Although Australia had a vigorous film industry in the silent film era, it was stifled in the 1930s when United States and British interests bought up the Australian distribution channels and closed down the indigenous industry. However, the industry and film study have undergone a renaissance since the advent of the Labor government in 1972,…

Discusses the renaissance of Australian film, analyzes films of several Australian directors, and comments on the differences in Australian and American national characteristics and viewpoints. (PD)

Uses an instructional perspective to investigate the potentials and problems concerned with the documentary film form and suggests materials and methods that might be used in implementing an instructional approach which delimits parameters in the documentary area. (MH)

Outlines a history of film course concentrating on John Ford. (CH)

Several techniques for teaching film appreciation to adults are discussed, including the use of audio cassettes, instructional films, silent films, and film dissection. Included are the techniques, philosophy, and content of a seminar on the short film, in which the short film is viewed as a variant of a short story, a pop song, a joke, and a…

Surveys the structure of different types of short films. Analyzes the short film as a rhetorical entity and considers production techniques and patterns of distribution. (PD)

Media, specifically documentary films on television, profoundly affect both social structure and man's psychological percepts. The clash of views depicted is between "print man" (using U.S. Representative Harley Staggers as an example) and "electronic man" (portrayed as Frank Stanton of CBS) centering on Stagger's objections to…