Intellectuals lament the disappearance of community, a nostalgia for the small town that has supposedly given way to the anonymous crowds of the city. Likewise, scholars have talked about "discourse communities" in romantic terms, referring to a place where all share the same values. However, a more urban view of social life, in which…

This report summarizes a project conducted by a group of catalogers from film archives devoted to nitrate preservation, which explored ways of developing a database to provide a complete film and television information service that would be available nationwide and could contain filmographic data, information on holdings in archives and…

The authors review a Granada Television Documentary entitled "State of the Nation: The Parliament" which presents the viewer with a comprehensive inside look at key decision making on a major government bill in the British Parliament. Suggestions for classroom use are provided. (DE)

This survey of audiovisual productions on the topic of youth suicide identified all available audiovisual productions in the area of adolescent suicides through existing catalogs and reviews, contacts, and specialized database searches; 99 films or videotape productions were then screened and reviewed as part of the development of a catalog by the…

A study examined the effects of published film reviews on viewers' interest in and evaluation of the reviewed film. In the film interest experiment, 89 undergraduate students were randomly assigned positive, mixed, or negative reviews of a British film. The control group received a review of a different film. Subjects were asked to read the…

Designed for use as supplementary instructional material in a cultural anthropology course, this learning module examines concerns that should be addressed when using ethnographic films to explore cross-cultural perspectives. Beginning with a brief discussion of the purpose of ethnographic films, the filmmaker's perspective is discussed, stressing…

The annotated listing contains 314 summaries of films on physical education and recreation for handicapped persons. Entries include title, length, availability information, and a brief description. It is explained that the document is an expansion of a 1973 publication. Contents are indexed according to specific areas of interests. (CL)

The items in this report represent the proceedings of a national conference that examined the diversity in the objectives and processes of instruction present in university-level programs in film/video education and sought to identify a common core of systematic procedures that could serve as a basis for defining the discipline of film/video. The…

The result of an exhaustive review of literature on the subject of film audiences, this bibliography is intended to provide film scholars with a reference tool, to act as an impetus for renewed research interest in the often neglected areas of film audience uses and gratifications, and to provide an update to UNESCO's 1961 bibliography concerning…

By concentrating on critical analyses of motion pictures, English teachers at all levels can instruct their classes in the intelligent viewing of screen presentations. Teachers should emphasiz e that the film maker uses the powerful techniques of camera placement and the "rhythm of cutting" to determine the impact of the movie; that the image, not…

Franco Zeffirelli's film "Romeo and Juliet" is appropriate for classroom study because of its relevance to today's youthful rebellion, to current social pressures, and to the generation gap. After viewing the film and seeing the images and moods of the performers, the students are better prepared to read the play imaginatively. (Numerous…

Several techniques for teaching film appreciation to adults are discussed, including the use of audio cassettes, instructional films, silent films, and film dissection. Included are the techniques, philosophy, and content of a seminar on the short film, in which the short film is viewed as a variant of a short story, a pop song, a joke, and a…

An English unit built on a theme of current interest to high school students--such as cars, motorcycles, and snowmobiles--may involve several classroom activities: (1) a general discussion prompted by relevant newspaper and magazine articles, films, popular songs, and poems; (2) individual and group projects--reports or panel discussions--derived…

The four lectures in this publication were composed with the common concern for making the study of high school English more effective and more delightful. Papers are (1) "Robert Frost's Chicken Feathers" by C. W. Geyer (discusses the influence of oral folklore and humor on Frost's poetry); (2) "Nature in Literature" by Gerhard T. Alexis; (3)…