Keep Your Ear on the Ball

Tonight, director Keith Maitland and producer Patrick Floyd will offer Austinites a sneak-peek at their new Austin-lensed documentary Keep Your Ear on the Ball.

The film chronicles a year in the lives of four students at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as they struggle to live independently, fit-in, and prepare for college. The students are also members of the school's goalball team—goalball is the only competitive team sport designed specifically for the blind.

Keep Your Ear on the Ball is currently in post-production, and tonight's event will help raise funds for its completion. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged (all donations will benefit the film's sponsor, Austin-based nonprofit All Blind Children of Texas). The event will feature a silent auction, clips from the film, and musical performances by Bill Baird (of Sound Team) and ONE2CEE.

If you'd like to make a donation, but can't make it to the event tonight, you can make a donation online by going here.

Keep Your Ear on the Ball Sneak Peek
Wednesday, April 11th
Antone's
7pm, Free (but donations encouraged)
[Official Website]

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By math in Arts & Entertainment on April 11, 2007 1:45 PM 0 Comments

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not rude

With the obvious experience that Rude Rick must have I'm surprised he missed what looks like a transmit-receiver atop the camera. If i had to guess, i'd say the "boom" is aimed directly at the mouth of the white-shirt man and that the man in the blue shirt is probably wearing the transmitting microphone. This style of underhand "booming" is fairly prevalent in the professional boom trades - also, yes his arms might be tired, he's out making a movie not sitting on his ass criticizing strangers online (although that seems quite tiresome to me.)

rude rick

Just so you know, kids...The correct way to ''boom'' is not to bury the microphone in the interviewer's back...but, up and over the head of the person being interviewed. I know your arms hurt, but that's how it's done, ace.