handed to company members at Wednesday night Junior Achievement meetings, at which time students had the opportunity to audition for parts or be assigned to technical positions. Actors were responsible for coming up with their own costumes and make-up. Hands-on All-Student Production: In the early years, an adult directed the show, but by 1974, the production was entirely student-directed. Students would receive studio training, and "qualify" to run camera, audio, and studio switcher. Students ran all technical posts, including directing, floor directing, projection, and VT. Students recorded and edited the shows. Students designed and built all sets and props. As 1981 production manager Heidi Moser recalled, "We had an amazing amount of creative freedom. I remember kids 'experimenting' with the studio switcher in ways the adults never considered. 'What happens if I do this?' We frequently pushed technology to the limit." During the summer months, students shot and edited 16mm film using a Bolex camera. Film and animation would later be edited by student editors and sound dubbed in the studio. Students sold advertising time, and often produced commercials for local advertisers. Technology: In the 1968 season, Beyond Our Control was black and white. Thereafter, programs were videotaped in color. Until 1982, the majority of the program was produced in the WNDU-TV studios and recorded on 2" videotape. Some bits were shot on 16mm film, cut and spliced, sound dubbed, and transferred to videotape. As news technology changed, film was no longer developed in house, and news crews used mini-cams. From 1983 to 1986, after WNDU moved into a new studio off-campus, Beyond Our Control was videotaped on location with minicams on 3/4" tape. Company Members Company members who went on to greater fame include Larry Karaszewski (Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Daniel Waters (screenwriter, Heathers), David Simkins (screenwriter, Adventures in Babysitting), Diane Werts (film critic, creator of "For Better or Werts"), Dean Norris (SAG Award-winning actor, Breaking Bad), Traci Paige Johnson (animator, creator of Blue's Clues), Phil Frank (journalist, videographer, and documentary producer ), Chris Webb (screenwriter, Toy Story 2), Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (fantasy novelist, Night Calls ), Corrie Wynns (journalist for WMAQ radio, AP Radio Network and Sheridan Broadcasting Network), Patrick Pritchett, executive assistant for Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron, poet and English professor, and Mary Willems Armstrong (co-author of Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series ). An