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Welcome to Tellwell’s weekly Plog (photo-blog)!

It’s November 21st! The fall has flown by – hard to believe it’s almost ethically acceptable to listen to Christmas music! Let’s get into this week’s plog!

Lucas and Duncan roll part of the Kenyon Noble Know How set across 10th Street.

This week’s writer

Hi I’m Matt (Lead Editor) – normally I’m slicing and dicing up video, audio, and what have you – this week I’ve been pluggin’ away at a 30 minute documentary about [redacted] – but it’s my week to be ploggin’ this week. Stay tuned until the end of the plog for a list of music recs to cleanse your pallet before (potentially during) Christmas declares war on your eardrums 😛

(In case you were wondering when it’s ok to listen to Christmas music; the film team did try to come to a decision in our team sync a bit again. Here’s where we landed. Duncan said not until after Thanksgiving. Lucas was a little more liberal in his ruling. He said it’s ok to start during Thanksgiving. Kari was the most libertarian in her approach. She said it’s ok for other people to listen after Thanksgiving, so long as it’s not infringing on her liberty (I added that part), however she won’t listen until two weeks before Christmas. For me, I don’t want to “yuck anyone’s yums”, but out of respect for the 29 souls lost to the icy waters of Lake Superior November 10th, 1975, I believe it is morally permissible to listen to Christmas music ONLY after 8:00pm on November 10th – at the very soonest.)

Dragons Learn

11/14 – Minnesota State Moorhead student and local celebrity Jake Pletsch brought his Film Learning Community for a tour of the office and some Q&A.

A group of college students listen to Lucas and Matt talk about film at Tellwell.
A group of college students listen to Lucas and Matt talk about film at Tellwell.

Friday Northern Lights

11/14 – One of our impact films premiered at the Village’s Wine and Dine event!

Several Tellwellians attended the event. From left to right: Annie, Lucas, Megan, Max, Sandie, Kari, and Jenny.
The view from the our table at the event.
Jenny made it on stage!

Outstanding in our field

11/17 & 11/18 – FARRMS spent some time with a couple members of the Tellwell team in the Commons to learn more about storytelling.

Duncan imparting some undoubtedly sage advice.
A couple FARRMS staff and Duncan talk about filming in harsh sunlight in the Tellwell backyard.

Out with the old, in with the new

11/18 & 11/20 – Fully moving out of the old studio and making improvements in our new home studio.

Duncan, Matt, and Lucas hanging new paper backdrops in the the new home studio space.
Kari sits in front of the newly installed paper backdrops for our interview setup for an upcoming production.
Lucas and Duncan roll part of the Kenyon Noble Know How set across 10th Street.

Thanks for making it this far. Here’s a list of 25 women singer/song writers/musicians/band leaders to listen to before the end of 2025.

  • Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief)
  • Ali Usman (Nusantrara Beat)
  • Amber Moth (Lunar Moth)
  • Angel Olsen
  • Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
  • anonymous (GOAT)
  • Billie Toppy (Men I Trust)
  • Chhom Nimol (Dengue Fever)
  • Ellie English (L.A. Witch)
  • Faye Webster
  • Flora Hibberd
  • Irita Pai (L.A. Witch
  • Johanna Söderberg (First Aid Kit)
  • Karla Chubb (Sprints)
  • Karly Hartzman (Wednesday)
  • Klara Söderberg (First Aid Kit)
  • Laney Jones
  • Marie Moe (Slomosa)
  • Marina Lambrini Diamandis (MARINA)
  • Merideth Moon
  • Nubya Garcia
  • Rhianna Giddens
  • Sade Sanchez (L.A. Witch)
  • Sheila Maurice-Grey (Kokoroko)
  • Sierra Ferrell
That wraps up this week! Keep an eye out for our next plog, coming November 26th!
Matt holds a prop from the old studio one last time before sending it to Mount Fargo.