These feats of courage, dedication and generosity demonstrated by local broadcasters are captured in this short film produced by talented media arts professor, Scott Hodgson, and his students at the University of Oklahoma, along with Chandra Clark, professor of telecommunication and film at The University of Alabama. Working with the Broadcast Education Association, Scott and Chandra compiled stunning footage for a video account of broadcasters’ response to these horrific tornadoes.

Meteorologists and the 2011 Tornado Outbreak

Check out his new website and trailer at: eatingalabama.com

Here’s the announcement from the Eating Alabama Website:

This all started about four years ago, when I talked my wife Rashmi into doing something a little ridiculous. We had recently moved back to Alabama after graduate school out West, and, like a lot of people, we were starting to think more critically about the food we eat – where it’s grown, how it gets to us, who grows it. Both Rashmi and I have farmers in our family history, but a few generations back there was this clean break with the land. I understood on a kind of historical/economic/sociological level how that break from the land happened, but I’d never thought much about what it meant to those of us that came afterwards. And so that was the genesis of this idea – what would it be like to try and go back?

Short of selling the house, quitting our jobs, and starting a farm, the only way we knew how to go back to a local food economy was to completely change our diets. We decided to eat only food grown or raised within the state of Alabama. Some friends joined us too, and we started a blog (which you’ll find archived on this site). And I started filming.

I had a kind of naive assumption about this movie – that we would do our little eating project, that we find some connection to all the farmers I assumed were out there, and that everything would wrap itself up in a nice and tidy package. But that’s not usually how documentaries happen, and this one was no different. The film I ended up making doesn’t look much like the one I envisioned – but that’s partly why we’re in this in the first place, right? To try and understand something better?

Anyway, the film is finished. And now we’re proud to show it off. Stay tuned to the website, follow us onFacebook and Twitter, and please sign up for the email list to be alerted about future screenings. We’ll be announcing more screening dates in the very near future.

And if you’ve followed the blog from the very beginning – thanks. Your readership and your comments throughout the years have been wonderful. Thanks to all of you for your support.

-Andy

http://www.eatingalabama.com/news/

The television pilots will be screened at the historic Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa on Thursday, January 26 2012 at 7:00pm.

Admission is FREE and concessions will be sold. Donations to support the Bama Theatre are appreciated and will be accepted at the entrance to the theater.

Opening for the pilots will be intro production student shorts “The Best Man” and “Have We Met?”

The Digital Media Department is an operating medium of the Office of Student Media at the University of Alabama. The department consists of two divisions:

•       multimedia (photo, video, audio, production)
•       web development

Digital Media exists to provide an outlet for students to utilize skills obtained in the classroom and apply them in a professional working environment.

The Digital Media Intern will:

-       Observe and participate in the development of all creative production aspects of all office projects.

-       Learn / Improve Production Skills (camera operation, audio, lighting, etc)

-       Learn / Improve Editing Skills while using Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro Software, After Effects, etc.

-       Develop interpersonal communication skills and office dexterities

The Digital Media Intern Agreement:

-       Interns can gain a maximum of 1 credit hour (115 hours) per semester

-       Interns will be required to devote eight (8) hours per week
o       Four (4) of which MUST be obtained during normal business hours

How to Apply:

For more information or to apply, please contact:

The Office of Student Media Digital Media Department

Donald Miller, Multimedia Production Manager      osmvideo@sa.ua.edu
Terry Siggers, Technology Manager                         tsiggers@sa.ua.edu

Feel free to stop by the Office of Student Media Digital Media Department Room 208, during our office hours.

The television pilots will be screened at the historic Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa on Thursday, January 26 2012 at 7:00pm.

Admission is FREE and concessions will be sold. Donations to support the Bama Theatre are appreciated and will be accepted at the entrance to the theater.

Hailed by critics as among the most important and relevant programming on television, POV films have won every coveted television and film award, including 27 Emmys, 13 George Foster Peabody Awards, 10 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, three Academy Awards and the Prix Italia.

Intern Qualifications

• Self-motivated and organized
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• A keen attention to detail
• Previous experience with documentary filmmaking or online media a plus
• Committed to a minimum of 12-16 hours per week

Internships are unpaid, but travel stipends are available and college credit can be arranged.

http://www.pbs.org/pov/about/internships.php