This book is a complete guide to make-up for film and television productions. As such, it emphasizes how make-up will look under the lighting systems that filming requires. Beyond that, however, it is useful to those doing make-up in stage productions as well. It begins with discussions of facial anatomy and of the tools in the make-up kit. Then…

Based on the assumption that the techniques of the television cameraman are specialized and cannot be compared with the operational problems of filmmaking, television studio equipment and the camera are introduced, prefaced by a discussion of the qualities desirable in a cameraman. Composition and movement are dealt with at length, as are the…

This book explains the workings of closed-circuit television and also explains how television can be used to greater effect by making use of films, slides, and audiotapes. It is written for those who will be making closed-circuit programs. Although it discusses technical equipment, the explanations are written in a non-technical style. Topics…

"Grafilm" is a new medium which combines a variety of graphic and illustrative techniques on film stock. For example, by drawing on film it is possible to create a new type of animation. The emphasis in this book is on a graphic/poetic approach to film-making rather than a photographic/prosaic one. The book consists of a series of projects which…

This collection includes essays by and interviews with more than 30 film-makers, both classic and contemporary, on the subjects of their major interests and procedures in making films. The directors are: Louis Lumiere, Cecil Hepworth, Edwin S. Porter, Mack Sennett, David W. Griffith, Robert Flaherty, Charles Chaplin, Eric von Stroheim, Dziga…

This booklet provides instruction, for junior high and senior high school actors and their teachers, in the basic concepts and vocabulary of theatrical communication. Suggested exercises include practice in combining dialogue and movement, mastering knowledge of stage areas and body positions, and working with scripts on stage. Criteria for…

Dealing with both documentary and feature films, this book is a guide to using particular tools and procedures in developing ideas and concepts for writing film scripts. Part one deals with the factual, or documentary, film and discusses the proposal outline, film treatment, sequence outline, shooting script, and narration writing. Part two…

Focus in this paper is on the importance of materials technology, the matter and energy crises, and the interrelatedness of our increasing need for materials, and the implications for education. Following a short history of what materials have done for man and what man has done with materials, particularly in the development of various metals and…

How young children, even kindergarteners, can use media equipment to produce their own creations. (HB)

Examines the criteria used in selecting winners for the Radio Television News Director's Association (RTNDA) awards. (Author/GW)

Description of a course designed to give teachers at a polytechnic institute the skills necessary to conceive, script, and produce an educational television program with guidance from media specialists. (STS)

Government support of coal liquefaction Research and Development has created the conditions that make possible the development of needed technology. With the proper government incentives, pioneer plants will lead to lower costs, and this, plus rising prices, will create the conditions necessary to develop a multi-plant industry. (Author/MA)

Students should become involved in the production of messages to be transmitted by both non-electronic and electronic media. (DD)

Discusses the production of photo essays (or slide/tape presentations) as a teaching technique with elementary school students. (AA)

Describes an activity using interchangeable, preset tool holders to provide a demonstration for parents or students attending a school's open house session that produces a small souvenir (an aluminum mini-chalice) for them. A procedure sheet for the school's individual lathe and specification diagrams for making the cup are provided. (TA)