How one station broadcasts news from eight towns by using Super 8 film. (Author)

The first of two articles suggests 11 library media skills lessons developed around the theme of Black history and achievement. The second feature describes a fully-developed media production activity which combines several library media skills and Black history. (MES)

Describes a procedure for using commonly available database management systems to produce indexes on microcomputers. Production steps discussed include creation of the database, data entry, database sort, formatting, and editing. (Author/MBR)

Concludes that (1) the message structure of highly creative television commercials tends to differ from that of television commercials from the general population of television advertising and (2) there is a difference in the message structure of highly creative commercials across cultures. (FL)

Discusses how, again and again, actors, actor-managers, and directors have been trying to interpret Shakespeare, to show us what his plays should really look like, should really sound like, even at times to give us what Shakespeare really should have written--i.e., to set Shakespeare free. (RM)

Examines various formal stylistic features of cinema in the 1930's and the relationship of these features to the technological developments of the period. Available from: Film Quarterly, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94702. Subscription Rates: $6.00, per year; $10.80, two years; single copies, $1.50. (MH)

Whether a television production is big or small, it is important to allocate sufficient time for preproduction planning to ensure maximum effectiveness during the actual production session. (Author)

One ideal of digital media production software and technology is open file compatibility and exchange. Unrestricted transfer and duplication facilitates professional production, but may also facilitate improper reuse. This paper describes several pedagogical concerns and curricular adaptations that have arisen in dealing with student plagiarism…

Compares four filmed versions of "Macbeth" directed by Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, George Schaefer, and Roman Polanski. (RB)

A list of resources, both print and nonprint, in the area of media production. (Author)

Contemporary'' short subjects are finding a wide range of uses in education and training today, and many more applications are foreseen for the future. Coming from a variety of sources, the new films are selling well at a time when sales of traditional educational films are losing ground to other media. (Editor)

A Penobscot American Indian demonstrated the technique of cooking in a pot made from birch bark. (FF)

Fuel cells have several advantages over conventional ways of producing power. A brief explanation of operating principles, structure, and economic considerations is presented. (PS)