Knock! Knock! Who's there? Wisconsin Public Radio!
If it seems like only last week that local author Jack Pendarvis paid a visit to the Media & Documentary Projects Center, it’s becasue it was! We used our trusty Zephyr ISDN line to connect Jack with the good people at Wisocnsin Public Broadcasting who produce the nationally syndicated radio show To the Best of […]
Mutton but a Thing
The UM Media & Documentary Projects Center is proud to announce that Joe York’s short film “Mutton: The Movie” will headline the opening night gala at the 2009 New York Food Film Festival. If you can’t make it to the Big Apple for the big night (June 13) you can see “Mutton: The Movie” right […]
RIP – Bluesman Willie King
Highway 61 Radio was sad to learn this morning that Mississippi bluesman Willie King passed away this past weekend. Over the years Willie has been a great friend of the show and we have featured him on the program many times. He will be greatly missed. A few years back Highway 61 producer Joe York […]
Keeping the Reunion on Track
This weekend, producer Micah Ginn directed the video content for the Ole Miss Black Alumni & Family Reunion held at the Inn at Ole Miss. The evening was a great success honoring several distinguished alumni. Pictured is Ginn at the computer and grad student Noah Bunn operating the video switcher. Check back this week for […]
Documenting the Blues
Highway 61 Radio producers Joe York and Eric Feldman kept busy last week documenting all the activity surrounding the latest Blues Today: Living Blues Symposium. Throughout the coming week we’ll be posting videos of all of the events and panels from the symposium, beginning with this video of the dedication of a Mississippi Blues Trail […]
Howorth/Schultze
Earlier this week, Lucy Schultze of the Oxford Eagle interviewed Oxford Mayor Richard Howorth at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism & Politics. The Media & Documentary Projects Center’s newest team member, Noah Bunn, was there to record the mayor’s thoughts on his past eight years in office.
School Days
This Saturday, producer Matthew Graves instructed a film class for a few Ole Miss Law School professors’ kids. In the 3 hour class they went over a few principles of filmmaking like composition and storyboarding, focusing on the art of a chase scene in a movie. The class then produced a short film using the […]
Fixing it in Post
The Documentary class is starting to heat up. The class has been divided up into five groups of three and we have begun training in interview and editing techniques. Production begins when we return from spring break. Check back for updates.
Brown Bags and Powder Blue Helmets
MDP Producer Micah Ginn enthralled those assembled at the Southern Studies brown bag this week with his lecture entitled “Football Flashbacks: Classic Film Footage from the Ole Miss Archives.” Micah is going through all of the Ole Miss football films, restoring them, and transferring the film to digital format. Along the way he has come […]
Attack of the Clay!
Here’s a still from an upcoming short claymation film that we’re working on with former Ole Miss student Hunter Palmer. Hunter has been working tirelessly on the tedious art of claymation; recording one frame at a time and adjusting the movements of the characters on each frame to create fluid motion. Needless to say, […]
Newest "Are You Ready?" Spot: Research Center
Here’s the newest commercial in the “Are You Ready?” Campaign. It features Dr. Larry Walker from the National Center for Natural Products Research.
Hooray! for Drake and Terry
Remember the James Meredith documentary by two students from Madison Middle School that we blogged about last week? Well, it went over like gangbusters at the National History Day competition this past week, winning everything in sight! Here’s an email we received from Drake and Terry’s teacher Tom Watts at Madison Middle School: Andy and […]
"Are You Ready?" Campaign in the Tad Pad
Momentum continues to grow with the Media and Documentary Projects Center Ole Miss “Are You Ready?” campaign. And while the Rebels couldn’t hold off the Crimson Tide’s hot shooting, the crowd enthusiastically welcomed David Huertas on the big screen.
Blues Trail Marker Dedication
MDP production “Highway 61” was represented at the UM Blues Trail Marker ceremony. “Highway 61” host and former Living Blues editor Scott Barretta served as the master of ceremonies, welcoming former magazine editors and blues enthusiasts alike.
