2013 Festival of Scholars
Creative Concepts
| Date: | Thursday, April 26 |
| Time: | 10:00am - 11:00am |
| Location: | Humanities 124 |
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Student Abstracts at this Session
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Student(s): Jennifer Campbell Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
The Doom of Dr. ZingowThe goal of this project was to create a wall story. This process began by brainstorming, accumulating pictures and words to invoke creative ideas. Out of these creative ideas emerged characters, such as Lankreen, the beautiful warrior princess. Also, places and things emerged, like the vortex, a time traveling pathway, and a contraption made to remove the mind-controlling brain video eggs. The methodology occured in the development of a concept book using creative collaboration, sketches and descriptions of each component of the wall story. By combining these elements, a universe call “The Doom of Dr. Zingow” emerged. |
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Student(s): Jennifer Charles-Funk Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Invisible InjusticeThemes of fighting for freedom and searching for truth in a society that oppresses individualism and creativity is encompassed in the dystopia Tiwora. Tiwora is a grid-locked system that uses the majority of mindless slaves to support the wealthy few. Through Klono's attempt to rescue society from complete injustice and government control, he also struggles with his own journey of self-discovery. This is a story of struggle against government power, as well as an individual struggle for self-empowerment. The purpose of this presentation is to represent how the abuse of power in government can lead to an invisible injustice among the general society of the people, and how that can take a toll on the individual. The methodology of my work was through the use of developing creative concepts, both artistically and by story development. |
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Student(s): Rachel Hengst Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Plant ManThe purpose of my presentation is to tell Plant Man's story. He is a man who faced eternal sadness, and as a result, thrust the entire world into imminent doom. The story continues into the future to provide a warning to future generations about the dangers of loss and hopelessness. The story ends in a positive light with the salvation of the planet and the re-institution of the human race. My presentation will attempt to express the importance of the human emotion and how a community can work together to defeat a common enemy. My methodology of the creation of this story was a long and involved artistic process involving a large amount of group collaboration and personal creativity. The ultimate result was a story, an artistic representation, and this presentation. |
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Student(s): Emma Hopp Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Themes of Hopelessness, Loneliness, Depression, Fate, and Finally LoveA young boy and young girl both grow up feeling lonely and hopeless because of the loss of their loved ones. The two grow into depressed young adults because of their lack of hope for being loved as they were by their deceased loved ones. They fatefully meet one another and connect instantly, learning that fate does exist and they fall hopelessly in love living a life they never thought possible. Their hope for finding happiness out of their depression is what brought them together, and helped them to find this true, deep love. This story aims to prove that no matter how hopeless you feel, a little hope and fate will bring you to where you're supposed to be. Using magazine clippings and my imagination as inspiration for this story, my characters and settings were developed. |
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Student(s): Kody Miller Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
The Power of True LoveWhat if the only way to save your true love was with extreme acts of bravery? Dusty, a surfer on vacation in Florida, is jet skiing off the coast when he comes face to face with a giant girl that is under a curse that causes her to never stop growing. The curse can only be broken by eating a magical cookie. To make matters worse, a sadistic witch vows to kill anyone who attempts to break the curse and save the giant girl. Dusty must embark on a series of extremely dangerous adventures in order to save the girl of his dreams. The purpose of "The Giant Girl" is to show the power of true love. Group collaborations, story boarding, as well as creative writing exercises were used to create this project. |
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Student(s): Carly Murphy Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Car CrashWhat if you were lost in the magical land of Nowhere and were taken advantage of by an evil bartender? This is the story of Caitlyn, a teenage American girl, who crashed her car into a binko-banko. After wandering through time and space, she finds herself in the company of several evil characters, including a bartender and world-famous street performer. In this presentation, I invite you to follow Caitlyn as she tries to avoid the evil creatures that reside in the land of Nowhere on her adventure to find home. The presentation will highlight inspiration and points of creative development. This project was created through brainstorming sessions with classmates and collaborative concept art meetings that led to the complete development of characters, places, and things in the land of Nowhere. |
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Student(s): Jordan Parrott Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Klono: How Tyrannical Rule Breeds the Urge to FreedomKlono is a about a world in which a tyrannical ruler named Ation is in control of the city Tiwora. Clones of citizens are kept under a form of mind control and forced to do manual labor. One clone, Klono, escapes from the control of Ation in a daring escape and begins not only to learn about his origins, but also fighting for the freedom of his people. Klono is about how Ation's quest for power leads to a tyrannical rule, which leads to the clone's urge for freedom. When a ruler lusts for power they will do anything to get it. The people will only take oppression for so long before they will no longer accept it and fight for their own freedom and rule. The methods used to develop this project were conceptual development, conceptual design, and adaptation. This project is an offshoot of the project "Tiwora". |
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Student(s): Kayla Peralta Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Analyzing The Power of Love vs. The Love of PowerSara, a small town girl with big ambition, discovers an ancient necklace with the power to give the wearer eternal life in Guatemala. However, black market thugs recognize the value of the piece and will do anything to get it from her, even if it means killing her. The love of power consumes all, but when is this love too much? The power of love is what should captivate the soul, not the lust for superiority. The Boss lets the love of power overcome him, to the point where it destroys him, while power of love saves Sara.The purpose of this project is to analyze the differences and advantages of the power of love over the love of power through the protagonist Sara and the antagonist called the Boss. Through creative concepts, Photoshop, Illustrator and PowerPoint, we can explore the deepest depths in the ocean of love. |
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Student(s): Quinlan Smith Faculty Mentor: Mr. Daniel Restuccio |
Themes of Greed and Addiction Explored Through an Original Multimedia PieceThe reader/viewer will be exposed to a story about a main character whose journey comments on today's societal values, especially the conflict between greed and compassion. The protagonist will present an inner struggle to overcome the greed he feels for the material world and sacrifice everything he has to defeat the antagonist of the story. The opposition to the main character represents big business and how it devalues human life. All of the evil in the corporate world manifests itself into the, money and power obsessed antagonist, who will stop at nothing to appease his greedy desires. This story was created through multiple creative writing sessions involving a chosen theme, in this case greed, and it was developed by writing from different viewpoints and through other types of media. |
