Telling the stories of the most storied place

Sounds of the South

Posted by on Apr 7, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

  Work continues in the Kinard Audio Studios on the pilot series for a new radio program called “S ounds of the South”. All semester, MPD intern Nelson Griffin has worked with producer Joe York to create ten 3-4 minutes radio spots based on entries from the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Music Edition.  Aside […]

Rise and Shine

Posted by on Apr 7, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

You have to get up pretty early to get the best of Southern Studies Students Matt Hopper and Jen Lawrence. Above is a rough cut of their short documentary about erstwhile Oxford politico Shine Morgan. Matt & Jen are producing the documentary for Dr. Justin Nystrom’s SST 402 class. MPD producer Joe York has worked […]

Handel Handled

Here’s a still from the video we shot last night in the Ford Center of Handel’s Messiah, performed by the University of Mississippi Concert Singers with Orchestra. Pictured is guest conductor Dr. Dennis Shrock.

Intensive English

Matthew Graves is in the studio today with students from the University of Mississippi Intensive English Program. He is producing a series of web videos for prospective students in their native languages. Stay tuned for the finished series.

Another Piece of the Puzzle

Today, producers Joe York and Matthew Graves traveled to Columbus to interview District Attorney Forrest Allgood for Joe’s upcoming documentary on the Mississippi Innocence Project. Pictured is Allgood going over some court documents with York. Check back for more information and updates on this ongoing project.

Kinard Studio Up and Running

Posted by on Mar 24, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

Producer Micah Ginn is in the studio today filming student interviews for an upcoming virtual campus tour for Enrollment Services. Pictured is Ole Miss student Gloria Howell. Check back for more updates on this new project.

Shad Attack

   Here are a few pics from today’s shoot with recent Ole Miss grad and Rhodes Scholar recipient Shad White. Shad is participating in a video we’re producing for the Ole Miss Momentum Campaign as well as a new “Are You Ready?” spot featuring the Honors College. Be sure to check out our other “Are […]

Senator Thad Cochran in Kinard Studio

In this blurry picture you can see U.S. Senator Thad Cochran sitting down for an interview in our studio. Senator Cochran was here to give a short P.S.A. about the Center for Natural Products Research on campus. In addition, we were able to ask him a few questions about  the Presidential Debate that happened last […]

Class Dismissed

Posted by on Mar 18, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

  Here’s the final cut of the short film that Matthew Graves produced last weekend for the student film workshop. As a side note, if you were able to catch “Slumdog Millionare” you might recognize the low-rent version of their credit sequence used at the end. Jai Ho!

The Shooter

   This morning, Micah Ginn and Matthew Graves went on location to the Oxford High School gymnasium to shoot footage for an upcoming basketball training video.  This afternoon will be spent in the newly renovated studio to finish the shoot.

SROW Off!

This past weekend, the University of Mississippi hosted some 1,500 student orientation leaders for the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop (SROW). Micah Ginn and Andy Harper were there to record their Song, Skit, and Dance competition at the Tad Pad. It was a lively bunch and they showed tremendous spirit and sportsmanship (first time we’d seen […]

Coffee anyone?

Posted by on Mar 10, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

  The Media and Documentary Projects Center is proud to present “Coffee Mate”, a short film by former Ole Miss student Hunter Palmer. “Coffee Mate” tells the story of Redman. Born from a freak coffee accident, Redman must find his way in a strange new world where danger lurks behind every corner. The film was […]

And They're Off…

This semester Joe York and Andy Harper are helping teach SST 554, Documentary Fieldwork, with Dr. David Wharton. The class has been divided into five groups and each group will produce a ten minute short documentary focusing on the intersection between local food and culture. In this short video student George Ray discusses the project […]

Outstanding in his Field…Recordings

Posted by on Mar 10, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

Dr. David Evans, professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Memphis, delivered the keynote address at the recent Blues Today Symposium here at the University of Mississippi. Highway 61 Radio producers Joe York and Eric Feldman were there to record the proceedings. Check back for more from the Blues Symposium later this week and be […]

5…4…3…2…1….Thacker Mountain Radio Documentary Picks Up Steam

Posted by on Mar 9, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

This evening Media & Documentary Projects Center graduate assistant Mary Warner is down in the delta filming interviews for her documentary film about Thacker Mountain Radio. Over the past three months, Mary has worked with producer Joe York to shoot over a dozen interviews for the film, which will serve as partial fulfillment of her […]

Students take a "shine" to documentary work

This semester students in Dr. Justin Nystrom’s Southern Studies 402 class are doing short documentary projects in support of the Media & Documentary Projects Center’s “Oxonians Oral History Initiative”. Jen Lawrence & Matt Hopper, pictured here, are both in the class and are working together 0n a short documentary about the late Oxonian appliance store […]

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

Posted by on Mar 9, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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

Posted by on Mar 7, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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

Posted by on Mar 7, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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

Posted by on Mar 7, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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

Posted by on Mar 6, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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

Posted by on Mar 5, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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!

Posted by on Mar 5, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

  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

Posted by on Feb 28, 2009 in Media And Documentary Projects Blog

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.