MURFREESBORO — More
than 40 projects by MTSU
electronic media students will debut tonight, May 9, at a special “First Look”
media festival at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville to showcase the variety of
programs and talent at the university.
Media professionals
from across the Midstate have been invited to the premiere event, which begins
at 6 p.m., to “see the next generation of talent” in film, news, video,
photography, animation and new media, according to Billy Pittard, chair of the
Department of Electronic Media Communication in MTSU’s College of Mass
Communication.
”Our students have
been creating some very impressive work that has barely been seen outside of
the classroom,” Pittard said. “We realized that making their work more visible
would be a big win for our students, our community, and our industry. This show
is a big part of that effort to let their work be seen.”
The official
selections for the First Look event are:
·
“Conscience
Makes Us Cowards” by Ryan Rehnborg; “Mold of Mortals” by Evan Caddell; Mancipo”
by Sam Willey; “Wayward” by Jacqulyn Swanson, Shawn Anfinson and M. Jones;
“Still Life” by Shayna Strong; “Gone” and “Winner” by Kelly Rozell; “A Time
Gone” by Seth Tallman and Jeremy Ball; “Last Night” by Erik McInnis; and “Case
54” by Kati Baird.
·
Movie
title animations, including “Swing” by Josh Rhoton, “Head Chef” by Brent Day,
“TimeKeeper” by Brent Cherry and “The Way Out” by Junyan Wong.
·
A
montage of multi-camera special events, including the “Blue Spark Awards,”
produced by Laken Bowles and Haley Miller and directed by Joshua Lockhart; the
Metro Nashville Public Schools “Academies of Nashville Video Awards Show,”
produced by Kelsey Lebechuck and Matthew Binford and directed by Colby Graham;
the Middle Tennessee 2013 Regional Spelling Bee, directed by Matthew Binford;
and the National Pro FastPitch Softball Draft, produced by Brittany Pinkston
and Johnathon Kornblee and directed by Tyler Shapard.
·
A
montage of multi-camera on-location coverage, including the Capitol Records
Street Party and the seventh annual Chet Atkins Tribute Concert, both produced
by Colby Graham and directed by Zack Eagles, and Phil Keaggy’s “On The Ph’lip
Side” produced by Andrea Mann and directed by Graham, and a multi-cam
volleyball event produced by Graham and directed by Eagles.
·
Animated
works, including “Walking (Front)” by David Higdon, Chris Dyer, Preston Nalls
and Cassidy Morgan; “Lip
Syncs” by Alex Baldwin, Dyer and Jake Thomas; and three very short animations
comprising “Rube Goldberg,” by Bobby Pugh, Alex Baldwin and Allison Murphy.
·
Public
service announcements “We Love Nashville,” by Sam Willey, “Don’t Drive Drunk”
by Justin Wright, Jon Miller and Michael Welsh and “Shopping Cart” by Felicia
Chunn, Sarah Gaume and Junior Cadet.
·
A
music video montage featuring “Home to Me” by Samantha Young, “All Grown Up” by
Shawn Anfinson, “Rap Music Vid” by Bobby J. Brooks, “Fashion Fever” by Georgus
Rhodes, “Elvis and Molly” by Adrianna Lamb and “Wilson County Fair” by Joshua
Lockhart and Sam Willey, along with "Virginia," a video teaming EMC
Professor Amy Macy and Professor Tom Neff's lighting class.
·
Short
films “Seashells” by Evan Caddell, “College Nuts” by Phillip Dixon and
“Identity” by Nhu Duong.
·
A
sports animation intro by Josh Rhoton; a main title project, “Local Color,” by
MTSU’s SIGGRAPH Student Chapter; selected portions of the “Pa’s Fiddle” PBS
project by Clay Tipton and Lauren Levins and a “Home Cooking” intro by Tipton;
and a news package on “Gas Prices” by Nader Issa; a “Juicy Moo Shoo” trailer by
Chris Ranker.
·
“Journeys
in Community” by the Project Real Class, edited by Seth Tallman and Denton Cole
and produced by Jeremy Whittaker,
·
Still
photographs by Davion Baxter, Savannah Hamlet and Sara Hill.
First Look is the
brainchild of professor Neff, an Oscar nominee and Emmy winner best known as
the founder and former CEO of the Documentary Channel.
“We are very
fortunate that he joined the EMC faculty to teach in our video and film
production program,” Pittard said. “He also created the First Look program at
the University of Southern California while he was a student earning his M.F.A.
He pitched the concept to our department, and here we are!
“Tom partnered with
Dr. Clare Bratten, also on our EMC faculty, to produce this event. We are very
grateful for all their hard work.”
EMC students recently
brought home top honors in multiple statewide categories at the Tennessee
Associated Press Broadcasters College Career Day and Tennessee AP College
Broadcasters Award ceremony on campus.
“Our students used to
work primarily in the media and entertainment industries, but now pretty much
every business and institution have become ‘publishers’ and need all the kinds
of content our students create, like videos, social media management,
photography — the list goes on,” Pittard added.
“This is the next
generation of media talent that will help drive our economic engine. Everyone
needs what these students can do.”
For more information
on the Department of Electronic Media Communication at MTSU, bookmark its blog
at http://emcmtsu.com.
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