This student manual is part of a kit that is designed to teach the use of visual language as a means of communication and self-expression. It provides space for note-taking and information the student needs to execute the practice projects assigned by the teacher. Three appendices in it offer a glossary of terms, bibliography, and brainstorming…

This bibliography of about 200 periodicals dealing with film covers several types of magazine: scholarly journals on film aesthetics, like "The Film Journal"; news notes for movie fans, like "Film Nut News"; magazines which cover films as well as the other arts, like "Cue" and "After Dark"; film education periodicals, like "Media and Methods";…

The post-World War II period was one of the liveliest in the history of the cinema. This is a collection of 33 critical articles on some of the best films of the perd. Most of the essays explicate the themes and symbols of the films. The essays deal with these films: "The Apu Trilogy,""L'Avventura,""Balthazar,""Blow-Up,""Bonnie and Clyde," Citizen…

The purpose of this book is to examine the nature of the narrative film in regard to those characteristics that distinguish this art form from the other narrative arts. Elements of the film medium are examined for their possibilities for cinematic expressiveness. The major procedures for shaping and organizing a cinematic narrative are discussed,…

This Film Focus series presents selected information about the respected and controversial French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard and his films. Information is documented through reports of interviews, reviews, essays, and commentaries. Included are filmographies of Godard's films, beginning in 1954 and continuing through 1972. Also, there is a selected…

Film makers, professional or amateur, will find in this volume an extensive discussion of the adaptation of film technique to television work, of the art of the camera operator, and of the productive relationships between people, organization, and hardware. Chapters include "The Beginnings," an overview of the interrelationship between roles in…

An essential part of the study of silent films is the development of an understanding of the atmosphere and environment in which they were presented.

How one station broadcasts news from eight towns by using Super 8 film. (Author)

Presents reviews of 76 new short films chosen for their quality, impact, and teaching value in the classroom; films are arranged in thematic categories. (MAI)

Supplements the idea of the realistic spy story as reflector of modern problems with a theory of its meaning or a "metaphysics" of the genre. Available from: Thomas L. Erskine, Co-Editor; Literature/Film Quarterly, Salisbury State College, Salisbury, Maryland 21801, Subscription Rates: individuals, $6.00; students, $5.00; single copies, $2.00. (MH)

Offers information about aesthetic films, their study in class as an art form, and the procurement of such works from the Media Center for Children in New York. Compares film to literature and contrasts the language of film with verbal language. Lists some of the best films tested with children and film distributors. Outlines film discussion…

Provides a course survey of the structure, conditions, functions, and operations of the American film industry. (PD)

Describes prominent film archives in the U.S., including several university collections. (PD)

Explores the rhetorical factors which underlie this British film's extraordinary popularity with American audiences. Argues that the rhetorical force of the film comes from the struggle between moralism and materialism, two aspects of the American Dream, thus providing a uniquely powerful American experience. (PD)