Get Ready to Research
Here are some pics from our recent shoot at the Thad Cochran Research Center for the upcoming “Are You Ready?” Research Center spot we’re producing. On the left, Producers Micah Ginn and Matthew Graves set up for a dolly shot in one of the labs. In the shot on the right, Graves sets up for […]
"Are You Ready…" to make Documentaries?
Andy Harper and Joe York are working with David Wharton’s Documentary Fieldwork class this semester. This Southern Studies class gives undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to learn oral history techniques and the basics of documentary film making. Each of the five groups of three students will produce a short film and we will post […]
London Calling
Dr. Adam Gussow was in the studio today for an interview with the BBC. Adam, an Associate Professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi, was discussing Mamie Smith and her signature hit “Crazy Blues.” Click here to listen to Dr. Gussow describe the significance of “Crazy Blues.” Adam Gussow makes a […]
What is the QEP?
Here’s a short video we helped produced with the Office of Media and Public Relations. Last week, they went around campus shooting interviews of students asking them what the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is. We took the interviews and edited them down into the final video.
All Eyes on Meredith
Over the past two months producer/director Joe York has worked with Jerry Ainsworth and Drake Terry from Madison Middle School on their short documentary “All Eyes on Meredith.” Jerry and Drake produced and shot the footage for the film and the Center for Documentary projects provided them with the facilities and personnel to help them […]
We're in Business.
Here’s the final version of the promotional video we made for the School of Business Administration. Their video along with the promo we made for the Graduate School will be played this weekend at the Ole Miss Women’s Basketball game.
Highway 61 — Living Blues Symposium
Scott Barretta and Eric Feldman are in the studio this week producing a Highway 61 featuring folklorist George Mitchell and music from the Blues Today Conference. Highway 61 is produced here at the Media and Documentary Projects Center and airs each Saturday night at 10pm on Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
Coming Soon…..Volleyball "Are You Ready?" Promo.
We had a great meeting today with Ole Miss Volleyball coaches Joe Getzin and Molly Alvey about helping them with some promotional material. Look for an “Are You Ready?” spot later this spring!
IHL Listening Sessions for the Chancellor Search
Today we streamed and recorded the IHL Listening Sessions held on campus at the Inn at Ole Miss. Go to the Listening Session Archives page to see all of the sessions. Dr. Douglas Sullivan-Gonzalez addresses the IHL Board. Utility Player Karen Tuttle Finds her Focus.
Planning for the Chucky Mullins Courage Award
Today I met with several of the organizing members of the Chucky Mullins Courage Award banquet. The event, April the 16th, will be the 20th such banquet, a number that just doesn’t seem possible. Was it really two decades ago when we were all brought to awareness of this fantastic human being? Was it really […]
Let there be light…poles
Just a quick update on the Kinard Studio renovation. We installed pipes today for our lighting grid. This will keep the limited space clear of light stands. Fortunately, we were able to chain onto the existing metal girders in the ceiling. Originally, the idea was floating around (mainly by me) that we rip out the […]
QEP Me!…One Last Time
Here is the final version of the University of Mississippi’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) spot we produced. Directed, shot, edited, and scored by Matthew Graves. Produced by Andy Harper and Matthew Graves. Check out the QEP website here.
"Are You Ready?" campaign spot: Gametime…
This ad is comprised of two very different elements. I took our camera out back during August practices and captured some sights and sounds of season preparation, then a month later I was in the tunnel under Vaught Hemingway Stadium as the team made their way onto the field amidst the screams and cheers of […]
Batey Debatey Film
This short film takes a look back at the weeks leading up to the historic presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain at the University of Mississippi in September of 2008. Produced by Media and Documentary Project Center graduate production assistant Rebecca Batey and Joe York
"Are You Ready?" David Huertas Spot
Recently Matthew Graves and I spent some time in the Tad Smith Coliseum,working with Robbie Coker of the basketball coaching staff and players David Huertas and Terrico White, to produce a couple of spots in the “Are You Ready?” campaign. Check back in a few days for the high-flying Terrico White spot. We had a […]
"Are You Ready?" Study Abroad Spot
The University of Mississippi Study Abroad program offers Ole Miss students an incredible educational opportunity to earn credit while exploring the world. To learn more, visit: http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/study_abroad/
