The Following Five Stories were Shot, Written, Edited and Narrated by Don Smith
"Muleshoe, TX TV Station"
Shot, written, edited and narrated by Don Smith for The News of Texas.
"Move here and you too will live just 18 miles from Earth!"
Maggie Reynolds runs her TV station out of an upstairs bedroom in a town where there's no "demonstratin', pot-smoking teachers".
"Country Swing Competition"
Shot, writen, edited and narrated by Don Smith for The News of Texas.
Country swing bands compete in this story from Snyder, Texas. I drove to Snyder from Dallas, shot the story, returned to Dallas, and wrote, voiced and edited the piece for the next morning on The News of Texas.
"Demise of the Drive-In Movie"
Shot, written, edited and narrated by Don Smith for The News of Texas.
The drive-in movie theater is dying in Texas in urban areas, but is holding its own in small towns.
"Buffalo, Texas"
Shot, written, edited and narrated by Don Smith for The News of Texas.
I was sent to Buffalo, Texas to do a story on how embarassing it was to be a town in Texas named "Buffalo" when the Dallas Stars were in the Stanley cup competiton with Buffalo, New York. A station in Buffalo, NY asked to run this story. I swear I didn't know in advance that the guy on the tracktor was going to do what he did!
"Turkey, Texas"
Shot, written, edited and narrated by Don Smith for The News of Texas.
I was sent to Turkey, Texas to do a story on Country Swing Legend Bob Wills. He was a barber here, just before he became a country music legend.
Network News Photography by Don Smith
The Following Two Stories were Shot for NBC News by Don Smith
"Little Rock Radio"
Shot by Don Smith for NBC correspondent Bot Dotson. Edited by the talented John Hyjek in the Atlanta NBC Bureau.
"Kirbyjon Caldwell"
Shot by Don Smith for NBC anchor Tom Brokaw.
Produced, Shot, Written and Edited
by Don Smith
The Following Four Stories were Shot, Written and Edited by Don Smith
"Texas Toothfairy"
Produced, shot and edited by Don Smith for the Veria satellite channel. This version contains only placeholder graphics.
"Doggie Daycare"
Produced, shot and edited by Don Smith for the Veria satellite channel. This version contains only placeholder graphics.
"Eco-Friendly Pest Control"
Produced, shot and edited by Don Smith for the Veria satellite channel. This version contains only placeholder graphics.
"Dog Grooming"
Produced, shot and edited by Don Smith for the Veria satellite channel. This version contains only placeholder graphics.
Corporate Editing by Don Smith
The Following Three Corporate Videos were Edited And/Or Narrated by Don Smith
Narration/Corporate Editing
This is an example of my narration and my corporate editing. This was done for Texas Instruments about the lab recreation of the man credited with inventing the integrated circuit.
I did not shoot the original video.
Corporate Editing/Linc
This is an example of corporate editing.
Corporate Editing/RIMS
This is an example of corporate editing.
Corporate Editing
"Doc Holiday"
This is a one-minute Web ad for a dentist in Fort Worth that I produced, shot and edited.
Sweet 16 For My Daughter
by Don Smith
The Following Story is a Personal Video by Don Smith
Deanna Sweet-Sixteen Video
This is an example of what I can do with home video. I edited this for my daughter's 16th birthday.