Suggests that choosing the right type of animation and designing it carefully can communicate messages effectively and economically. Discusses using animation for what it does well; using the right type of animation; and keeping animation costs low. (RS)

Discussion of interactive videodisc (IVD) technology highlights projects developed at California State University at Fullerton that addressed concerns that IVD technology is too complicated for widespread usage. Projects focused on (1) the transfer of videotape to disc; (2) the repurposing of existing videodiscs; and (3) the development of new…

Offers tips for Readers Theatre. Discusses equipment, script handling, the set, reader movement, mime and sound effects, focus, and beginnings and endings. (SR)

Relates five methods that San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater used to get through financial setbacks and the 1989 earthquake, which damaged its building. (PA)

Tips for human resource professionals using televised instruction include rehearsing, observing others, being physically and emotionally prepared, trusting the director, dressing in appropriate colors, using variety and graphics, being oneself, and discussing logistics with trainees before beginning to teach. (JOW)

Studies perceptions of and responses to a production of Barry Kornhauser's play "This Is Not a Pipe Dream" from second, fourth, and sixth graders and adults. Finds that production styles need to be more explicit and organically tied to actions so that metaphoric themes become more recognizably visible and audible to young untrained…

Argues that high school and college productions of Shakespeare that pay minimal attention to set design and costumes and maximum attention to the words will create the most rewarding results. (SR)

Uses examples from two professional sketch-comedy groups and from a summer camp to demonstrate ways to put together a sketch comedy showcase that works well in a school setting. Discusses choosing material, putting the showcase together, styling and making it look good, and the grading process. (SR)

Addresses the career of Ed Pincus, a documentary filmmaker who began making films in the mid-1960s, headed the MIT Film/Video Section in the 1970s, and authored two books on film production. Examines the changes that occurred in the late 1960s in Pincus's documentary theory and practice. (PA)

Describes how, using moderately priced tools that can be easily stored when not in use, a mobile scene shop allows high school students to build scenery to the highest standards and provides a comprehensive theatre experience. Provides a detailed list, discusses making this investment, moving and storing the tools, advice on making the purchases,…

Outlines things to do throughout the year to develop and keep responsible technical theater staff, including praise, matching the right students to the right jobs, hiring professionals to advise when necessary, and appointing crew heads and creating tech crews. Argues that raising status of theater technicians and delegating genuinely important…

Suggests that theatre's capacity to educate is often overstated. Notes theatre created by and for teenagers is especially guilty of proselytizing. Argues the real danger is that the cumulative, subliminal message is that theater is medicine. Suggests that playwrights, directors, and artistic directors leave the education for the classroom and take…

Suggests site-specific theatrical productions can create innovative productions in nontraditional spaces. Discusses the experiences of the author as he directed a site-specific production (Wendy MacLeod's "The Shallow End," set at an indoor pool) and addresses the lessons he learned from it. Includes advice on creating site-specific productions.…

There is a link between the context of production and the content of rap music singles. This research finds that when independent labels owned most of the charted singles, lyrics emphasized features of the local environment and hostility to corporate music production and values. In contrast, the major-label dominated market featured lyrics…

Based on the idea that the focus of theater is human beings and thus that theater can be related to experiences already familiar to students, this book aims to provide both instructors and students with informative, incisive, and pleasurable knowledge about the theater. The book is divided into 6 parts and subdivided into chapters within each…