Cut! That's a take! An author's experience with a screenplay provides insights for young filmmakers. (Editor)

Provisions of the new law cover many issues important to educators, including rights for videotaping TV programs off the air, showing films, copying material for interlibrary loan, performing dramatic or musical works, and especially duplicating printed material for classroom use. The new guidelines are explained briefly. (LBH)

Suggests that literature and film have untapped potential for increasing understanding of intercultural relations, pointing out both problems and advantages in the use of these mediums. (Author/CB)

Reviews four films from independent filmmaker Tom Davenport's series, "From the Brothers Grimm," and shows his use of ideas and images from folk literature. (EL)

Describes a college course on German culture in which the criterion for the inclusion of any topic in the syllabus is its mention--preferably recurrent--in the German press. Additional emphasis is placed upon the historical background of the current events. Classes are a combination of films, lectures, discussions, and student reports. (SED)

When used to supplement print materials, explore dimensions of interpretation, and raise questions about bias, films can prove valuable aids for arousing students' curiosity about the past. Films that can be used in secondary classes to teach about the sixties are described. (RM)

Computer games, rock video, television, and movies are robbing teenagers of time they should be using to develop their minds. However, the electronic media do have a positive potential. A 10-item reference list is provided. (Author/DCS)

Indicate that male college students viewing five R-rated movies depicting violence against women came to have fewer negative emotional reactions to the movies, to perceive them as significantly less violent, and to consider them significantly less degrading to women. (PD)

Describes the difficulties in finding a balance between the masculine and feminine within one's self and the world. (CRH)

Describes the early stages of empathy in counseling--emotional reaction, role-taking, and cognitive suspension--from the perspective of the aesthetic/film literatures. Describes how audience emotional states are created and explains how counselor educators and supervisors can use this information to help counselors increase their empathic…

Reports on many news items of importance to the scientist and educator. These include a new Engineering degree, building a biological culture analyser, remote satellite sensing in geologic exploration, and others. (GS)

The issues dealt with in contemporary films portray a variety of social problems. Counselors can use films to discuss the issues dramatized, facilitate responses to the situations experienced, and encourage consideration of alternative responses. (Author)

Presents an annotated bibliography of books, journals, and films on various subtopics of geophysics, including geodesy, seismology, granity, geomagnetism, geochronalogy, and plate tectonics. (MLH)

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) asks youths aged 12 to 17 whether they have talked with at least one of their parents during the past year about the dangers of tobacco, alcohol, or drug use. Youths are also asked whether they have seen or heard any alcohol or drug prevention messages from sources such as posters, pamphlets,…

This paper, written in Spanish, examines the viewing guide for the film "Breaking Away." The guide, prepared by the United States Information Agency, was intended for the use of teaching English as a Second Language. It is evaluated, along with the movie, to determine whether it fulfills its objectives of providing enriched and critical thinking…