Mama Penn’s, serving Anderson for 50 years, is a local restaurant featuring “Real Southern Cooking,” with a focus on quality food and service. Through the Anderson Strong Campaign, Mama Penn’s overcame the Covid pandemic through hard work, determination, and loyalty of their customers.

Mama Penn’s
2802 N Main Street
Anderson, SC 29621
https://www.mamapenns.com

This video story was crafted and produced by digital media students from Anderson University’s Communication Program. As an Assistant Professor of Communication and owner of Rettew Creative, Bobby Rettew led a team of students in the COM 351 Corporate Video Production class to create these stories. This project provided a unique opportunity where students were able to leverage their technical video production skills along with enhancing their soft skills by interacting with clients and connecting with the downtown Anderson business community.

Each class Bobby Rettew shares, “Video production is more than the technical knowledge necessary to capture the story, but also the culmination people management skills and the ‘Tetris’ game of managing all the stakeholders calendars. To find and tell stories, you must know how to work with people and meet them where they are!”

Anderson University Production Team:
Kayleigh Jamison: Interviewer/Camera Operator
Rylee Brtek: Producer
Aaron Bennett: Editor/Camera Operator
Spencer Snow: Second Camera Operator/B-roll