Argues that unlike "white" films which range at will over the full spectrum of human possibility, "black" films have been mired in the rut of a single formula--the so-called action film which deals with marginal anti-social elements in the Northern urban ghetto; black creative input behind the scenes has been virtually nil. (Author/JM)

In order to locate and study the primary sources needed in film research, a combination of bibliographies, advice from experienced research workers, and scripts, pressbook files, and film-print collections must be used. This discussion provides suggestions for locating and using archival film materials and examines some of the standard references…

Discusses animated films as an alternative to the sound tape in oral comprehension teaching. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This study focused on the psychophysiological reactions of viewers seeing such selected cinemagraphic elements as varying camera distances, tracking shots, panning shots, and zooming shots. Subjects (N=29), randomly selected from introductory speech courses, viewed five films that varied in the presence or absence of the selected filmic elements.…

A psychological/ritual model of criticism is used to examine the movie "The Deer Hunter" as a rhetorical event in which males undergo psychological change through their war and postwar experiences. The critical model depends on understanding a Jungian interpretation of the human psyche, the form and function of initiation rituals, and…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO PREPARE A PLAN WHICH WOULD PERMIT AN ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE SHOWING OF THE CONTENT OF A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION ENTITLED "THE REVOLUTION IN INSTRUCTION." IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO PACKAGE THE PRESENTATION IN THE FORM AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS. THE REPORT PROVIDES A RATIONALE FOR THE…

There are two distinct models of film production. One model, characterized as assembly line production, is the most prevalent in commercial settings and in universities. The project is initiated through management and progresses in an ordered flow of assembly through the hands of the specialized film workers; power is from the top down. The…

A programed film was designed to provide a basic introduction to the process of programing an instructional sequence applicable to all media. The film was also intended to increase awareness of standards for evaluating a programed instructional sequence and ability to recognize statements of instructional objectives stated in terms too general to…

This study explored foundational conceptions of knowledge currently influencing secondary cinematic arts education, their curricular and instructional expressions, and their relation to instructional methods practiced in this environment. "Congruence" was developed as a method for exploring the assumptions, dimensions, and relations outlined for…

This essay is an examination of a particular kind of change which has been made with some frequency in recent motion pictures derived from novels. Because the market for cinema is youth and the young people of the country are largely disenchanted with foreign languages, motion pictures derived from novels are occasionally rewritten in such a way…

This review has a section devoted to each of the following conference topics: Monographs, Film, Experiment Sequences, Computer-assisted Instruction, Designing a Unit of Instruction, and Toward New Solutions. Each section contains background discussion on the rationale, philosophy, and importance for improvements in the area being considered. The…

A 21 minute sound color film was produced in an attempt to help teachers and educational specialists see people like themselves helping youngsters become more task oriented by the use of operant conditioning and modeling procedures formulated by Skinner (1953) and Bandura (1964). The unstructured and unrehearsed film consists of edited film…

Intended as an examination of both the novel and the film, this study analyzes the themes and images of "Slaughterhouse-Five." The study is divided into three sections: a thematic analysis of the novel; an examination of the images and camera techniques in the film; and a discussion of similar themes in an effort to show how they are…

The program for which this instructor's manual was developed is designed to introduce students to the nature of animation and to give them some facility in animation production. This manual provides the teacher with additional resources and information to supplement what is offered to the student in his handbook (EM 011 290), and with direction in…