TFTV Impact Report 2021/2022

ENGAGING ARIZONA
High School participants in TFTV’s outreach program Stories Travel are joined by family, friends, teachers and TFTV mentors at their end of semester
presentation on campus at the University of Arizona.
• With support from the Provost’s Investment Fund and guidance from Arizona Arts in Schools executive
director Brad Richter, TFTV launched the first semester of Stories Travel, the School’s high school outreach
program. Stories Travel introduces students to a variety of storytelling methods and provides them with
mentorship and resources. A goal of the program is to empower the students to imagine a place for
themselves on campus and to encourage them to consider developing their creativity and studies in the areas
of theatre and film/television at the college level. Meeting daily over the course of three months, Stories Travel
paired students from Flowing Wells High School with three instructors representing the University of Arizona
and the School of Theatre, Film & Television. Through a series of fast-paced and fun exercises, Theatre Studies
Adjunct Instructor and Stories Travel curriculum lead Wolfe Bowart guided students in a variety of ways to
tell stories, considering obstacles, objectives, and conflict, and examining their own life stories, family stories,
stories from films, animations, and fairy tales. Design & Technical Production Professor of Practice Matt Marcus
examined the many technical ways of capturing sound and led students on a journey of audio discovery.
UA Digital Learning Videographer/Producer Luis Carrión covered foundational concepts of documentary
production, such as editing, pacing, sound, lighting, and point of view. The semester concluded with two
events on campus – students were given a comprehensive tour led by TFTV Associate Director Yuri Makino,
and on a separate evening were invited to share their productions for an audience of family, friends, school
teachers, and TFTV faculty and staff. “This experience has helped me learn more about how I do creative
things and has given me new creative strategies,” said Flowing Wells student Kayden. “After this program
I decided that I want to try my hand at doing film as a career. I’m grateful for this opportunity,” said fellow
student Elijah.