Provides an apparatus for the analysis and evaluation of television by categorizing the existential media factors such as light, two- and three-dimensional screen space, time-motion, and sound. The correlation of one factor, time, with experiental phenomena such as instantaneousness and irrevocability of the moment and the complexity of the…

Describes the process involved when intermediate students produced an original film during the last three weeks of the school year. (MAI)

The advantages in preparing and producing radio-type production for classroom use are detailed. Focus is placed on the roles and responsibilities of teachers, media specialists, and pupils. Some specific production activities to facilitate instructional experiences are defined. (Author)

An industrial arts teacher tells how he set up a film unit using animation instead of live filming. The article includes storyboard and exposure sheet forms and photographs of students at work. (MF)

In an effort to determine if television can be used to teach severely and profoundly retarded children, an interdisciplinary team began production of the "HiHo Time" series. The program's content, staff, production techniques, and indications of its success are described. (Author/CMV)

Students in a course called "Media Now" in a Washington, D.C., high school use various media hardware and production techniques to film and record their own television commercials, with emphasis on becoming more discerning about the effect that mass communications have on people's lives. (MF)

Describes how a part-time instructor promoted the formation of a student newspaper. (KS)

Discusses recent developments in video technology, especially small format video, that have made possible low cost instructional television production. Highlights include a new production model, orienting the client to the instructional design process, techniques for in-house video productions, editing, and possible uses for this new technology.…

Outlines the process of adapting/directing literature for performance on the stage. Also emphasizes the importance of establishing a perspective on the material and creating a visual context and explains the process involved in the formation of a production concept. (AEW)

Discusses several considerations of which trainers should be aware when teaching the following radio production techniques to trainees in developing nations: equipment use, use of talkback facility, scriptwriting, location interviewing, drama production, educational radio production, and editing. (MBR)

Presents a historical perspective of videodisc technology and technical examination of Optical Disc Corporation's (ODC) LaserVision system, an audio/video communication system which stores composite signals on videodisc. Also discussed are premastering, mastering, and replication steps in videodisc production; videodisc player design and…

Compares the judgment of students and personnel professionals regarding four distinct methods of resume reproduction. Finds a modest difference, students showing slightly more tolerance for poorly reproduced copies. (MS)

Describes 10 units in a course on "film noir," a cinema that tells stories of alienation linked to issues of social and sexual power. Includes units on visual and narrative style, space, classic detective tradition, and emotional solitude.(PD)

A workable solution to the problem of how to test out an interactive video program before paying for videotape production and editing involves creating a videotape template of the computer program's flowchart to reproduce the actual interactive experience and thus check for program accuracy. (MBR)

Describes how to record and study two-dimensional collisions using video-recording equipment. These techniques have been used by students in a calculus-based physics laboratory for such experiments as the analysis of conservation of momentum on the airtable. (JN)