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 tournament and proved to be one of the strongest members of the team. Be on the lookout for a spot featuring the game.
- Matthew
(Note: Ole Miss went on to beat Memphis and win the tournament. Congratulations Phani and the rest of the Ole Miss Cricket Club.
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 present in the final cut.
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 check you local listings for future broadcasts. Congratulations Joe.
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.
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 thanks to all the staff who stepped in to serve as extras today.
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 our logo represented so here’s a look at the design for the graphics. It was made entirely using Adobe After Effects. Special thanks to Andrew Kramer at VideoCopilot for his extremely helpful tips and tutorials.
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.
As part of the film restoration and transfer work we do here at the Center for Media and Documentary Projects, we’ve come across many incredible moments from history. This one is from the 1963 Ole Miss vs. LSU football game. Featured is a punt return by the late Joe Labruzzo of LSU who was (I imagine) quite surprised to not have reached the endzone on this runback. The man chasing him down is Stan Hindman, one of the best athletes ever to put on the Red & Blue. This is a play that I’ve heard many Rebel fans talk about through the years, and I was very excited to finally see it. The play truly lives up to the legend, as this is one of the most amazing run-downs I’ve ever witnessed. That’s a 6′3″, 230 pound defensive end chasing down the All-SEC speedster Labruzzo. Incredible.
Although Labruzzo was marked down inside the one, the stout Rebel defense held on four straight downs en route to a 37-3 victory over the Bayou Bengals.
*film is silent - click the arrow in the center of the screen to play
The Southern Studies Documentary Fieldwork class we taught with David Wharton has wrapped up. Our students worked hard this semester and have produced some really good documentaries. Click on the images below to watch them and let us know what you think.
Here’s the 2009 Commencement Address at the University of Mississippi with CBS anchor Bob Schieffer. Mr. Schieffer is introduced by Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat.
We were able to grab an interview with Bob Schieffer of “Face the Nation” for CBS News for our upcoming documentary about the Presidential Debate. Mr. Schieffer is in Oxford for tomorrow’s graduation ceremony where he’ll be giving the commencement address which, incidentally, we’ll be shooting as well. It was a great interview and a welcomed addition to what’s shaping up to be a well-rounded project.
Recently we cleaned and transferred an old 16mm “Castle Films” news reel featuring the game-story of our heart-stopping 1959 football game with LSU. During the transfer process I realized that one of the frames of film actually caught the moment in which Billy Cannon had his famous snapshot taken. As you can see, that’s a lot of light in that fraction of a second when the bulb explodes. What a moment for both schools. It was the lone defeat for the Ole Miss Rebels that year, and on top of that, it was one of only three touchdowns allowed ALL SEASON by the grid-iron Rebs. The 1959 Ole Miss Rebels were one of the best teams ever fielded anywhere, as was evidenced later in that same season when they were rematched with Cannon and his Bayou Bengals in the 1960 Sugar Bowl. The Rebels came out on top that day, taking a 21 to 0 victory and holding the Heisman-winning Cannon to just 8 yards rushing.
May brings the great news that Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House will make it’s Mississippi debut
and that two of the film’s stars, Oxford’s own John Currence and John T. Edge have joined Willie Mae Seaton as James Beard Foundation Award winners. Currence received a Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: South and our partner John T. was named to the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America. We are happy to see Joe York’s documentary, which has already aired on public television in several states, be the featured program on MPB for the month of May. Congratulations to Joe, John T., and to John Currence. Saving Willie Mae’s Scotch House will air statewide on MPB May 28 at 9 pm. Until then, enjoy the trailer!
Here’s another moment from last Thursday’s Marty Stuart concert. Publications Director Sabrina Brown got into the act playing fiddle onstage with Stuart and Chancellor Robert Khayat.
