Editing techniques enable audiovisual producers to merge viewpoints of a single subject and condense time and space between scenes, leading to more engaging videos. However, for content aimed at young children, these techniques may compromise intelligibility if not correctly understood, thus posing a risk to the overall learning experience. This…

The youth media movement, which now has a place in countless venues, communities, and scholarly discourses, reflects an evolution of practices pioneered in the 1950s and 1960s as amateur filmmaking increasingly became a reality in American families and schools. In this paper, we examine the films of Robert J. Clark, Jr. as a representative early…

When students engage with technology to produce media, impetus and inspiration often come from the work of others. In today's new media environment in which students blur the line between school-based technologies and personal devices and engagement, educators find themselves standing on a railroad track facing a speeding high-tech train. If…

Good instructional storytelling engages students' attention and cognitive abilities to the end of more effective learning, and instructional researchers have discussed whether the principles of storytelling could lead to the same or similar results if applied to educational situations beyond only telling traditional stories. But despite this…

The thirty-third annual International Student Media Festival was held last October in Anaheim. The authors went to see some of the activities, feel the electricity generated by the students, teachers, and parents in attendance, and visit with some of the participants. This wonderful showcase of the best student-produced media in the nation has…

Summarizes events of an International Environmental Film Festival held in Boulder, Colorado. Includes reviews of new environmental films and videos presented and discussed by filmmakers, producers, and directors. Describes filmmakers roles in environmental activism and two outreach programs of the festival: Greenschools and Global Action Plan for…

Successful makers of "persuasive films"--i.e., films which attempt to incorporate the viewers' attitudes in the message in order to influence them--were surveyed for this study to determine the procedures used in the planning and production of educational films. This survey replicated a 1981 study by Simonson, but included several follow up…

The author describes her experiences in producing a videotape program for deaf students. The program uses students' talents and is comprised of four parts: information on some aspect of contemporary living, career interviews with deaf adults, information on leisure activities, and an historical topic. (CL)

An analysis of creativity in the production and development of educational films specifically designed for instructional purposes. (HB)

A discussion of local production of live action 8mm films with subtitles. (Author)

A discussion of the value of using film making as a method of teaching in schools. (HB)

In his previous articles (1997, 1998, 1999), the author developed a theoretical and applied approach to analyzing interactions between the uses of constructive design elements in a wide range of images and the anticipated responses by their viewers. This Image Presentation Theory--IPT--is based in the traditional cinematic concepts of "window" and…

WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRES FROM UPWARD BOUND PROJECT DIRECTORS, THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES BRIEF DISCUSSIONS AND SELECTED REFERENCES FOR (1) INSTRUCTIONAL USES OF FILMS, (2) TYPES OF FILMS, (3) SUBJECT MATTER OF FILMS, (4) AVAILABILITY, SOURCES, AND EXPENSE OF FILMS, (5) STUDY OF THE FILM AS AN ART FORM, AND (6) FILM PRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE…

How to develop film for classroom use. (HB)

Intended to provide the user with alphabetical access to over 9,000 nonbook educational media producer-distributor names and addresses, this volume was compiled from the computerized data base of the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). First, an alphabetical guide to producers and distributors by name is presented containing…