An overview of the textbooks for teaching directing from the 1920s through the 1980s reveals several trends in how directing has been taught. The books published before World War II indicate that classes were intended for the director of community theater and school productions. All aspects of play production are included, such as techniques of…

The literature of film and literature of television are, to a large extent, two separate entities. The major film theorists have not had much to say about television, and television has inspired few theorists of its own--few, that is, whose major concern, like the film theorists', is aesthetics. One of the earliest forms of commentary on…

The pressure to produce products assures thoughtless imitation and replication in video production. As J. Lynch (1984) observed of the early music video industry, "they borrow the techniques of Dada, Surrealism, and abstract film, and as K. Dieckmann (1985) concurs, the "commercialized industry takes up avant-garde practices to sell…

Authors discuss their introduction to Super 8, and considerations for initiating a Super 8 film making program in a school. (Author)

Senior theater programs can act as catalysts for involvement of senior citizens, promoting self-confidence and fostering creativity. Myths about older people (concerning senility, incompetence, decline in intelligence, learning, rigidity, and retirement) should be recognized as inaccurate stereotypes and as barriers to active and productive lives.…

This study of the relationship of computer technology to character animation focuses on the advantages and constraints of developing three-dimensional characters for computer animation. Three different levels of the complexity involved in animating characters are examined: (1) a three-dimensional computer environment and simple motion within this…

Specific procedures for planning, producing, distributing, and evaluating newsletters are provided in this guide intended for the staff of voluntary organizations who have limited or no prior editing experience. Topics covered include the functions and purposes of a newsletter; staff qualifications and duties, and the organization of a newsletter…

A study of the patterns of shot length and camera distance and movement in over fifteen feature films. (CH)

This bibliography contains 143 listings under six main headings, with some overlapping of items. The stress is on recent works which update a 1969 bibliography of 400 items. (Author)

Based on experience gained from helping secondary students produce numerous puppet shows for children, this paper provides a step-by-step guide to the production of puppet plays by secondary students. Following sections that tell about puppeteering and about different kinds of puppets, separate sections of the paper offer suggestions in the…

An observer can identify a trend in television news presentation style toward the dramatic, not only in the sets and the personnel, but more importantly in the choice of what is deemed newsworthy. A thesis is proposed by many suggesting that television is a regular ritual of many viewers of which news is a minor part and that television's first…

This paper analyzes Paul Gregory's 1951 production of "Don Juan in Hell," now considered to be a seminal work in the development of professional and educational readers theatre. The paper contends that the production, which presented a nondramatic work without the usual emphasis on design and spectacle, forced a reexamination of the role…