Darl Larsen

Keywords Western, short film, 35mm film, production College Fine Arts and Communications Department Theatre and Media Arts Abstract The goal of this project was to produce a short film on 35mm while providing practical field research opportunities for many students in the Media Arts program, including myself. I was initially responsible for writing and directing the film, but also ended up producing the film as well.

Keywords Terry Gilliam, films, fantasy, reality College Fine Arts and Communications Department Theatre and Media Arts Abstract My ORCA project was a study of the films of director Terry Gilliam. I found that the most accessible angle to begin to understand his body of work was by looking through a lens of Peter Wollen’s structuralist auteur criticism. This approach entails looking at the binaries common to many of Gilliam’s films—such as fantasy vs. reality, birth vs. death, individual vs.

Keywords film festival, BYU students, media arts College Fine Arts and Communications Department Theatre and Media Arts Abstract After receiving the award from the Office of Research and Creative Activities, I set out to follow the exact design of my proposal in accomplishing something for my fellow Media Arts students and friends.