Joseph S. Choi and Dr. David Allred, Physics and Astronomy As current microtechnology advances toward building nanosize components for computers and aerospace devices, oxidation of thin films can have dramatic effects on the electronic and optical properties of these devices. In order to understand optical properties of thin film materials and their oxides in a […]
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“Libelous Films”: Mormon and Gentile Efforts to Suppress Anti- Mormon Films, 1911-1912 Summary
Jacob W. Olmstead and Dr. Brian Q. Cannon, History Late in 1911 the motion picture trade journal Moving Picture World announced that the film A Victim of the Mormons was slated for release in the United States during the first week in February 1912. Of Danish origin, this film rehearsed the fictitious travails of a […]
Film Music Aesthetic Foundations
James Guymon and Dr. Dennis Packard, Philosophy Since its earliest beginnings film has been the subject of intense philosophic study. It has naturally followed that the industry has become a playground/battlefield for the creatively thoughtful, where a person’s rationale is often more important than her finished product. It is this environment that has nurtured a […]
Terry Nails the Sale: Senior Narrative Film Project
Dustin Condren and Professor Stan Ferguson, Theatre and Media Arts After filming my third-year narrative film project, I felt ready for a significant change. Everything that I had done up until that point had consisted of stories of college-age men struggling to come to terms with their own weaknesses and desires. Essentially they were all […]
Inspire or Damage: a Documentary Film about Travis Eberhard
Brad Barber and Professor Thomas Lefler, Theatre and Media Arts In making this documentary film, my original intent was to document Travis Eberhard’s personality, humor, and goals as a recently BYU-graduated film student. Specifically, I wanted to achieve this by not asking him any questions about what it was like to live with a wheelchair. This […]
The Effects of Soviet and Post-Soviet Political Climates on the Transposition of A.S. Pushkin’s Belkin Stories from Literature to Film
Geoffrey Griffard and Dr. Raisa Solovyova, Germanic and Slavic Languages First of all, I must say that it was a great honor and privilege to receive the ORCA award and the opportunity to set off on my own academic journey. I was able to work with two of my greatest loves—film and Russia. In the […]
Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Atomic Force Microscopy Probe Tips with a Silicon Dioxide Thin-Film
Jed Whittaker and Dr. Robert Davis, Physics and Astronomy Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a useful method for obtaining images of surfaces on the nanometer scale. It has been used to image surfaces in many environments, including in atmosphere, vacuum and fluids. The resolution of these images is subject to the size of the probe […]
“A Spooky Evening” Chinese Film Project
Randy Astle and Dr. Darl Larsen, Theatre and Media Arts Chinese folklore has been a rich mine for artistic production for hundreds of years, and continues to be so today. For example, Chinese ghost stories, such as in the medieval compilation of dozens of ghost stories in the work Strange Tales of Liao Zhai, have […]
“WATER IN THE DESERT” A CREATIVE PROJECT IN FILM
Jonathan Walker and Professor Stan Ferguson, Theater & Film The ORCA grant allowed me to make a short narrative film about the struggles of a pioneer mother to maintain her temporal and spiritual survival. It is set in Southern Utah shortly after Brigham Young sent the first settlers to that region. Because of the harsh […]
Film: A Stranger at Hamilton
Bradley E. Wilson and Professor Stanley P. Ferguson, Media Arts The concept of the research and creative film project revolves around the life changing conversion of John Taylor to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in April of 1836. The research and pre-development work on this project has opened many new vistas that would […]
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