Max Shores is a producer/director in the Center for Public Television & Radio at the University of Alabama. He also serves as adjunct faculty in the department of Telecommunication & Film.
Student Applications Sought for Jobs in TV Production
As the Fall 2011 semester begins, the University of Alabama Center for Public Television is seeking applications from students who are interested in working in television production. Both paid and non-paying internship positions are open for application at this time. For over 50 years, the Center for Public Television has produced programs for broadcast on Alabama Public Television. In addition, the center has recently made a commitment to produce several weekly series for the University's TV stations, WVUA and WUOA. Public television projects under production include the weekly [...]
"Songs Inside The Box" to Screen at Prometheus Film Festival
"Songs Inside The Box," the cigar box guitar documentary has been selected for screening at the Prometheus Film Festival of York, Pennsylvania. The festival will take place in the York Little Theatre on August 19th and 20th, one week before York will host the annual Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival. I'm very proud to have the film screening in York because it is the home of Shane Speal, the self-proclaimed King of the Cigar Box Guitar and central figure of "Songs Inside the Box." Shane will be performing at the festival. For more [...]
TCF 145 Media Production- Fall 2011
Fall semester classes begin August 24th and I'm looking forward to teaching Intro to Media Production (TCF 145) again. The class of 16 is divided into smaller groups of students who produce projects by working together. We will be shooting projects with Sony PD170 cameras and editing on Final Cut Pro software. I’m still working on final plans for the upcoming semester but projects will probably include: *Preparing a storyboard for a short action sequence and then shooting and editing the sequence *Writing a script for a short dialogue scene and then shooting and editing the [...]
Kathryn Tucker Windham’s Death Marks the End of an Era
For me, and most native Alabamians of my generation, Kathryn Tucker Windham was always there. I read her collections of ghost stories when I was a child. I heard her speak on various occasions and I saw her on TV many times through the years. Her stories made me smile as I listened to her each Friday morning on Alabama Public Radio. It was comforting to know that she was at home in Selma writing something new to share with the world. But now she's gone. Mrs. Windham was widely known for her collections of Southern ghost stories. She was the inspiration for my 1998 documentary [...]