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Movies and Minors.
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Considine, David M. – Top of the News, 1984
Discusses basic film story types which concern adolescents: delinquency or peer group, school life, sexual awakening, family life, sport and/or animals, and anguished adolescents. Critical criteria for judging films are also considered, including style and statement, images and issues, and form and content. Fifteen sources and recommended films…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Content Analysis, Film Criticism, Filmographies
More Films Kids Like. A Catalog of Short Films for Children.
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed.; And Others – 1977
Annotations of 200 children's films, selected through evaluations of reactions of children at screenings at several schools in New York City and upstate New York, are included in this catalog. The introductory material reviews the screening and evaluation process and provides a glossary of related terminology. The films are then presented in…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Films and Feelings.
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1981
Children's emotional responses to films are the focus of the four articles in this issue designed for media specialists and educators. Following an editorial discussing the responsibilities of media as put forth by Bruno Bettleheim, the first article presents a methodology and rationale for using story films to encourage children's exploration of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Emotional Experience
Young Viewers/Film Review Supplement. Issue Number 2.
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers/Film Review Supplement, 1980
Designed for media specialists and educators, this issue reviews 19 short films produced between 1956 and 1978. Films range from 2 to 24 minutes in length and include both verbal and nonverbal live-action and animation films. Although most of the films are aimed at elementary-aged children, a few are also suitable for teenagers and adults. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Children
Young Viewers/Film Review Supplement. Issue Number One.
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers/Film Review Supplement, 1979
Designed for media specialists and educators, this issue reviews 16 short films for children under the age of 14. Films included in the review range from 2 to 29 minutes in length and include song, puppet, verbal, nonverbal, and live-action animation. Topics cover fantasy and fairy tales, handicapped children, advertising techniques, inner city…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Content Analysis, Educational Media, Educational Resources
Humanistic Films.
Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1981
Designed for media specialists and educators, this issue includes seven articles focusing on humanistic films for children. Following a brief editorial encouraging the ideals of humanism, the first article presents an analysis of seven films with positive sex-role models. Included is a model for evaluating children's films. The second article…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
American History on the Screen: A Teacher's Resource Book on Film and Video.
Wilson, Wendy S.; Herman, Gerald H. – 1994
For many students, films and television provide not only a chief source of entertainment, but their only glimpse of history outside of a formal classroom. This book aims to stimulate media awareness and critical viewing skills in students through lessons in critical analysis and historical interpretation of selected films. The films chosen for…
Descriptors: American Indians, Audience Response, Blacks, Colonial History (United States)