Category: Student Media Projects

Bara Bara/Scattered (1979) 28:02

This documentary was part of the Market Oral History Project. The outbreak of WWII led to the relocation of the Japanese-American community of South Park; this video tells…

Community Artist Television 3: Not Sold In Stores (1987) 40:10

Advanced media students, faculty (Sally Cloninger and Phil Harding) and staff (Peter Randlette and Dick Fuller) formed an experimental media collective in spring ’87 to produce a weekly…

Community Artist Television 2: Rhythm (1987) 45:24

Advanced media students, faculty (Sally Cloninger and Phil Harding) and staff (Peter Randlette and Dick Fuller) formed an experimental media collective in spring ’87 to produce a weekly…

Community Artist Television 1: Who We Are (1987) 25:02

Advanced media students, faculty (Sally Cloninger and Phil Harding) and staff (Peter Randlette and Dick Fuller) formed an experimental media collective in spring ’87 to produce a weekly…

Eat The Sun (1975) 21:18

An early example of the “fake” documentary? A cult film about a cult leader? An ironic commentary on an Evergreen education? This award winning student film by Jim…

Out On The Periphery (c. 1974) 14:03

An early student film by Hollywood director, Steve De Jarnatt about psychoanalysis.  Shot entirely in the Evergreen racketball courts, this highly stylized black and white sync film stars…

How to Bring Democracy to the Fish (2006) 2:00

Drew won the Seattle Times’ 2007 Three Minute Masterpiece competition for this drawn animation, his final project for Animated Visions: Allegories of Resistance program (2006). The program was…

Magdalena (2006) 1:40

This short film was a final project for Animated Visions: Allegories of Resistance program (2006). The program was taught by Ruth Hayes, Pat Krafcik and Leonard Schwartz. (2006)…

Death Fugue (2006) 3:00

Two students produced an animated interpretation of  the poem, “Death Fugue” by Paul Celan. This was a final project for Animated Visions: Allegories of Resistance program (2006). The…

Get Got (2005) 7:30

Is it a dream?  A parable about the dangers of technology or something completely different?  Take a ride in this  hand-drawn character animation by Bryan Fordney. This was…

The Red Scare (2008) 6:45

Inspired by both early Hitchcock and the horror films of the Cold War era, The Red Scare critically examines eroticized violence against women in the horror genre and…

Excerpts from a Diagnosis (2008) 8:48

Excerpts From a Diagnosis explores the mental effects of living in a constrained society laden with consumerism and addiction. The video combines animation, interviews, still images and text…

Endless Tunnel (2008) 5:12

The filmmaker describes Endless Tunnel as an exploration of a stress saturated world, examined through a mixture of techniques and styles, mainly encompassing the relatively new stratastencil animation…

Ebb and Flow (2008) 4:09

Perpetual transformation expresses the fleeting yet continual nature of life in this hand-drawn and painted exploration through dreamscapes of life, death and renewal. The video was a final…

The President’s Speech (2007) 8:14

Based on a short story by Oliver Sacks, this short mixed media narrative was produced in the Student Originated Studies: Media Program 2006-2007 that was taught by Ruth…

Pet Knot (2007) 3:20

A stop motion animation that experiments with texture that was produced for the Student Originated Studies: Media Program 2006-2007(Faculty: Ruth Hayes and Julia Zay). (2007) Length 3:20 Produced…

Bird Feedin (2007) :56

A short digital animation produced in the Student Originated Studies: Media Program 2006-2007  that was taught by Ruth Hayes and Julia Zay. (2007) Length :56 Produced by Chris…

A Bad Day for Wearin’ the Big Boy Pants (2007) 3:49

Animation produced in the Student Originated Studies: Media Program 2006-2007 that was taught by Ruth Hayes and Julia Zay. (2007) Length 3:49 Produced by Alex Tripp.

Daddyji (2006) 10:00

An autobiographical-narrative about how family, home, and belonging integrate together. The video chronicles a trip to India with the artist’s father to rediscover his past. This was a…

This Time of Peril (2006) 8:50

Brief experiments which consider the  trials of modern living.  This was a final Project in Mediaworks 2005-06 (Faculty Sally Cloninger and Julia Zay). (2006) Length 8:50 Produced by…

Tsunami Escape (2006) 10:00

A tragicomedy of sorts…like life: full of strange and beautiful contradictions. John Randolph Thompson calls it “a self portrait of American decay…truly post-post-modern.” This 16mm film was a…

My Family History: The Legacy of Crypto-Jews and How they Came to New Mexico (2006) 9:40

An autobiographical documentary about the crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal, and how, 500 years after the inquisition, Hispanics of the Southwest have discovered remnants of their Jewish Heritage….

Felo De Se (2006) 10:00

A surrealist portrayal of addiction and solitude and perhaps, an  awakening from sleepless nightmares. This 16mm film was a final Project in Mediaworks 2005-06 (Faculty Sally Cloninger and…

Pine Cone (2009) 23:00

A fictional coming of age movie about the relationships between four high school students. The story takes place in one evening at the characters favorite and often frequented…

Film School University (2009) 15:00

Thank you for your interest in Film School University. Here you will find a diverse curriculum, pleasant staff, and an animated student body. One visit to our campus…

Off Key (2008) 3:46

This homage to the UPA modernist style animation of the 1950s and 1960s tells the story of Henri, a boy without a soundtrack of his own, who attempts…

Tiem Thuc Forgotten (2005) 10:44

Three generations of  oral histories by women affected by the Vietnam War. This was a final project in Mediaworks 2005-06 taught by Sally Cloninger and Julia Zay. (2005)…

Coolympia (2008) 23:15

Olympia’s first official student-produced experimental family television show. For the best in local animation, music, puppets, and silliness, fans tuned in on TCTV channel 22. Originally cable cast…

Alo! 86th Street (2009) 10:47

Alo! 86th Street is a semi fictionalized experimental autobiography that uses mixed media, personal archival footage and found footage to explore contemporary post Soviet Jewish identities, Brooklyn, and…

How Much Bacon Can You Eat? (2005) 2:23

Alex Tripp can eat a lot of bacon. This was a final project in Mediaworks 2005-06. (2005) Length 1:30 Produced by Alex Tripp

Aesthetics of Animality (2007) 6:54

A mixed media piece produced in the Student Originated Studies: Media Program 2006-2007 taught by faculty: Ruth Hayes and Julia Zay. (2007) Length 6:54 Produced by Emily Mercer

10 Days (2009) 8:00

A short experimental animation about Lauren’s experiences at a silent Vipassana meditation retreat.  This was a final project in Media Artist Studio 2008-09 (Faculty-Sally Cloninger). (2009) Length 8:00…

Psycho Film Students (1989) 14:51

This is a final project produced in the one quarter coordinated studies program, Visual Humor that was taught by Sandra Simon and Sally Cloninger in Spring 1989. A…