Emma Meurs and Faculty Mentor: Brad Barber, Theater and Media Arts Pyramid Dream is a documentary film that investigates the reality of the promises of Multi-Level Marketing companies of financial success to their distributors, through the eyes of three female distributors. These three woman experience varying degrees of success as they endeavor to make millions […]
A makeup Artist’s Guide to Mastery The Standard Procedure
Fordham, Michaela A Makeup Artist’s Guide to Mastery The Standard Procedure Faculty Mentor: Mary Farahnakian, Theatre Media Arts It is a rare opportunity to be able to study makeup design in a collegiate setting, especially one of Brigham Young University’s standard. Because I have the unique perspective of approaching makeup with an academic perspective, I […]
“Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty”: Matilda the musical through a feminist lens
Perkins, Kristin “Sometimes You Have to be a little bit naughty”: Matilda the musical through a feminist lens” Faculty Mentor: Megan Sanborn Jones, Theatre and Media Arts Introduction My research analyzed the popular musical Matilda to dissect and explicate underlying feminist ideologies. The grant went primarily to helping fund a trip to New York City […]
Putting It Together: Creating, Rehearsing, and Performing
Whipple, Scott Putting It Together: Creating, Rehearsing, and Performing Musical Theatre Choreography Faculty Mentor: George Nelson, TMA Introduction As a dancer the music dance theatre program, who is pursuing his goal to be on Broadway, the chance to be the dance captain for a musical is a priceless opportunity. When I was asked to be […]
The Heyday of Hats A Look at Headwear in the 1950s
Kirsten Watkins and Mary Farahnakian, Department of Theatre and Media Arts With the end of World War II came a drastic change in fashion. Gone were the stiff shoulders and narrow silhouettes and in came the New Look of 1947, designed by Christian Dior. This look emphasized soft curves, narrow waists, and large wide skirts—a […]
My Original Musical Project in the Arts
Kira Stone and George Nelson, Playwriting Hello! My name is Kira Stone. For my ORCA project, I wrote an original musical, and because of the grant, I have been able to begin the production of this musical. I have dealt with having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in my life, and it tends to come and go […]
Six Week Cinema
Matthew Siemers and Thomas Lefler, Media Arts Introduction The Six Week Cinema project had two main goals: A mentored film production learning experience and researching distribution for short films. Students face various obstacles when trying to create a film including funding, equipment, and crew. Six Week Cinema provided all these resources in one place in […]
Communication A Collaboration between Theatre and Visual Artists
Kristin Perkins and Lindsay Livinston, Theatre and Media Arts With my collaborators, Pearl Corry and Aloe Corry, I constructed installation, video, and visual art pieces and presented this art as part of an exhibit entitled Striking the Set. Our initial objective was to use collaboration between theatre and visual artists in order to encourage healthy […]
Globalization of Western and Middle Eastern Cultures Through Fashion
Rebekah Silver Jackson and Mary Farahnakian, Theatre and Media Arts The intent of this ORCA project has been to explore the relationship between the West (specifically the U.S.A) and Middle East through a new perspective: fashion. With the help of my mentor, Mary Farahnakian, who immigrated from Iran, I studied Middle Eastern fashion identifying elements […]
From Staged Reading to Fully Staged Models for Academic Production of New Works
Preston Yates and Timothy Threllfall, Theatre and Media Arts Last January at BYU, we had the incredible opportunity to work with one of Broadway’s best composures, Frank Wildhorn. This came about due to a master class that Frank was holding at BYU in October of 2013. He was very impressed with the level of talent […]
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