{"id":1770,"date":"2024-12-16T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T19:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2024-12-16T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T19:49:03","slug":"hollywood-holdout-transylvania-alumnus-making-films-music-videos-without-moving-from-small-kentucky-hometown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/fall-2024\/hollywood-holdout-transylvania-alumnus-making-films-music-videos-without-moving-from-small-kentucky-hometown\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood holdout: Transylvania alumnus making films, music videos without moving from small Kentucky hometown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:500px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-charcoal-background-color has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"judd taking picture of guitar player\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"20% 24%\" style=\"object-position:20% 24%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021-730x548.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021-810x608.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4021-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group cover-header is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-standard-condensed-font-family\" id=\"h-hollywood-holdout-transylvania-alumnus-making-films-music-videos-without-moving-from-small-kentucky-hometown\"><strong><strong>Hollywood holdout: Transylvania alumnus making films, music videos without moving from small Kentucky hometown<\/strong><\/strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-f0a00cf9-7fff-b1af-341e-c8cef6c167a0\" style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-neue-haas-grotesk-text-font-family\">by John Friedlein<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Blake Judd &#8217;04 is living proof you don&#8217;t have to move away or change who you are to pursue your dreams. He&#8217;s a director, producer and writer who&#8217;s made videos for famous musicians like Kid Rock and Billy Ray Cyrus \u2014 while remaining a resident of his native Greensburg, Kentucky, which has all of two stoplights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judd credits Transylvania University with helping set him on this authentic path \u2014 from flirting with computer science to majoring in English to <a href=\"https:\/\/blakejudd.com\/\">producing a range of video content<\/a> not only for recording stars but also the likes of NBC, Rolling Stone and Candleberry Candles. He&#8217;s also claimed the HorrorHound Convention&#8217;s top prize with his short film \u201cShooter Jennings\u2019 the Other Life\u201d \u2014 and his feature documentary \u201cCharlie Louvin: Still Rattlin\u2019 the Devil\u2019s Cage\u201d with George Jones and Emmylou Harris premiered at the Nashville Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-730x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-730x486.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-810x539.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/Blake-Judd-8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding his unique style, his way in life, started back in college with an 180-degree turn. Judd&#8217;s initial focus on computers with an eye toward graphic and web design morphed into English \u2014 and new worlds opened up. He watched insightful documentary films and read groundbreaking comic books and novels. He made theater friends. &#8220;It was a culmination of all these things that kind of helped me realize what I could do,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning from professors how to write well was also key. &#8220;Everything you do with film starts with writing,&#8221; Judd noted \u2014 from pitching story ideas to emailing collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing also allows his authenticity to shine through. &#8220;If you spend any time with me, and then you read something I&#8217;ve written, it sounds like my voice,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what sets you apart is that voice that people hear and remember.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-466x288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_2955-466x288.jpg\" alt=\"group of people at a photoshoot\" class=\"wp-image-1891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_2955-466x288.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_2955-348x214.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-466x288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/NashvilleCrewb-466x288.jpg\" alt=\"working on a film set\" class=\"wp-image-1892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/NashvilleCrewb-466x288.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/NashvilleCrewb-524x324.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/NashvilleCrewb-348x214.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Judd also benefited from Transylvania&#8217;s small class sizes and tight-knit community, which offer some of the same perks as small town life. &#8220;I had a personal relationship with my teachers,&#8221; he said, pointing out how that might not have been the case at a larger school. &#8220;My professors here knew me, and I knew them. And they knew what I was going through \u2014 sometimes even if I didn&#8217;t tell them.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, there&#8217;s the accountability of them knowing when you&#8217;re not in class \u2014 and the fact that a professor is going to pay attention to what you write and comment on it so you\u2019ll improve. &#8220;I felt like every paper had to matter because I was going to get feedback,&#8221; Judd pointed out. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t imagine going to a bunch of classes where nobody knew who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating, he took what he learned and forged his own path. &#8220;Being from a small town, if you wanted to do film-related work, you thought you just had to move to Hollywood or somewhere like that or go to film school. But I figured out that that wasn&#8217;t necessary.&#8221; So he started out in local television before finding his niche in film and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<p>Being from a small town, if you wanted to do film-related work, you thought you just had to move to Hollywood or somewhere like that or go to film school. But I figured out that that wasn&#8217;t necessary.<\/p>\n<cite>Blake Judd<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As he&#8217;s remained close to his roots in Greensburg, Judd also keeps in touch with his alma mater. &#8220;I&#8217;ve managed to stay connected at Transylvania through the relationships that I&#8217;ve made with professors and classmates,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judd also participates in Alumni Weekend, including this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2024\/04\/transylvania-to-host-panel-featuring-outstanding-alumni-april-25\/\">when he served<\/a> on the TOPs (Transy\u2019s Outstanding Pioneers) Alumni Panel sponsored by the Center for Academic and Professional Enrichment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-730x548.jpg\" alt=\"shooting a film\" class=\"wp-image-1893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-730x548.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-810x608.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/12\/IMG_4269.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His children have also attended coach Brian Lane&#8217;s basketball camp, and Judd himself played for the Pioneers, starting in the Beck Center\u2019s first game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly a decade later, Judd was tapped to make a video about the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/blakejudd.com\/2012\/05\/16\/the-battle-on-broadway-transylvania-vs-university-of-kentucky-short-doc-released\/\">Battle on Broadway<\/a> exhibition game between the Transylvania and University of Kentucky men&#8217;s basketball teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s currently producing a variety of projects including the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony featuring Black Stone Cherry and Sturgill Simpson with an appearance by Danny McBride. Judd is also working on two documentaries: \u201cDavid Allan Coe and His Nine Wives\u201d for Johnny Knoxville alongside Julien Nitzberg, a longtime friend and director of \u201cThe Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia\u201d \u2014 and a tour documentary from Kid Rock\u2019s Rock The Country festivals featuring the musician, Jason Aldean and other celebrities like Tucker Carlson and Theo Von.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judd, whose production company is called Operant Conditioning Chamber, expects these three projects to be released next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You can live in Greensburg, Kentucky, and do that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And you can go to Transylvania University and do these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group header-divider is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr 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