2024 Cinematic Works - 2024

I decided to create this social media project because I wanted to find a creative way to share with my family and friends what I have learned in this class. I began with an outline of my first posts and the main ideas I wanted to get across.

For my final project I have decided to make a video made up of images with a backdrop of a piece for cello and piano played by me and a pianist I will find. The piece I found to be the background music is called “Tres Campanas de Rere” (Three Bells from R...

The video “MAN” by Steve Cutts has greatly impacted how we view humanity’s impact on Earth. It depicts man’s relationship with the natural world starting 500,000 years ago to the present day. Animals are transformed from their natural form to clothing ite...

Humans have had a major impact on the biosphere in the history we’ve been around. We often don’t think about the ways our actions affect the other species we live with even though life has existed on Earth far longer than humans have.

The Earth’s global average temperature has risen by a little bit less than 2℉ since the Industrial Revolution. My song, “2 Degrees” tells the story of how that temperature increase can affect our lives, both now and in the future.

Throughout the semester one of the things that stood out to me most was the loss of biodiversity and the increase of deforestation. As someone who grew up in Idaho only a short drive from the mountains and forests the thought of them being destroyed is he...

Percussion has been a part of my life for a very long time. As I thought about what I wanted to do for this project, writing an indoor percussion show was one of the first things that came to my mind.

The planet is in trouble. Above and below the earth’s surface,the many crises that lay between the melting ice caps can’t be resolved by anything less than a global effort. What can one person do?

My name is Miriam Penrod and I am a Chinese Major! I find joy in learning Chinese and in challenging myself to improve in my personal language abilities. I believe that words are powerful and should be spoken with thoughtfulness and good intentions, no ma...

For my project, I created a short kid’s book. My inspiration for this is that my niece, Ruby, who I dedicated the book to, loves to read her books and her stories.