{"id":3964,"date":"2014-04-09T09:13:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T13:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=3964"},"modified":"2014-04-09T09:13:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T13:13:08","slug":"seminar-frank-ferrel","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/event\/seminar-frank-ferrel\/","title":{"rendered":"SSI SEMINAR &#8211; Connecting Science with Television with Frank Ferrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Desperate Alewives And Culvert Operations: Connecting Science with Television<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Frank Ferrel, Independent Film Producer<br \/>Brett Plymale, Videographer<\/p>\n<p>As a scientist or researcher, how do you tell your story? What you present in a peer conference may be very different from how you tell that same story to a television audience. Frank Ferrel, awardwinning writer, producer and director of the SSI science series, Sustainable Maine, takes us behind the scenes to illustrate just what it takes to present a complex research project to a lay viewing television audience. Together with videographer, Brett Plymale, they will demystify their jargon and discuss the use of visual techniques and storytelling tools using video examples and hands-on demonstrations of interview techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Documentary producer, <strong>Frank Ferrel<\/strong> may best be known to 91¸£Àû researchers as the writer, director and producer<br \/>of the Emmy-nominated science series, Sustainable Maine, produced in cooperation with the Sustainable Solutions<br \/>Initiative and ME EPSCoR and broadcast on MPBN television. Ferrel worked full time for MPBN for 9 years where he<br \/>was host and producer of the weekly talk show series Conversations with Maine. Prior to this assignment, he was Series<br \/>Producer of the station\u2019s flagship series, Made in Maine. He has received an Emmy and two Telly awards for his work at<br \/>MPBN along with numerous additional Emmy nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Videographer <strong>Brett Plymale<\/strong> worked on virtually all of the Sustainable Maine series. In addition to his work on that series,<br \/>he produced and directed the award-winning film A Chemical Reaction, documenting the effects of toxic lawn<br \/>and garden pesticides and a local initiative to stop their use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desperate Alewives And Culvert Operations: Connecting Science with Television Frank Ferrel, Independent Film ProducerBrett Plymale, Videographer As a scientist or researcher, how do you tell your story? 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