<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1dvo0j_0w9zWpeF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1dvo0j_0w9zWpeF00" width="1200" height="630" >A documentary produced by Missouri State University students will be shown live on Ozark Public Television (OPT) on Oct. 17 at 8:30 p.m. Less than three months after its premiere, ten practicum students in Documentary Film, a 500-level media class, will get their chance in the limelight as their short film about the university’s Jane A. Meyer Carillon goes live again on OPT. The 30-minute documentary, titled “Legacy of the Bells: Music of the Missouri State University Carillon,” made history back in July, becoming the first student-produced documentary to air on the channel. Documentary Film is a class that instructor Jason Ferber said has traditionally been “geared towards the YouTube and online market,” but the spring 2024 students were surprised to learn that they would be working as one collective production team to produce a documentary fit for broadcast television in the space of fifteen weeks, instead.Jason Ferber is no stranger to the broadcast world, having worked as an editor at Ozark Public Television for 23 years and his strong connections to the company gave the students the enticing prospect of their final film being aired on television.However, digital film and production major, Patrick Connell said, “Our teacher made it clear that they weren’t going to air it as a simple courtesy.”Reminiscing on his childhood, Connell reflected on his interests in aerodynamics, astronomy and chemistry through the medium of documentary. These hobbies fuelled his passion for film and documentary from a young age. His curious instincts led him to his chosen topic of the university’s carillon. “Since my very first year on campus and hearing its melodic sounds, I have always wanted to know how it works,” Connell said. “We ended up creating something so far beyond the scope of my original idea.”In the early weeks of the semester, each student in the course was required to present one idea of their own. It was Connell’s presentation on the history of one of the largest musical instruments in the midwest that was unanimously selected by the class. According to Ferber, when Connell came to present his idea “everybody in the room could feel the passion he had for the topic.”It was a level of passion that even saw Connell spend his own money on a GoPro camera in order to collect footage of the inner machinery of the carillon.For the remainder of the semester, each of the ten students spent long hours researching the history of the tower, collecting B-roll footage, and perfecting the script to create a visually engaging, yet informative story. The process came with its own challenges for the students including scheduling, time management and equipment availability. Difficulties that Ferber was greatly aware of, but he was impressed at their perseverance and attention to detail that the students displayed to finish the project.“They surpassed my expectations in so many ways,” Ferber said. “The production was clean and professional, even down to the small editing styles.”This level of detail helped the documentary debut on live television in July and Ozark Public Television had no qualms in giving the film a second airing.“The immediate response was relief,” Connell said. “I had stayed up late so many nights in a row to see it through to completion. So, overall, I was just relieved that our hard work had been rewarded.”Subscribe to The Standard's free weekly newsletter here.</div></body>

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Student documentary on Meyer Carillon to air on Ozark Public Television for second time

A documentary produced by Missouri State University students will be shown live on Ozark Public Television (OPT) on Oct. 17 at 8:30 p.m. Less than three months after its premiere, ten practicum students in Documentary Film, a 500-level media class, will get their chance in the limelight as their short film about the university’s Jane A. Meyer Carillon goes live again on OPT.