Because large scale individualized learning systems place excessive demands on conventional means of producing audiovisual software, electronic image generation has been investigated as an alternative. A prototype, experimental device, Scanimate-500, was designed and built by the Computer Image Corporation. It uses photographic, television, and…

The techniques of writing and directing an educational film are covered in this book. The book has been written with the intent that it will serve as a guideline for native Koreans interested in producing instructional films for their country. The author begins with a description of the various types of educational films and the uses to which they…

The open stage is discussed both as architecture and as part of a new theatrical style. In reference to use of the open stage, emphasis is given to specifics with which the director must deal, to special problems of the actor, to the approach to blocking a play, and to the open stage as "theatrical experience". The architectural advantage of the…

A series of essays examines the potential of cable television (CATV) for increasing the diversity and quality of television programing. Specifically, they explore what an electronic box office could do to encourage new production sources and develop new mechanisms for distributing programing in the humanities and performaing arts. The introduction…

This study deals primarily with recent academically oriented critical material, but it also embraces the range of film criticism that has been written for the mass audience in newspapers and periodicals. The study considers eight types of critical approaches to analyzing film: the journalistic approach, which contains both a reportorial-review and…

The assumptions behind open education, when applied to television, suggest that children should create their own television programs based on their interests and experiences and that these programs should be disseminated widely. The availability of videotape systems and the rapid development of community cable television (CATV) makes these ideas…

The aim of this book is to enable everyone working with light in photography, cinematography, and television to build a methodical, rational foundation for techniques from which personal creativity can grow. Fundamentals about the nature of light are explored in a first chapter, and similarities and differences between the eye and the camera in…

A montage of thought and comment on motion pictures is presented, from short articles to cartoons, quotes, poems, drawings and pictures. Included are descriptions of how movies are possible, techniques of filming and editing, criticisms, history, the effects of films on the people who watch them, and personalities of the people involved in films.…

Production of transparencies on an overhead projector can be very helpful in improving instruction. Techniques for producing transparencies either by hand or on a copy machine are covered visually in this handbook. Advantages of overhead projection are listed first; then the operation, cleaning, and maintenance of overhead projectors are covered.…

This booklet provides instruction, for the director of junior high and senior high school plays, in the effective arrangement of characters on stage. Suggested exercises include the construction of still-picture tableaux on stage (using scenes from fairy tales and Chekhov's "The Bear") and the implementation of "blocking"…

Explores the relationship between research, evaluation, and decision making from the viewpoint of a researcher who has been involved in broadcasting. (JY)