Describes a visual media course which covers the following: (1) communicative value of basic elements of design in photographs; (2) construction of messages in photo essays and advertisements; and (3) technique of scripting for moving images in scratch films. (PD)

During December 1980 a five-member delegation from the Beijing (Peking) Broadcasting College's Communication Education Department visited comparable U.S. university departments. Author interviewed Zhu Yujun, only woman in the delegation, who lectures on film production in the department of television production. (PD)

Still photography is useful as a teaching aid for demonstrating the technical aspects of photocomposition. In analyzing still photographs of his own making or from magazines and books, the student learns to move beyond simple expression which may not interest others to a point where he thinks in terms of communication combined with the intent to…

More than 5,400 entries are included in this first attempt to cite and classify all English language books, monographs, and dissertations about film that appeared from 1940 to 1975. Intended as a source of information about existing film books and as a tool for researching available literature on any film topic, the bibliography uses ten basic…

While in some respects it has never been easier to teach film and video production, in other respects it has never been more difficult and beset with inconsistencies. For instance, pervasive advertising products of the video networks (i.e., epic scale commercials and music videos) frequently engage in the anarchy of postmodern excess, making it…