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Legacy: Producing A Feature Film, Geenah Ali Krisht

Collection of Engaged Learning

The art of film—making movies—is often portrayed as something glamorous or as some sort of fun hobby. It can be glamorous, and it often is a fun hobby-turned-career. However, when you break it down, creating a feature film is patience, dedication, people skills, creative problem solving, sleep deprivation, and hard work. This report outlines the experience I had producing my first feature-length film.

Hilltopics: Volume 5, Issue 6, Hilltopics Staff

Hilltopics

Media: Ashley Howe takes a look at local broadcasting. page 2

Internet Culture: Thomas Dunlap on micro-blog heavyweight Twitter. page 4

Football: A season retrospective by Josh Wood. page 5

Music: Josh Boydston breaks down some recent CD releases. page 6

Hilltopics: Volume 3, Issue 2, Hilltopics Staff

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Politics: Arguing against dissent is arguing against democracy, page 3.

Media: Monica Chavez on music and Sterling Morriss on television, page 2.

School: Greek life isn't all fun and games. At SMU and elsewhere, recruitment rules are making it stressful to try to go greek. Read more on page 4.

Be Heard: Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions on virtually any topic. Email your ideas, feedback, or articles to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 3, Issue 1, Hilltopics Staff

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SMU: Why aren't more students taking advantage of Meadows shows? Page 2.

Nation: FDA made the right choice to make Plan B overthe- counter, page 3.

Sport: Is it really possible? Could SMU have a good football team? Page 4.

Media: Bob Dylan's new album proves once again his genius and talent, page 3.

Be Heard: Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions on virtually any topic. Email your ideas, feedback, or articles to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 2, Issue 27, Hilltopics Staff

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Media: Business school rankings seem to be totally illogical, and the problems are hurting SMU's reputation. Find out more on page 2.

School: James Longhofer says that Student Senate made the right move in voting down open meetings bill, despite hours of tiresome debate, page 3.

Be Heard: Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions on virtually any topic. Email your ideas, feedback, or articles to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 2, Issue 21, Hilltopics Staff

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Campus: March 7th and 8th is the run-off election. We'll walk you through it, page 4.

World: Bush needs to refuse to back down on ports deal, page 3.

Life: Trying to convert your girlfriend? Religion is important in dating, page 2.

Media: The media seem really worked up about bird flu... but why? Page 4.

Be Heard: Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions on virtually any topic. Email your ideas, feedback, or articles to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 2, Issue 14, Hilltopics Staff

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Holidays: Eric Johnson endorses a new kind of holiday season, page 3.

Life: Want to do something about AIDS? Maybe it's time to get angry, page 2.

Media: Rent: The Movie fails to impress Courtney Hebb, page 4.

Politics: Dawn Jenkins examines the other side of the Prop. 2 debate, page 2.

Be Heard: Got an opinion? Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions and interesting feedback Email your thoughts to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 2, Issue 9, Hilltopics Staff

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Health: Nobody is too young to be worried about breast cancer, page 3.

Sports: Anyone else tired of watching the football team lose? Page 2.

Politics: Bush fumbled the ball on the Miers nomination, page 2.

Media: Stephen Colbert's new show on Comedy Central disappoints, page 4.

Be Heard: Got an opinion? Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions and interesting feedback Email your thoughts to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 2, Issue 4, Hilltopics Staff

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Media: Kanye's comments about race and Bush went over the line, page 4.

World: Helping out an underpaid farmer could be as easy as buying coffee, page 2.

Feedback: Not getting any? You're not alone, and some people are happy about it. Hans Mantor responds to last week's sex education piece page 3.

Be Heard: Got an opinion? Hilltopics is always looking for good submissions and interesting feedback Email your thoughts to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 1, Issue 10, Hilltopics Staff

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Media: HBO documentary tells painful story of rape victimʼs struggle, page 2.

Student Life: Itʼs your transcript. Why should you have to pay for it? Page 4.

Sports: Douglas Hill previews the AFC and NFC championship games, page 3.

Campus: The mystery that is sorority recruitment is reavealed...sort of, page 2.

On the web: Go to www.smu.edu/honors/hilltopics to read all of the stories in this issue and more. You can also submit your thoughts to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 1, Issue 8, Hilltopics Staff

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Media: Two perspectives on current trends in television, page 2.

Politics: GOP rule change based more on politics than morality, page 3.

Trends: Like, why do we have to use words that are, like, totally useless? Page 3.

Feedback: The abortion debate gets personal for one reader, page 4.

On the web: Go to www.smu.edu/honors/hilltopics to read all of the stories in this issue and more. You can also submit your thoughts to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 1, Issue 3, Hilltopics Staff

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Campus: Safety is always an issue on campus, but do we worry too much? Page 2.

Health: Gaines Greer and Douglas Hill debate secondhand smoke, page 3.

Online: Read the email that started the UMC controversy on the Hilltopics website.

Media: Jon Stewart tackles American history, Daily Show-style, page 4.

On the web: Go to www.smu.edu/honors/hilltopics to read all of the stories in this issue and more. You can also submit your thoughts to hilltopics@hotmail.com.

Hilltopics: Volume 1, Issue 1, Hilltopics Staff

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Fashion: Gaines Greer gives props to the collar pop.

Media: Why is diversity in print important? Hilltopics is here to show you

Campus life: The Department of Multicultural Student Affairs serves SMUʼs minority students. Whatʼs its past and what will its future be?

On the web: Visit our webpage (smu.edu/honors/hilltopics) to hear what students thought of Thursdayʼs debate

Cross Media Promotion Of The Internet In Television Commercials, Steven M. Edwards, Carrie La Ferle

Temerlin Advertising Institute Research

Increasing presence of internet addresses across traditional media spurred the current study. Specifically, the study examined the cross media promotion of website addresses in television commercials to determine if and when they were being used, and by whom? For comparison purposes, other formsof direct response channels were also measured. A clearer understanding of the practice of promoting web sites in television commercials was garnered by examining website addresses for their size, length, positioning, frequency, product categoy representation, and other important attributes. The findings provide an initial base from which future growth and style of web site advertising in traditional media …