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Getting the word out…


We reworked our promo for the 2009 Oxford Film Fest so as to feature a few more clips from the 95 films that will be playing during the 4 day event. We’re still only able to give you a brief glimpse in the :30 spot, so you’ll have to come to the festival and see for yourself. It is a great line up of films.

UMedia is a proud sponsor/supporter of the festival, using it as an opportunity to bring University students into the mix. This year, we’ll be using students to produce on-screen materials for the festival, as well as “imbedding” some of our documentary-minded students with cameras to capture the sights, sounds, and celebrities on video. It’s a great opportunity for our students as it exposes them to an exciting industry and some incredibly talented filmmakers.

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Graduation Day

Here’s the final version of the Graduate School Promotional video. Look for it February 22 at the Ole Miss Women’s Basketball game against Vanderbilt.

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Gone Green

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Here’s a look at the first use of our new green screen. We’re interviewing Business students for a promotional video for the School of Business. We had hoped to have the lights installed into the ceiling before today but this set up worked great. So far, the best way to evenly light the green wall is to bounce the light off the white ceiling. The black boards you see behind the chair serve as flags to block the light spill on the shoulders and head of the interviewers. You’ll also notice our new portable TelePrompTer that we’ve begun putting into play. Stay tuned for more updates on the studio and final versions of the School of Business Promo.

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Going Green

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Here’s a new pic of the green cyc wall that we’ve constructed in our Kinard Studio. The curved angles will help us to create a full artificial environment. In the coming days we hope to complete the renovations of our studio space by installing our lights into the ceiling to utilize the space. Check back for more updates and photos.

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The Importance of Being Transferred…


Featured here is a bit of 8mm film taken by Dr. Annie E. Mills in Oxford, Mississippi in 1959. The film shows the production of “Home From The Hill”, which was partly filmed in Oxford in ’59.

This footage is part of the library of 8mm and 16mm transfers done here at UMedia. As part of our documentary projects mission, we work with folks in the community and on campus to provide film transfer services.

Contact us at:
662-915-3475
or
micah@olemiss.edu

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First Look at Upcoming Graduate School Promo

Matthew Graves is currently in production on promotional videos for the Graduate School and the School of Business. The Graduate School’s promo is nearing completion and here’s a low res look at how it’s shaping up. The Grad School selected the students and wanted to show the diversity of the varying Masters and PhD programs across the University. What we get is a nice cross-section of University of Mississippi students that highlight some of the exciting programs that are available. The shooting for the spot took place the last week before the Christmas holidays and the video will be premiered in February at an Ole Miss Women’s Basketball game. Check back for the final version and the upcoming Business School promo as well as the QEP Writing Center spot.

 

First cut of a promotional video for the Graduate School of the University of Mississippi
 


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"Saving Willie Mae's Scotch House" Earns Nationwide Television Distribution

The University of Mississippi’s Media and Documentary Projects Center is proud to announce that it’s feature-length documentary film “Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House” has earned nationwide television distribution.

Produced, directed, and edited by Joe York, the film chronicles the 18-month effort to rebuild Willie Mae Seaton’s famed Scotch House Restaurant, a New Orleans culinary landmark destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Among those featured in the film are John T Edge and Mary Beth Lasseter of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) — an affiliate of the University of Mississippi housed at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture –and Chef John Currence of City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi.

Thanks to the National Educational Television Association (NETA) the film has been made available to over 100 public television stations in over 40 states. To date, the film has aired in California, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Louisiana. With each station allowed to air the film 4 times over 3 years, that list is sure to grow in the coming months.

Click here to watch the film in its entirety.

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Media and Documentary Projects Project Sampler


A brief collection of work from Media and Documentary Projects Center at the University of Mississippi. Highlights include documentary work, educational films, commercials, film restoration samples, as well as scenes from upcoming productions.

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Feeding The Soul at Jones Valley Urban Farm


In the heart of downtown Birmingham, Alabama lives a small three acre block where big things are happening. Feeding the Soul takes a brief look at the Jones Valley Urban Farm and highlights some of the incredible ways that this small farm is not only giving back to the city of Birmingham but is setting an example for the entire world to follow. Filmed over the course of the 2008 summer harvest, we witness the hardships and triumphs of a farm that’s anything but ordinary.

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The Rise of Southern Cheese


The Rise of Southern Cheese from The UM Media and Documentary Project Center.

Artisanal cheeses have been enjoyed and celebrated all over the world. The rich tradition and lore of the cheesemaker has found its way to places where artisanal cheese is not the first thing that comes to mind: the american south. The Rise of Southern Cheese celebrates the people whose passion for artisanal cheese is changing the way people think about traditional southern foods. With stops in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, this film provides a snapshot of the cheese that’s making its way to tables across America.

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Audio Killed the Radio Star

Last week we recorded audio for a conference held at the University (it’s a secret…don’t ask). It was a great opportunity for us to work on our work flow for audio acquisition and definitely brought to light some issues we need to improve on. 
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Buttermilk: It Can Help


Can buttermilk solve the world’s problems? According to Earl Cruze, a dairy farmer and buttermilk maker from Knoxville, Tennessee, “it can help.” (2008)

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Saving Willie Mae's Scotch House


Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans people came from all around to eat at Willie Mae Seaton’s famed Scotch House Restaurant. After the storm, they came back to help rebuild the ruined culinary landmark. This documentary traces their efforts seeing the tiny restaurant as an analog for the tremendous difficulties and small victories that play out everyday in post-Katrina New Orleans. (2007)

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Working the Miles


Apalachicola Bay on Florida’s so-called Forgotten Coast is world-renowned for its enormous Gulf oysters. This short documentary follows Johnny and Janice Richards, and oysterman and his wife, a shucker, through one day working the area of the Apalachicola Bay known as “The Miles”. (2006)

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Hot Chicken


Prince’s Hot Chicken in Nashville, Tennessee, is half-heaven, half-hell. The chicken that comes out of the kitchen is hotter than fried magma, but for the masochists who eat it day in and day out, going to Prince’s is more than a dare, it’s a way of life.

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Mutton: The Movie


“Mutton: The Movie” takes you on a magical journey to the northwestern corner of Kentucky (Owensboro to be exact) where the descendants of the Welsh who settled the banks of the Ohio River don’t count sheep, they barbecue them.

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Whole Hog


Whole hog is a paean to the barbecue pitmasters, hog farmers, and butchers of rural western Tennessee, who everyday transform the lowly hog into the edible embodiment of two of the greatest human virtues, patience and hard work. (2006)

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Marsaw


Martin Sawyer tended bar in the French Quarter for over 50 years. As a child he witnessed the flood of 1927 and as an octagenarian he fled his native New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina took aim. In this short profile, Mr. Sawyer talks about his time behind the bar and his memories of the Cresenct City. (2006)