Jill Haney anticipates the public unveiling of the multimedia graphic design projects she and her classmates have been working on for months.

She said one project, a feminist flipbook created by her peer and titled "Jane is a Bitch," visualizes the morphing of a picture of a woman into a dog.

Haney (senior-graphic design) added these types of projects are fascinating because of the social undertones.

"These videos are enigmatic and leave you wanting more," Haney said. "I like figuring things out for myself."

Senior graphic design majors will showcase their original animations and short films at the 34th Annual Film Follies at the Thomas building on Saturday night.

Last fall, 14 students were enrolled in GD 400 (Time and Sequence), which is reserved exclusively for seniors in the major.

Lanny Sommese, professor of the course and head of the department, assigns group projects with general guidelines through which students can dive in creatively.

The projects in the event include a reinterpretation of a fairy tale using only typography, a split screen film shot via two video cameras and a flipbook.

Sommese has been on board since Day 1 when he aided in its inception in 1971. He noted the radical technological overhaul of the field of graphic design over a triple-decade span.

"It started as cave paintings," Sommese joked, "and now is completely computerized."

A typical graphic design showcase has students crafting everything by hand and utilizing two or three slide projectors, which are now antiques, Sommese said.

Lesley Hartman (senior-graphic design), whose work will be on display, said students always look forward to attending or participating in Follies.

"Every year, the show can get stronger," Hartman said. "The films are completely different, and even if the guidelines are the same, there are new people involved and that puts a new twist on everything."

This year's theme is the multiple-meaning 'Wel-Come Back,' a salute to visiting alumni and an invitation to younger students to return next year.

The department received a new design studio in Borland Lab last fall. Hartman is "expecting a lot of alumni to come back and see our new space."

For the first time, Follies is setting up shop on the merchandising end. Students will be selling T-shirts and buttons at the event, the proceeds of which will go toward resources for next year's show.

The tech crew of students is in charge of compiling videos for the introduction and conclusion of the evening.

But this is the first year a Film Follies Web site (filmfollies.com) with clips of student work was established. Sommese said the motivation for it had to do with aiding students as they wade through the downtrodden job market.

"We wanted to network them as best we can," Sommese said. "That's what we should do."