Defines the concept of reflexivity as the structuring of a product in such a way that an audience assumes that the producer, the process of making, and the product are all part of a coherent whole, and contends that an audience needs to be made aware of these relationships. (MH)

An address before the University Film Association (1980) in which a filmmaker/university teacher talks about the Hollywood studio system and various aspects of film: acting, directing, editing, writing, and teaching. (PD)

Examines four types of film directing and the programs available to students wishing to pursue careers as directors. The categories of directing are feature films, independent films, sponsored films, and commercials. Limitations of existing programs are outlined. (JMF)

Reports on an interview with a distinguished filmmaker and university teacher. Summarizes VanDerBeek's teaching methods and his ideas on the ideal visual arts program, the difficulties of balancing a teaching and professional career, and student attitudes. (PD)

Details the Vienna Film School's program, including outlines of courses offered and projects required. Highlights the suggestions of three professional film directors who teach the program and a student participant. (JMF)

Explores the ethical dimensions of documentary filmmaking by reviewing current documentary practice, analogous issues in the social sciences, and the "right of personality." (MH)

Discusses two distinct models of film production, the Pecking Order/Assembly Line Model and the Partnership Model, and contends that the differences in ideologies between the two models affect all phases of production and are reflected in the end product and in the effect of the end product on the audience. (MH)

Demonstrates how the Partnership Model can be utilized in the real world by showing how it served as a guide during the production of a film on female menopause for the College of Human Medicine. (MH)

Recounts the Floridians attempts over a seventy year period to make the state a center for filmmaking, noting that Florida currently ranks fourth in total film production expenditures. (MH)

Discusses the American film history myth about the chaos of sounds entry into motion picture production and concludes that the major studios were well-prepared for the innovation. (MH)

During December 1980 a five-member delegation from the Beijing (Peking) Broadcasting College's Communication Education Department visited comparable U.S. university departments. Author interviewed Zhu Yujun, only woman in the delegation, who lectures on film production in the department of television production. (PD)

Sketches the nature of early theater, vaudeville, and film competition. Focuses on one tool of competitive strategy--protection by copyright. (JMF)

Discusses the film industry's conversion to color cinematography in the period between the 1920s and 1960s. Cites economic considerations, technological modifications, and aesthetic preferences by audiences as factors in this development. (JMF)

Investigates the strong newspaper heritage in early animation, citing two principal figures in newspaper comic strips which were the predecessors of animated cartoons. (MH)