This paper was written as a masters thesis for the City University of New York Graduate Center’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program. It describes the unsustainable nature of our civilization and suggests ways to achieve sustainability. It won the Liberal Studies department’s first Annual Thesis Prize for best departmental thesis. William Kornblum served [...]
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The Unexplainable Bonefish
This was a proposed television series in which host Dr. Wiley Bonefish and a crew of puppet lab assistants would humorously help kids explore paranormal science using the scientific method.
Read the The Unexplainable Bonefish - Series Proposal .pdf.
© 2000 Edwin Budd, Tamara Budd, Mark Meritt and Alex Diehl
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Seriously Gratuitous: The Making of Gratuitous Violence
This documentary short motion picture is a behind the scenes look at the making of Gratuitous Violence. It was shot on a VHS camcorder and edited with the camcorder and VHS VCR. True to its name, it is notable for being longer than the movie that is its own subject.
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The digital video [...]
Kornell Kinema
This documentary motion picture short was produced for a course in filmmaking with filmmaker Marilyn Rivchin at Cornell University during Mark”’’s undergraduate studies. A study in contrast, the piece plays with filming techniques to explore the Cornell University campus through different kinds of motion. The title is also a play on the name of the [...]
Makin’ Magic
In 1990, the Masque and Mime Society celebrated its 25th anniversary as the drama club of Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls, NY. A gala celebration was held, including dinne and a nearly 4-hour live retrospective of selected scenes from the organization’s past performances. Made for the event and shown at the beginning [...]
