A survey was made of 600 business education teachers in secondary schools about their preferences concerning the content, length, and style of free-loan educational films. Teachers were also asked to name the best such film they had seen recently. The results of the survey are reported in tabular form. (EMH)

A quality assurance program is outlined that could be employed during the development of prenarrated sound/slide instructional packages. The characteristics described were selected to be both: (1) important to instruction and (2) capable of being measured objectively. These criteria were selected in order to develop a program that would be…

An excellent way for an undergraduate, novice director of television and film to pick up background experience in directing performers for cameras is by participating in nonbroadcast-film activities, such as theatre, dance, and variety acts, both as performer and as director. This document describes the varieties of activities, including creative,…

A literature survey of works dealing expressly with computer animation of motion pictures is presented in this report. Twenty-four papers are cited, ranging in date from 1964 to 1969. The papers are divided into three categories: general discussions, animation languages, and specific applications. The author provides a short description of each…

Part of a language arts program developed under an ESEA Title 3 grant, this curriculum guide for film study in the 10th grade is intended to help students (1) view films more critically, (2) understand the procedures of film making, and (3) appreciate the film as a work of art. Nine films are recommended for viewing, and sample lessons, including…

A variety of screen education courses were designed, implemented, and evaluated in a public school system. Specific objectives of the courses were to teach screen education together with English skills and subject matter, to teach film production to interested students, to teach about media operation and performance, and to demonstrate that media…

Designed for the instructor in the humanities, this article presents a methodology for the teaching of any film using Walter Colmes's film "The Women Who Came Back" to demonstrate the method. The cinematic code and the response which this code elicits from the viewer are discussed. Specific shots and sequences are cited as examples of…

Descriptions of instructional television films produced by the National Instructional Television Center (NIT) are presented. Three major groups are listed, the first of which consists of 61 film series for elementary or secondary students dealing with the following subjects: art, career development, communications, early childhood, foreign…

This document, which represents a survey of the entire health career film field, was designed to provide information for people interested in a health career. The guide indicates that a major criteria for film selection was recency; however, some older films that give a fairly accurate image of a profession were included, with some emphasis given…

This directory of selective film titles has been prepared to serve as a ready index to many of the films of potential value for the enrichment of a corrections curriculum. Recognizing that the list is not complete, the directory has been assembled in a manner which allows for adding titles by alphabetic sequence on the blank sides of the pages.…

In this survey of the technology of film production, some applications to television are also discussed. Various chapters cover photography, sound recording and reproduction, studio production, film processing, duplicating methods, and final screen presentation. The equipment needed in film production is discussed in detail, including cameras,…

The study was concerned with the effect of dual-media instructional instruments (film and programed text) on learning the method of mathematical induction by college freshmen. One group read the programed text at intervening times during the film showing; one group read the text before and after the showing; and a third group viewed the movie…

A test instrument was developed for analyzing the ability of various kinds of viewers to predict what will happen next in various kinds of films. The test instrument was based on the standard verbal cloze procedure, but it was adapted for nonverbal material. The test was validated by showing that it could detect differences in (1) entropy patterns…

BLACK AND WHITE FILMSTRIPS THAT REPRODUCED STILL PICTURES AND SOUND TRACK FROM EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTS WERE USED TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ETV REPRODUCTIONS IN AIDING POOR ACHIEVERS. THE SPECIFIC ADVANTAGE OF SUCH A REPRODUCTION WAS THAT IT COULD BE PACED TO THE LEARNING TEMPO OF THE STUDENTS RATHER THAN USING THE TOO-FAST PACE OF A…

Reviewed are books and films in pure and applied sciences intended for students from elementary school to the second year of college, for the general reader/viewer, and for professional reference for teachers. Reviews indicate the level of difficulty from preschool to professional, an appraisal from highly recommended to not recommended, a signed…