Horton Foote was among the television writers who helped make NBC's "Television Playhouse" the most popular live dramatic program on the air during the "Golden Age" of television drama, the period between 1952 and 1957. Foote felt a strong affinity for the land and people of his youth, and modeled the imaginary towns of…

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…

Visual scripting is the coordination of words with pictures in sequence. This book presents the methods and viewpoints on visual scripting of fourteen film makers, from nine countries, who are involved in animated cinema; it contains concise examples of how a storybook and preproduction script can be prepared in visual terms; and it includes a…

The major steps in the making of the film are presented in terms of events, time and cost. Appended are the shooting script, the shooting schedule, a sample of the film director's shooting breakdown, the editing breakdown, and the final draft of the script. (Author/SK)

Some 500 audio and videotapes, scripts, and transcriptions which are available to schools in the U.S. without charge are listed in this catalog. The materials are classified into 15 topics including environmental education, fine arts, health, home economics, industrial education, science and social studies. Each catalog entry describes the…

In attempting the delicate task of adapting literature for Readers Theatre presentation, adapters must recognize two essential points: the importance of creating a script capable of effective presentation and the necessity of maintaining the integrity of the literature--those features contributing to the work's unique, unifying, and distinctive…

This transcript for the National Public Radio's weekly program "Options in Education" concerns American libraries and their patrons. Several interviews provide descriptions of the Library of Congress, an explanation of copyright regulations and the challenges of photocopying, and a personal view of the role of lobbyist for the American…

Four play scripts written by elementary school students. (RL)

The writer's role in making motion pictures was evaluated from the days of silent movies to present cinema. (RK)

Describes a production-oriented course designed to give students experience in writing for film and knowledge of screenwriting techniques and film planning activities. (PD)

Describes a public relations writing course on how to write the PSA (public service announcement). (PD)

Discusses the differences in the characterization of the hero between James Dickey's novel and screenplay, "Deliverance." (TO)

A variation on the Library of Congress (LC) approach to cataloging and classifying screenplays is described. Several deviations from LC practice are noted and explained. The result has been found to be a more workable and relevant method of cataloging screenplays. (Author/SM)

The planning of a literacy program for youth and marginal adults, development of instructional materials and techniques, and its implementation are discussed in this article. (PT)