andy Harper on the Southern independent music scene in the 1980s. The class, which consisted of research, writing, and oral history interviews culminates with a short film. And here it is! Please note that this is the earlier class version. The finished version is here.
O, Christmas Triage
At long last and just in time for the holidays, here is the Christmas short film we produced “O, Christmas Triage”. A comedy about a couple on their way to a Christmas party who meet an unexpected visitor. Actually, I think this film is about answering the age old question of how Santa Claus decorates […]
"Gentle" Ben Williams
We’ve begun collecting interviews for our upcoming documentary project on the integration of the University of Mississippi. We recently interviewed former defensive tackle Ben Williams talking about his time at Ole Miss. Ben was the first African American to play football at Ole Miss exactly ten years after James Meredith enrolled to become the first […]
Mississippi Innocence Panel at Overby
Monday night the The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics hosted a screening of Mississippi Innocence and a riveting panel discussion that followed the film. Moderated by Journalism professor Cynthia Joyce, the panel consisted of Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Fred Banks, Huffington Post Senior writer Radley Balko, New York Times Reporter Campbell Robertson […]
York Mini Festival This Week
Media and Documentary Projects and the Southern Foodways Alliance, two institutes of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, will present Three Recent Foodways Films by Joe York on Thursday, October 20 at noon in Paul B. Johnson Commons on the University of Mississippi campus. The event is free […]
Ole Miss Monsters
Matthew Graves is a Monster. A film making monster who has now logged his second short promotional film to play in front of more than 60,000 fans in Vaught-Hemingway stadium. And even though the Rebels didn’t pull it off against Alabama, Matthew’s short film promoting Ole Miss hoops was a clear winner. Ole Miss MonstersA […]
The Wright Stuff
MDP covered a very interesting discussion today at the Overby Center featuring Oxford’s ESPN correspondent Wright Thompson and Executive Editor John A. Walsh. The topics ranged from conference realignment to pay for players to the guy who sits behind Wright at Ole Miss games who constantly yells out obvious things (he publicly asked him to […]
Hello Guvnah!
Media and Documentary Projects was at the Overby Center tonight to record the discussion between Journalism Assistant Dean Charlie Mitchell and Governor Haley Barbour. Karen Tuttle was on the camera and Andy Harper handled moral support.
Mr. York Goes to Washington
Joe and Andy just got back from DC where Mississippi Innocence screened to an enthusiastic crowd at the Newseum. The show included a panel discussion featuring Judge Harry Edwards, Professor Angela J. Davis, John Grisham, and Tucker Carrington. Dahlia Lithwick moderated a lively discussion on the state of innocence cases and the use of DNA evidence. Thanks to Charles […]
Joe York Profiled
Joe York is featured in this month’s Garden and Gun magazine. The article includes a link to Joe’s SFA films and also a photo of the recently deceased schwagon–the car that Joe logged some 40,000 mile in over the last two years while he made all these films.
Harrison Screening
Joe York and Andy Harper spent last weekend in Harrison, Arkansas for a screening of Mississippi Innocence as part of the Ozark Art Council fall arts series. The event, sponsored by the Harrison Community Task Force on Race Relations was outstanding and Levon and Kenny were moved by the outpouring of support from the full house […]
They Are Coming…
Last night we started production on a secret project for Ole Miss Athletics. I don’t want to say too much and spoil the surprise but if you look real close, you might find a few secrets. More soon. Are you ready?
Expiration Date
This past summer, Oxford High graduate and 2-time summer film class alum Felicity Flesher interned with us here at Media and Documentary Projects. Over the course of the last few months she has worked hard on sharpening her shooting and editing skills producing beautiful footage portraits of different landmark buildings on campus. In addition, Felicity […]
Here’s Johnny!
I spent the evening yesterday with Oxford actor Johnny McPhail shooting scenes for my upcoming sci fi short, “Exit”. There were some interesting challenges that we faced to get the setups I was hoping for. I wanted to get a really low (skimming the surface) dolly shot – pushing in on our main prop. We […]
Would you like to report a U.F.O.?
A few weeks ago, we started production on a short sci-fi film for Ch. 99 called “Exit”. It stars Highway 61 producer Eric Feldman and Oxford’s acting standard, Johnny McPhail. The story revolves around a mysterious unmarked package and a newly installed street lamp (with a really bright bulb). I’ve got a few more shots […]
Crew Call
This week, we had all hands on deck shooting a “State of the University” video with Chancellor Jones around campus. Special thanks to everyone involved who worked so hard for the last few days including Andy Harper, Karen Tuttle, Joe York, Rex Jones, Mary Stanton, Todd Lauterbach and Matt Minshew. – Matthew
Let's Jib It
Yesterday, our summer interns Felicity Flesher and Joseph Modirzadeh decided to beat the summer heat by spending two hours outside lugging our portable jib around campus. Here’s a few pics of the “fun”. The shots they collected will be utilized in Felicity’s upcoming video drawing from the best of the best of the footage she’s […]
The J.D. Williams Library
Here is the newest update from our summer college intern Felicity Flesher. She’s continuing to expand her toolset, this week utilizing our portable dolly system as well as our new fader ND filter. The videos keeping getting better and we’re all really proud of the work she’s doing this summer!
"Preparation" – Ole Miss Football
As promised, here is the Ole Miss Football spot we produced last week featuring senior Running Back Brandon Bolden. A special thanks to everyone involved from Media and Documentary Projects and Athletics. Go Rebs!
We Need More Sweat!
On Thursday, we spent the afternoon at Vaught Hemmingway stadium on campus filming an upcoming commercial for Ole Miss Football with Senior star running back Brandon Bolden. The spot is a “Nike-esque” commercial with Brandon going through a rigorous training regimen in preparation for the upcoming season ending with a leap that’ll make Superman jealous! I […]
Ventress Hall
Our Summer intern Felicity Flesher is at it again. This time she’s set her sights on another beautiful location on campus, Ventress Hall. I challenged Felicity this week to utilize our portable dolly system to add some small moves to her shots. She rose to the challenge and captured some beautiful images of this historic […]
The Lyceum
Check out the new visual profile video our summer intern Felicity Flesher shot on the Lyceum. It’s a great collection of images on the iconic building at our campus.
