Walt Disney Company

As part of COM 208, we had to research a multi-media company and I chose to do the Walt Disney Company. This powerpoint (link to the slideshare show below) briefly covers some information on the Walt Disney Company.

The Walt Disney Company Presentation

COM 208 Video Projects

For my COM 208 class we had a group assignment to make a movie trailer (we went with a fictional horror movie) and an individual news story. Links to the projects are below.

Horror Movie Trailer

Meet the TTA News Story

Social Media Presence

I'm everywhere!! Ok, not literally everywhere, that would be a little creepy. But, I am almost everywhere online thru social media, so connect, tweet me, instragram me- do what ever you'd like! Youtube: youtube.com/onlymikebrown Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/only_mikebrown Instagram: instagram.com/only_mikebrown Slideshare: slideshare.com/MichaelBrown54 USTREAM: ustream.tv/user/only_mikebrown

30 Second Audio Commercial

For our first assignment in our Field Production course, we created quick 30-second advertisements. The ad below is for a fictional higher educational institution called "The Devon Institute"

Awesome Audio and the Power of a Speech

The power of speech, the art of rhetoric, the ability of a voice. Nothing makes the climax of a movie better than a good speech. From Denzel Washington's stirring closing statement in Philadelphia, Jack Nicholson's rant in A Few Good Men, or......well, a speech from any sports movie, nothing makes for a good show like a speech that stirs the crowds both on and off the screen. The art in a well done speech lies in that it gets us to root for the little guy, see the truth in a stirring statement, feel the motivation to cary on through overtime or believe in a cause. I chose this audio clip of Bill Pullman delivering a speech to the troops in the 1996 film Independence Day because it is one of those speeches that makes you in the theatre want to stand up and join in the fight. This clip is a great reminder of how powerful a speech can be (especially when accented by a great score).

Meet Me: Mike Brown

About Me

Hi! I'm Mike Brown. I'm an undergrad at La Salle University and I am a communication major with a focus on mass media. I've loved TV, movies, theatre and pretty much anything else to do with entertainment and mass media so I figured why not give it a go as a college major. 

I went to high school at MaST Community Charter School in NE Philly where I was the first student director of our media studio. It was an awesome experience working in an HD studio that had some of the same equipment as the major local news stations. 

Here at La Salle, I'm diving into the Com department already by working on two of the shows filmed here; Freedom From Fire with Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers and La Salle TV's own gameshow, Q & A. 

This blog will be used to showcase some of the things I end up doing through what I can only hope will be a long and awesome career in communication.

Previous Work

This is our wrap-up video that I edited together that highlights a few of the moments from our broadcast season.