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Writing Stories That Have An Impact, Andrew Rogers Jan 2025

Writing Stories That Have An Impact, Andrew Rogers

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Social Justice & Raising Awareness: The Stories That Need To Be Told, Christopher Eastman Jan 2025

Social Justice & Raising Awareness: The Stories That Need To Be Told, Christopher Eastman

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Write What You Know: Serving Others Through Purpose Driven And Honest Storytelling, Breanna Porter Jan 2025

Write What You Know: Serving Others Through Purpose Driven And Honest Storytelling, Breanna Porter

Theses and Dissertations

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Tea Leaves And Other Stories: Expressing Themes Of Change And Loss Through The Magical Realist Style, Olivia Geist Jun 2024

Tea Leaves And Other Stories: Expressing Themes Of Change And Loss Through The Magical Realist Style, Olivia Geist

University Honors Theses

"Tea Leaves and Other Stories" is a collection of "tiny" (1 - 2 page) film scripts and one longer, seven page script that study how themes of change and loss can be expressed through the magical realist style. Inspired by Isabel Allende's essay, "The Short Story", these scripts are both a study of magical realism in film as well as a reflection on the author's process as a writer and the themes present within her work.


Taking Risk As A Storyteller, Megan Liguori Jan 2024

Taking Risk As A Storyteller, Megan Liguori

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Great Race, Willard Bullock Jan 2024

The Great Race, Willard Bullock

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Anti-Hero Struggle: Mental Health And Addiction Overwhelming The Postmodern Protagonist, Nicholas Michael Durdan Jan 2022

The Anti-Hero Struggle: Mental Health And Addiction Overwhelming The Postmodern Protagonist, Nicholas Michael Durdan

Theses and Dissertations

Essay: The Anti-Hero Struggle: Mental Health and Addiction Overwhelming the Postmodern Protagonist -- Script 1: Shades of Death -- Script 2: Borderline -- Script 3: iSassins -- Script 4: Fake News.


Giving Voice To Everyday Characters In Extraordinary Circumstances, Andrew D. Hasselbring Jan 2021

Giving Voice To Everyday Characters In Extraordinary Circumstances, Andrew D. Hasselbring

Theses and Dissertations

Giving voice to everyday characters in extraordinary circumstances -- Undesirable donor -- Blowfish -- Behind the lavender door


Vampires, Fandom, And Feminism: Updating The Vampire Horror Screenplay Through Themes Of Empowerment, Mckinzie Smith May 2020

Vampires, Fandom, And Feminism: Updating The Vampire Horror Screenplay Through Themes Of Empowerment, Mckinzie Smith

University Honors Theses

In this thesis supplement, the three major themes of McKinzie Smith’s screenplay Lifeblood are elaborated on in detail. In an effort to craft a screenplay within the horror genre that is modern and meaningful, the vampire myth was adapted to apply to the contemporary conversation surrounding power dynamics and gendered violence. The theme of fandom is shown to expose those power dynamics in a familiar, relatable way for a teenaged female audience. These two themes filter into the broader feminist intention of the work, aiming to provoke conversation about power in fandom spaces as well as provide catharsis for young …


Fight, Flight, Freeze: A Series Of Short Films On Sexual Assault, Emma Mazurek 19 Apr 2019

Fight, Flight, Freeze: A Series Of Short Films On Sexual Assault, Emma Mazurek 19

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Fabulistic: Examination And Application Of Narratology And Screenplay Craft, Nicholas Devan Snead Jan 2011

Fabulistic: Examination And Application Of Narratology And Screenplay Craft, Nicholas Devan Snead

Theses Digitization Project

This project contains a literature review, a discussion, and an original feature length screenplay. The review of literature examines the various structuralist-inspired theories of narratology and the three-act structure method of screenplay construction.