Journal of Undergraduate Research

Brent C. Reeves and Professor John Lee, Theater & Media Arts The results thus far of being accepted for the 1996-1997 ORCA scholarship are (1) my first motion picture screenplay, twenty-seven pages in length, (2) various story boarded, or handdrawn and illustrated scenes and sequences from the screenplay, and (3) much gained wisdom and experience […]

Janine Michelle Sobeck and Dr. Rodger Sorensen, Theatre and Media Arts Commedia dell’arte is the Italian theatrical form that ruled supreme from the 13th – 18th centuries. Created in a time when the theatre tradition in Europe revolved around the classic, “cold” theatre, commedia is often seen as a revolt, becoming wildly popular while managing […]

Jana Schurig and Dr. Dean Duncan, Theater Media Arts Department Some of the best lessons of life are found in folk and fairytales and classic children’s stories. The aim of the Theater and Media Art Department’s Children’s Media Initiative is to adapt these tales and stories for the screen in order to produce short films […]

Joshua Romney and Dr. Eric Samuelsen, Theatre and Media Arts “I am an apparition. An echo of events long since past. Burned into my frame are the stories, brutal deeds, and bloody failures to which I have been witness. October 30, 1838. Colonel Jennings of the Missouri State Militia orders an attack on the Mormon […]

Amanda Dabney MANGA: What is it? Where did it come from? And why does everyone in Japan love it? I have a friend, Blair Sterrett, who spent a few years in Japan when he was younger, and he often recalls his experiences there with appreciation and longing for the culture he grew to love. Interestingly, […]

Sylvia Loehndorf and Dr. Eric Samuelsen, Theatre Media Arts The five weeks I spent in Europe completing the primary research and performance of Enchanted April afforded a different research focus than I had originally intended. The program’s director changed the format of the endeavor before rehearsals ever began. What originated as an endeavor in primary […]

Brent Leavitt and Dr. Dean Duncan, Media Arts Department The following information details our production group’s attempt at producing the Light Princess. Ultimately the project didn’t make it much further than the conceptualization and pre-production phase. However, as it did take place in an educational setting there were many experiences facilitated by the initiation of […]

Justin L. Cook and Professor Jeff Parkin, Theatre and Media Arts Capoeira is an art form that originated in Brazil during the time of the slave trade. According to legend it was used as a form of communication and unification amongst the African slaves from varying tribes and lingual backgrounds in defying their masters. It has […]

Scott Christopherson and Professor April Chabries, Theatre and Media Arts When I originally acquired funding from the ORCA office I entitled my project Mormons and Drugs. I had planned on making a documentary film chronicling the lives of Latter-day Saints that struggle or have struggled with drug addiction. I was enrolled in a documentary production […]

Jared Cardon and Professor Kelly Loosli, Theatre and Media Arts Department Early in Fall of 2004 I purchased and completed a series of DVD tutorials on advanced CGI animation techniques with the hope that I would be able to reimburse myslef for the purchase with ORCA funds. These DVDs covered a variety of subjects, including modeling, […]