But Appleby — experienced as a road manager for bands and trained as a documentary filmmaker — also was curious "to see what the truth was about this mythical place, with its music and the Mississippi River. Following the lead of the film and television program's founder, the late David Yellin, the trio of Appleby, Ross and Graham had been at the core of the university's film theory and production program since the late s, along with Roxana L.
Gee, who still teaches there. Under their stewardship, the initially marginalized program grew in prominence until when in the Department of Communication became known officially as the Department of Communication and Film.
Appleby, Ross and Graham were collaborators as well as colleagues. Their best-known film may be the co-directed "At the River I Stand," a documentary that examines the Memphis sanitation strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Several of Appleby's other films also have been awarded some of the highest honors films of their type can receive, including Emmy awards, the Peabody Award for "distinguished achievement and meritorious public service" , the Alfred I. Pretty good for a guy whose earlier work includes a whimsical public service spot titled "Frog Pond," in which performers from the Memphis State theater department dressed as musical frogs and croaked out anti-litter songs for the "Keep America Beautiful" campaign.
Appleby grew up in New Rochelle. At age 12, he got a home movie camera, and "I made Super 8 films, just for the fun of it. I had a darkroom in my basement. It wasn't documentary at all, it was mostly just little skits. After high school, he earned a sociology degree at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in film and video at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he bonded with the students in the documentary program because they were "people who were interested in the world.
Appleby became so enamored of the Temple film program that by his second year he was teaching production classes as an instructor — as was fellow graduate student Steve Ross, part of what Ross calls the Temple film school "mafia" that included Robert Mugge, future director of such acclaimed documentaries as "The Gospel According to Al Green" and "Deep Blues.
He would come out on stage with a fake parrot on his shoulder. However, "I was essentially starving in the music business. I realized that if music was not going to feed me, maybe my other love would. I was struck by D. That dream didn't last long. Apr 24th, For Credit: Yes. This class will give you a headache because of the fact that you MUST film with your group and college students are terrible at communicating.
He tells you he will let you edit your projects at home but don't be surprised when he emails you scolding you for not editing in class. Oct 19th, He knows what he's talking about, but he is one of those professors who thinks you don't have ANY other life outside of his class. Spends the entire 3 hr class rambling, then expects you to invest several days outside of class to shoot projects.
Sep 11th, David Appleby is an amazingly articulate and insightful professor. I had the pleasure of taking Cinematography and the History of Documentary with him. He is by no means easy, which is a good thing. Prepare to think, contribute, and work hard. You will learn a great deal. As an added bonus, he is very available for discussion in his office. Nov 11th, Textbook: Yes. Mar 27th, This guy is my favorite teacher! He really knows what he's talking about.
I love his sense of humor and his lectures are the absolute BEST. I actually look forward to sitting in there for 3 hours! Can you imagine? Nov 12th, I feel like this guy knows what he is talking about. He's not just a teacher, he was in the field doing this stuff.
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