Journal of Undergraduate Research

Chelsey Roberts and Professor Mary Farahnakian, Theater and Media Arts As the lid of the first box was lifted off I became giddy. I couldn’t help but reach out and touch the golden yellow silk flapper dress. My fate to the BYU Historic Clothing Collection was sealed. It was the last week of classes of […]

Mackenzie Larsen and Professor Stephanie Breinholt, Theatre and Media Arts The purpose of my Orca project was to learn more about Fitzmaurice Voice technique directly from Katherine Fitzmaurice at one of her workshops in New York and use the techniques I learned to team-teach a Voice and Diction class for the Theatre and Media Arts […]

Jared Jakins and Professor Thomas Lefler, Theater Media Arts Introduction The production of this documentary has been extensive, and in the process the project was renamed “Ghosts on the Mountain.” The film examines the isolated lifestyle of H-­‐2A guest workers in the American West by subtly exploring the emotions that come with their occupation. The […]

Michael Hammari and Dr. Paul Deurden, Theater and Media Arts It was the intent of this research to identify and analyze the current and possible marketing practices of independent, local musicians based in the Provo Area. In order to accomplish this objective three methods were employed. First, local musicians were interviewed to examine their current […]

Isaac Walter and Professor Rodger Sorensen, Theatre & Film Both Peter Brook1 and Jerzy Grotowski,2 two of the most important theatre directors and theoreticians of this century, have stated that the basis for all theatre is the actor/audience relationship. It is what makes theatre a unique art form. Without this relationship you may have another […]

Danielle Peterson and Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones, Dept. of Theatre and Media Arts The Project Most children’s theatre involves adults putting on plays for kids. Rarely are the children given the opportunity to sit in the creative seat. With this particular project, I attempted to shift the paradigm of “children’s theatre.” Working with the local […]

Kenneth Merrill and Professor Jeff Parkin, Theater & Media Arts This project began as a poorly-written draft of a script about a woman struggling against the strict social pressures of the 1950’s. I took on the task of turning it into a film because I liked the setting, the action, the tight dialogue, and I really […]

Rebekah Jackson and Dr. Mary Farahnakian, Department of Media and Theatre Arts This project has been an involved approach to studying the history of costume design both through conventional research and the more tactile, construction process. While Edith Head is a renowned costume designer with many books and articles on her life work, less has […]

Ryan Little and Professor Tom Lefler, Theatre and Media Arts As a student of cinematography I have focused most of my studies on “Sensitometry,” the science of measuring the response of photographic emulsions to light. The way in which a film is exposed, processed and viewed can affect the degree to which the film=s sensito-metric […]

Brian Hochhalter and Professor April Haws, Theater and Media Arts John Steinbeck noted in Travels With Charley that “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” So I have found in my research efforts. I originally embarked on a journey to investigate narrative cinema techniques that […]