Considering ways to assess digital compositions and their results (i.e., media products) is an important part of the author's pedagogical practice as a teacher educator. Discovering ways to evaluate the quality, effectiveness, and efficacy of these compositions and products presents an important aspect of responsive, critical instruction. Yet this…

Listed in this "Guide" are 68 schools where a student can major in film, and an additional 233 schools where film courses are being taught. The schools are listed alphabetically by state. Each entry is headed by the name of the school and the department sponsoring the film program. This is followed by the mailing address and the name of the…

This book covers the aesthetic and production aspects of the 1951 musical film, "An American in Paris," through interviews with many of the production specialists who helped make this motion picture. The film represents the genre of the color Hollywood musical. It was the winner of six Academy Awards, featured a major star and a developing star,…

In this essay, the author discusses her experiences in creating her film about Hawai'i Creole. She shares how she chronicles the essence of local life in the film through Pidgin. She also discusses how she came to understand the power of Pidgin, its centrality in people's lives, and its place in defining the uniqueness of Hawai'i. As the author…

In this article, the author shares how his dissatisfaction with religion textbooks led him to use novels as texts for his religion classes. Among the novels that he used were "To A God Unknown" by John Steinbeck, "The Stranger" by Albert Camus, "A Burnt-Out Case" by Graham Greene, "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller, Jr., and "Franny…

"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" is a story about Georges Melies that the author began thinking about over 15 years ago and took about two-and-a-half years to complete. The book is about a boy named Hugo Cabret, an orphan living secretly in the walls of a train station in Paris who becomes involved in a mystery that ties him together with a mean old…

"Crash" (P. Haggis, 2004) depicts the intersection of race, ethnicity, religion, and social class in a culturally and politically charged environment. The result is a film that places the viewer in situations that are void of simple right and wrong solutions. The authors describe an experiential learning activity that is based on using "Crash" to…

Stories of people killing people are a central part of culture and contain profound statements about important human issues. Senseless killings are particularly problematic. The long history of senseless killings in movies leads up to the 2007 movie, No Country for Old Men, in which senselessness has been raised to a peak. Although it is not a…

From special audiovisual supplement, "There's an 8mm in Your Future.

Article developed from remarks made to the University of Illinois Institute for Advanced Study in Aesthetic Education held in the summer of 1967.

A special committee of North Carolina library staff compiled an annotated listing of 50 16mm films concerning the heritage theme and the Revolutionary War period. The films are listed alphabetically by title, and the entries include information about length, rental and purchase price, age appeal, and a brief summary of the contents. Most of the…

This new second edition of an index to 16mm educational films lists alphabetically by title approximately 27,400 films. Each entry includes a brief description, codes indicating producer and distributor, whether in color or black and white, running time, series title reference, edition if other than first, year of U.S. release in 16mm, and…

This index to 8mm motion cartridges contains almost 10,000 entries, arranged alphabetically both by individual title and by series title in the main section of the book. Individual title entries include title with subtitle, size and physical description, length of film, stock or color code, description of contents, series title reference when…

Six major topics relating to film distribution are discussed in this last of a series of three articles. The first topic deals with contracts, including matters such as the possession of the original material, the production of prints, granting of rights, advance payments and income percentages, legal advice, breach of contract and liability.…

Different authors' attitudes toward film are revealed through five different sections of this book: (1) articles, essays, and reviews pertaining to the silent cinema and the transition to sound; (2) general statements on the film medium or filmmakers and their messages; (3) essays dealing with the problems, involvements, and reflections of the…