Put on by Central Michigan, Summit Sessions Live is a fully student-run live television show that airs every other Friday. The show features local Michigan artists, who perform songs and answer interview questions live. It is a collaborative effort between, four different broadcast and cinematic arts organizations. Moore Hall TV (MHTV) runs video, Moore Media Records (MMR) runs the audio, and the show plays on the radio stations after it airs. The show’s season seven finale took place on Friday, December 10th, 2021, and featured, band Post Eden and solo artist, Maddy Olivia.
A senior at Central Michigan University, Oswin Wernette, who has been working on the show since they were a freshman, works alongside Kait Helmholtz as the executive producers of the show. As executive producer, Oswin is responsible for organizing things and people and making sure everything goes smoothly with the help of Kait of course. The season finale was a little bit short on staff, so Oswin also ended up directing the episode from inside the control room, Using the headset to communicate with people out on the floor and call out camera shots. It was a hectic episode but Oswin expressed how proud they were of everyone involved and they can’t wait to work with everyone again next season.
Oswin Wernette and Kait Helmholtz give closing words to the Summit Sessions Live cast and crew after their Thursday night rehearsal at Central Michigan University’s Moore Hall Studio on Thursday, December 10th, 2021.Oswin Wernette, left, talks with Summit Sessions Live guest host, Brody Britton, right, and fellow producer Kait Helmholtz at Central Michigan University Moore Hall Studio on Thursday, December 10th, 2021.Summit Sessions Live producers Oswin Wernette, right, and Kait Helmholtz, left, get set up for Summit Sessions Live’s season seven finale from MHTV’s control room in Moore Hall at Central Michigan University on Friday, December 10, 2021.Jack Labounty runs camera three for Summit Sessions Live at MHTV’s studio in Moore Hall at Central Michigan University on Friday, December 10, 2021.Kylie Sczepanski, Summit Session Live’s floor director, watches Post Eden and listens for the countdown that will tell her when to cue the host in MHTV’s studio in Moore Hall at Central Michigan University on Friday, December 10, 2021.Summit Sessions Live producers Oswin Wernette, left, and Kait Helmholtz, right, watch the run-through of the season seven finale from MHTV’s control room in Moore Hall at Central Michigan University on Friday, December 10, 2021.Oswin Wernette fixes a light while Post Eden plays during a run-through before Summit Sessions live’s finale in MHTV’s studio in Moore Hall at Central Michigan University on Friday, December 10, 2021.Kylie Sczepanski and the rest of the Summit Sessions Live crew break down the set and reset the studio for News Central to use the next day at MHTV’s studio in Moore Hall at Central Michigan University on Friday, December 10, 2021.A look into the studio from the hallway in Central Michigan University’s Moore Hall on Thursday, December 10th, 2021.
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