The development of black films and the attitudes of the film industry toward black films and black actors are some of the topics examined in this anthology of essays. Section 1, "Nigger to Supernigger," contains such articles as "The Death of Rastus: Negroes in American Films" by Thomas R. Cripps and "Folk Values in a New Medium" by Alain Locke…

Advantages and disadvantages of film as a communications medium are examined and discussed. Advantages are said to be that it appeals to several senses, is a mass medium, makes for a captive and passive audience and one which is visually oriented, arouses empathy and can take audiences to remote locations and other times. Disadvantages are that it…

This bibliography lists major works done between 1957 and 1975 on the parallels and differences between novels and films. The bibliography includes six books, seven chapters of books, four special issues of reviews, ten articles, and four related volumes. (TS)

All courses in film and television offered in Canadian colleges and universities are collectively listed. Classification is by province and by institution. Courses are enumerated and described, and a source for further information provided. An alphabetical index of institutions also is included. The document is in both English and French. (SK)

An overwhelming deterrent to the use of film in the classroom has been the inaccessibility of the films and the complicated projectors required to show them. Eight-millimeter film has the potential to lower the cost of films, making them more accessible, and to make showing them vastly simpler. This paper traces the development of 8mm film use in…

English is concerned with language experience, and because much of today's "language" is experienced through electronic media--television, movies, radio--film courses fall within the English curriculum. A stop-frame projector is essential for classroom analysis of such film devices as framing, establishing shots, and scene composition. Framing is…

This study deals primarily with recent academically oriented critical material, but it also embraces the range of film criticism that has been written for the mass audience in newspapers and periodicals. The study considers eight types of critical approaches to analyzing film: the journalistic approach, which contains both a reportorial-review and…

Approximately 80 16 millimeter (16mm) short films are reviewed in this introduction and guide which attempts to be comprehensive in touching the major areas and styles of 16mm films now being produced. An attempt is made to describe as carefully as possible the style and content of each film and suggest ways in which the films might be used. Films…

This study guide for Arthur Lipsett's film "Very Nice, Very Nice" is in four parts. First, it describes and evaluates the film, discusses Lipsett's unusual juxtapositions, fast cutting, and fragmented speeches as indications of his satirical intent, and suggests that the only meaningful summation of the film's content is through pattern…

Technology has allowed modern educators greater flexibility than ever before. We cannot assume that one method of teaching is correct for every teacher, for every subject, and even for one teacher at all times. This is especially true in use of audiovisual media. Various types of materials and various ways of presenting them are necessary.…

Short critical biographies of over 1,000 organizers, directors, artists, and industrialists who have contributed something to the artistic industry of the cinema are presented in this reference guide. For a companion volume see (EM 010 765). (Author/RH)

This booklet is both an explanation of the independent film (also known as "avant-garde" or underground film) and a catalog of Grove Press' underground films, which are available for sale or rent. The topics covered include ways the independent film differs from the commercial film, the importance of and a short history of the independent film,…

A montage of thought and comment on motion pictures is presented, from short articles to cartoons, quotes, poems, drawings and pictures. Included are descriptions of how movies are possible, techniques of filming and editing, criticisms, history, the effects of films on the people who watch them, and personalities of the people involved in films.…

The catalog lists and briefly annotates more than 3,500 current, second-hand, and out-of-print books about film that are available from Cinemabilia, New York City. The catalog is divided into 37 categories. The section on special genre lists works on horror, science fiction, Westerns, and Tarzan films, ranging from "Drums of Fu-Manchu" to "Movie…

A film is the successful combination of two distinct groups of elements: (1) the technical elements by which the film is made (camera, lighting, sound and editing) and (2) the esthetic elements that transform the craft into an art. This book attempts to combine the study of these elements by providing technical information about the process of…