John T. is Splendid
John T. Edge was in booth yesterday recording an interview with American Public Media’s The Splendid Table. The conversation was about the influence of food writer and Craig Claiborne. Thanks to the modern miracle of ISDN lines we are able to connect live with any studio in the world.
Chancellor Jones is a standup guy.
Matthew and Micah (and crew) shot our new chancellor this morning in the circle as part of the university’s fall ad campaign. Chancellor Jones nailed his first standup for us and I expect you will see him grace the pages of our blog many times to come.
Casting Call
Friday we held open auditions for students to take part in the University of Mississippi’s 2009 ad campaign. Quite a few students showed up and we were able to secure a great lineup. Look for them Sept. 6 on ESPN for the Memphis game and the debut of the “Experience Amazing” campaign being launched by […]
MDP at the Summer OFF
The Media and Documentary Projects Center was well represented last night by two films showing at the Oxford Film Festival summer series. The first was a documentary by Mary Warner and Joe York that resulted from Mary’s Southern Studies MA Thesis on Thacker Mountain Radio. Mary Produced Thacker for several years and we were lucky enough […]
It's All Academic (Network)
Matthew Graves has been hustling this last couple of weeks to produce the first 5 profiles to be featured on the Ole Miss channel of the SEC Academic Network. Pictured here is an interview with Provost Morris Stocks about the School of Accountancy’s success in placing its graduates in jobs and graduate school . This […]
Profile Me
This week I’m working on a series of profiles of several Academic programs on campus for the upcoming University of Mississippi page of the ESPN 360 SEC Academic Network website. We’re starting with pieces on the School of Accountancy, the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, the Center for Physical Acoustics, the Medicinal Plant Garden, […]
It's Movies!
As promised, here are the short films produced by the students in the Ole Miss Summer Film Workshop that Micah and I taught this week. Each group was given the premise of a couple who are both having an online affair. They’re meeting for dinner to tell the other only to discover their actually each […]
A New Batch of Storytellers
Here are some pics from the Filmmaking Workshop that Micah and I have been teaching this week. The class was a whirlwind experience in filmmaking, covering things like camera, lighting, sound, acting, directing and screenwriting; culminating in a final short scene that the class filmed in three different groups. Pictured are some of the students […]
Capitol Q
This short documentary features the Skylight Inn in Ayden, North Carolina, where the Jones family carries their family tradition of cooking whole hog barbecue into its third century. Produced by Joe York of the Media & Documentary Projects Center for the Southern Foodways Alliance and the Big Apple BBQ Block Party. The documentary debuted at […]
Ole Miss Online/Independent Study Spot
Promotional spot for the Ole Miss Online and Independent Study programs at the University of Mississippi.
Market Research Anyone?
Micah Ginn is at the Inn at Ole Miss this week facilitating the recording of Ole Miss students in a market research study conducted by Marketing. We sat up cameras and mics in one of the rooms at the hotel and fed the images back to an adjacent room where responses will be analyzed. It’s […]
Chinese Language Flagship Promo
Promotional video for the Chinese Flagship Program at the University of Mississippi. Produced by the Media and Documentary Projects Center.
Tom Rankin and Five Farms
Tom Rankin, Director of the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies (and long time Oxford friend) was in the audio booth today for an interview with WUNC’s “The State of Things.” Tom was speaking about the new CDS project Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families. We are pleased to be able to collaborate with […]
They don't call it Intensive English for nothing!
Here’s the English language version of the Intensive English Promo we produced for the Office of Outreach.
Dan Jones named Ole Miss Chancellor
Media Production was there in force to cover the listening session for the newly announced Chancellor, Dr. Dan Jones. Pictured is Greg Grey, our ringer from Memphis, Andy Harper and Karen Tuttle who were streaming the all day Q&A sessions over the web. Not pictured are Micah Ginn and Matthew Graves who were there […]
IHL Campus Interview with Dr. Dan Jones
Session 1–Deans, associate vice chancellors and associate deans, academic and non-academic department chairs, department heads and directors. Session 2–Alumni Association Board of Directors. Note: Audio cut off of beginning. Session 3–Faculty Senate and general faculty. Session 4–Staff Council, professional and support staff. Session 5–UM Medical Center faculty and staff (via videoconference). Session 6–Alumni, community leaders and […]
It's Engineering Time Again
I went out to the Biological Field Station today to shoot footage of Engineering students touring the facility for the upcoming promotional video we’re doing for the School of Engineering. Pictured is former Engineering student Max Woolsey demonstrating the submarine he is working on in a joint project for Ole Miss and Southern Miss. This is just […]
Ole Miss Exchange Program Promo
Promotional Video for the Exchange Program at the University of Mississippi. Produced by the Media and Documentary Projects Center
Are you ready for more?
We were at the Desoto Campus today shooting footage for three new spots in the “Are You Ready?” campaign series. These spots will feature current students at the University of Mississippi Desoto Campus who are all working and taking classes full time. Look out for these spots highlighting a Detective, a Teacher, and a Social […]
Thad Cochran Research Promo
Here is the final cut of the promotional spot for the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi featuring United States Senator Thad Cochran.
I smell an "Are You Ready?"
The Ole Miss Cricket Club hosted a tournament this weekend in Oxford. Teams from across the Region came in and I thought it would be a nice time to get some footage of the event. Pictured is the Ole Miss team batting against Memphis in the Finals. Our all things I.T. expert Phani organized the […]
Chinese Language Promo – Rough Cut
Here’s the rough cut of the promo. Please note that this version does not have all the names of individuals on camera which will be added as well as a few additional background images featuring the summer classes and Qingdao which will be added in next week. The green halo around everyone will not be […]
As Seen On TV
In case you didn’t see it, here’s a (bad) picture from tonight’s broadcast of our own Joe York’s “Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House” on Mississippi’s Public Broadcasting Station (PBS). The showing was a great success and nice venue to show off all of Joe’s hard work. To watch the film in it’s entirety, click here or […]
Leonardo da Vinci Would be Proud
Matthew Graves was at The Lyric Tuesday night to capture the Oxford City Council Forum. The candidates for City Alderman and Mayor were on hand to discuss the issues and their goals if elected. Tune in to OMTV Ch. 99 Thursday night at 6pm to watch the event.
In the Garden
Here’s a look at what (hopefully) will be the last shot needed for the promotional spot for the Natural Products Research Center we’re producing featuring U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. We finally had some sun today so it proved to be the perfect time to get the footage we needed at the Medicinal Plant Garden. Special […]
Engineering New Students
Here’s the short promotional video we produced for the School of Engineering. They’ll be showing this during New Student Orientation this summer.
Do you want to learn Chinese?
Here’s a sneak peak at a still from the upcoming promo video for the Chinese Language Flagship Program. Students and faculty will discuss the 4-5 year intensive language program that’s turning heads all over the country for it’s success rate of producing students proficient in Chinese in four years. Of course we have to get […]
Economically speaking…
The Financier’s Club and School of Business Administration here at the University of Mississippi hosted a forum to discuss the current financial crisis and it’s effects on the economy and markets. Produced by students Mario Hillyard and Van Martin, this forum features current and former members of our faculty.
"The Rundown"
As part of the film restoration and transfer work we used to do here at the Southern Documentary Project , we came across many incredible moments from history. This one is from the 1963 UM vs. LSU football game. Featured is a punt return by the late Joe Labruzzo of LSU who was (I imagine) […]
