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The lead story here pretty much took up all of the day for some reason:
I’ve covered presidents in fixed positions, arriving presidents, more than a few hostage situations and a couple of violent protests. All of which were more ado about something than this. But this is the way of things.
The good news is: everyone that wanted to be heard spoke or shouted in one way or another and no one was hurt in the process. So victory all the way around.
Had a few presentations to take part in today at the Southern States Communication Association’s annual conference. This one was with all of my political communication scholar friends:
It is humbling to be at the end of the table with a group like that, let me just say.
At the end, after we had speculated on the Trump campaign and not enough on the Clinton campaign, and after the question and answer period, someone asked if all of these Smiths are related. Someone said that there were the two pairs. And Larry Powell there said he was to blame for two of us. The Yankee and I had met in the graduate school program he chaired, and solidified the start of our friendship in one of his classes and now, seemingly moments later, here we are.
And, later, I got to take part in this really cool presentation:
I showed a lot of clips of shows and class exercises. Most of the shows I’ve embedded in this space, previously. One of the film professors sent me to the conference with this mini-documentary.
My Grandpa’s Garage was the final project in a documentary filmmaking class, which introduces students to a variety of styles, approaches, and techniques, like personal essay, stop-motion, use of archival materials and so on. One of this group’s biggest challenges, as you’ll see, was curating the volume of information. There was a lot to search through and consider, there were varying production formats to consider, and to find a way to the path that leads to a well-woven, engaging story. And it is that. It is specific. It is quite personal — and yet there are universal elements and themes here for viewers:
My Grandpa's Garage from Adrienne Grace Wagner on Vimeo.
Adrienne Wagner directed the project, working with two other students: Cadence Baugh and Blake Phelps. It was featured at the Heartland Film Festival, and was one of five finalist in the Cine Golden Eagle Competition. Other finalists were films from NYU, Berkeley and Syracuse, so the implication is that it stands next to traditionally outstanding peers.
Most of the IU students do. It is so neat to be around such talented people, and a treat to show off their work.
At 2:18 p.m. I received a project that ate into my day, and will probably do the same tomorrow, as well. So, here, have some videos!
This is the late night show the students produce on IUS. This one was taped on Friday and was shared today:
There are some nice interviews there and, everyone’s favorite: Woke On An Elevator.
Tonight the What’s Up Weekly crew shot their show, catch up on the latest in pop culture here:
And the sports talk show from last Sunday night. Watch this and you’ll be all up to date:
Until tomorrow, that is. So, then, until tomorrow!
Two of our television shows made the front page of the paper today. You can read the story here.
Good morning, Hoosiers! Pick up a copy of today's issue on stands or read it here: https://t.co/Uk5SHygIpN pic.twitter.com/69G3blFXiO
— IndianaDailyStudent (@idsnews) March 30, 2017
And I didn’t spend the night in the studio, which is also nice. Thursday evenings usually means a night shoot, but they did two shows last night. Here’s one of them now:
That dual-shoot meant the last thing I’d have to do today was a meeting at 6:30. But that meeting got canceled just before my 4:30 meeting, so I got to go home at 6 p.m. And that meant my 12-hour day was cut to nine. Because I also had the good fortune to attend a meeting at 9 a.m. Sometimes you work 12-hour days, sometimes they don’t materialize. And rather wonder over how the 12s happen, you just enjoy when they don’t. So when you work a full day and you still get home hours before you usually do, why it feels like the weekend starts early.
So fortunate was I that the rain held off until I got back to my office after my last meeting and stopped just in time for me to get in the car and drive home, in the gray daylight.
Would have been better if the skies were blue. But, hey, we might see the sun by the weekend.
Today was a 11-hour day, the sort of day where I had dinner after 10 p.m., the sort of day where you do a lot of little things that don’t show your work, but builds toward bigger things. Or that’s what I’m telling myself.
Here are some shows the IUS students have rolled out today and yesterday:
And the late show, which features two sets of guests, including the morning show hosts:
I’m told they’ll also be on the front page of the paper tomorrow, too.
One of the graphics used in a television studio:
So meta …. pic.twitter.com/LR0GsoryaG
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 29, 2017
Remember, yesterday, when I mentioned Roger Cohen? Here’s a podcast we recorded with him:
Tomorrow, another 10-hour-plus day!
