Report of a Subject-Field Meeting at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969.

Photography has always been examined within a representational paradigm that does not accurately reflect its true nature. A new paradigm for thinking about photography based upon the work of language theorists and semioticians, and particularly upon the communications triangle of discourse theorist James L. Kinneavy, provides a vocabulary and…

The United States Supreme Court's decision in "Chandler v. Florida" allowing cameras in the courtroom has been hailed by some as a victory for the broadcast media and interpreted by others as an open invitation to televise criminal trials. A careful reading of the case, however, leads to another conclusion--that the Court has left the…

The photographs of Margaret Bourke-White and Lewis Wickes Hine are graphic accounts of the urban industrial United States during the Depression of the 1930s. Hine was a sociologist who initially used his camera to promote social reform and is best remembered for his photographs of immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, and of children laboring in…

In a discussion of the attempts of the organized workers' photography movement in Weimar Germany to redirect the use of photographs in everyday life, this paper analyzes photographs published in the "Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung," (AIZ) a large and successful picture magazine that emphasized a left-wing, humanitarian approach. The paper…

State natural resource magazines' tremendous potential as information sources and their unique economic situation led to this study of space utilization in individual issues. Three issues from each of 40 state magazines published in the summer of 1977 were divided into five subscription-rate and four staff-size categories. Category averages for…

Visual literacy has been a function of human experience since the cave dwellers first created wall paintings. The contemporary definition of visual literacy extends literacy to include all the connotations of the word visual and encompasses perceptions developed from visual experience. The use of visual symbols together with written language…

The purpose of film study is defined here in the words of D. W. Griffiths: "My goal is above all to make you see." This book is intended to be used as a text in a film study course. It traces the development of films from a scientific curiosity through silent films to modern wide screen productions. A comic strip is used to demonstrate the effect…

Many disciplines, including semantics, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and the practical arts, have contributed to our knowledge of visual literacy. Insights these disciplines have made about the nature of meaning, art, or perception apply to visual literacy. If, as some studies indicate, some children are visually rather than verbally…

For professionals and advanced amateurs, this book covers all aspects of editing 16 millimeter film. Beginning with basic matters of film gauge, equipment, and editing facilities, it covers the mechanics of the subject using a how-to-do-it approach. The techniques discussed include preparation of the sound track, cutting, mixing, choice of pace…

The Association of Cinema Laboratories, Inc., has compiled this handbook to acquaint the users of motion pictures laboratory services with terminology, pre-print preparation, and procedures which have become standard in the industry. The handbook offers detailed, non-technical explanations of how to prepare films for the laboratory. It also…

The use of photography to add a new dimension to outdoor education activities is described in this paper. It is noted that photography can be an aid to outdoor education in a number of ways: students learn to communicate ideas visually, students learn to think through problems and find ways of solving them, students gain increased appreciation of…

The art of the motion picture is explored through a step-by-step study of the medium's development as a new art form. The book attempts to provide insight into creative film expression and to present an historical overview of the medium's artistic development. It is divided into three sections. The first is largely an account of the efforts made…

Many of the articles included in this supplement to the original "Outdoor Education Manual" were submitted by classroom teachers in Ontario. Major areas covered are photography in outdoor education, enrichment of the curriculum through use of the school yard, canoe tripping, winter activities, and forestry. Suggested activities in each of these…