Boston University Broadcast Journalism majors Karlyn Smith and Ryan McCune invited me to participate in their final exam project one cold day just this last October. It was a pleasure meeting these two gentlemen. I was impressed by their professionalism and they won me over immediately when they brought me a large hot chocolate for the shoot.
According to their project rules, the story they wanted to tell could not be narrated by them, but had to be entirely told through live interviews and photographic evidence.
The story they chose was the trademark lawsuit filed by the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast/Museum in Fall River against The True Story of Lizzie Borden, Gift Shop and Museum in Salem, MA. All the parties involved agreed to be interviewed, which was a huge coup for Karlyn and Ryan.
The first of the two projects has been completed (they assisted each other, but submitted individual works for their grades) and it was posted today on Vimeo.com. Karlyn has granted me permission to embed the video here for you to see.
I invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy these two excellent filmmaker/journalists do their thing.
Starring Lee-Ann Wilber, Leonard Pickel, and me, Stefani Koorey.
A Tale of Two Lizzies from Karlyn Smith on Vimeo.
