2021 Cinematic Works - 2021

This piece was inspired by my want to hold myself accountable for my carbon output and to show that even what I would assume is regular life still contributes to a lot of ecological damage. I decided that I wanted to animate part of my day and then discus...

I wanted to show how small the Earth was and how quickly problems are growing.

For this project we wanted to create a project that would merge a creative outlet to the material waste that takes place in America. In unveiling the Anthropocene, our group was very interested in the statistics and facts of how much of America’s resource...

I chose a final project that is a video tutorial of sorts. This video serves as an art lesson and an object lesson in one. I am an Art Education student and I began this project with the thought: “How would I teach my students about the importance of savi...

The anthropocene examines how we, as humans, affect the environment. In theatre, we learn of how the environment impacts us. Our characters and circumstances are deeply impacted by temperature, weather, outside noise, etc.

My final project is a combination of Cinquain poetry, images and music. The poetry is inspired by American poet Adelaide Crapsey who was the first to write this style. It is a short style but each word must be selected to produce the appropriate impact.

My name is Brian Garrick, I am a sophomore Theatre Design student at Utah State University. I focus mostly on lighting design in my major and I thought that using this aspect of theatrical design would be best for evoking emotion.

This earth is full of memories, recorded in the flutter of leaves in the wind and the blue of the sky at midday. For me, one of the most potent is that of Thanksgivings spent in the desert of Arizona. I remember resting on the cool grass as heat from the

Our narrative begins showing the importance of biodiversity on land, in the skies, and in the oceans. We then travel to an island to watch as a news banner displays the catastrophes of an unstable Earth.

Nature has always been important to me. At a young age I found peace in nature exploring the mountains behind my home. Another important part of my life is music. I have played the harp for 15 years and music has become a way to express my thoughts, feeli...

Given my lack of skills in visual art or music composure, I wanted to gear my project to something else I'm passionate about: yoga. I'm a yoga instructor and I love designing classes.

For our final project we decided to create a video that is formatted similar to that of a talk show. Our motivation for the piece is the idea to educate people by entertaining them, as theatre students it is our biggest goal to entertain.

This short film tells the story of the environmental impact made by early settlers of Cache Valley Utah on the Bear River Mountain Range, and how the lessons learned can be applied to the crises facing society today.

For this project, I originally wanted to take a more serious tone with a totally different style of music. I wanted to go for something with a little edge, but as I started to write the lyrics and figure out the overall musicality of the project, I felt i...

For my final project, my goal was to create a video that showcases the beauty of Earth’s versatile surface. My main takeaway from our Anthropocene class this past semester has been that serious changes are necessary.

In this class I was presented with endless information that confirmed, without a shadow of a doubt, that our planet is in a crisis. While I came to this conclusion by simply analyzing data, this issue has unfortunately been deeply politicized.

I believe in the power of a vision. To see where we can go and what we can do is impactful. The first step to seeing where we can go is accepting our mistakes and cleaning up what we can now. The next step is setting up the infrastructure we need to lift

As of March 2021, African elephants have been listed as critically endangered. Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat are blamed for the recent sharp population declines. My artistic approach for awareness was to write a simple video game called "Endanger...

This piece was inspired by my want to hold myself accountable for my carbon output and to show that even what I would assume is regular life still contributes to a lot of ecological damage. I decided that I wanted to animate part of my day and then discus...

This multimodal poem tells the story of the Earth’s decline and the conflicts that plague its rehabilitation. As the poem is read, the viewer experiences watching the drawing come to life, finally viewing the planet grasped in a claw-like hand as wine...

As I spend countless hours exploring the majesty of my piano, I often turn to a nearby window to gaze at the world outside. Just beyond the walls of my home, a lush maple provides ample refuge to the copious avians that take up permanent residence in the

I wanted to create a piece about the harm that human impact has on wildlife. The reason I chose to represent this as an x-ray is because often we pretend like this is a problem that is not easily visible.