Understanding movies

Duration: 0:13:00

Year Published: 1951

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians : Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from feature films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Designed to serve as an introductory or as a survey instrument in the study of standards of motion picture appreciation, this film presents a study of techniques through sequences from "Tennessee Johnson", "The Good Earth", "Treasure Island", "David Copperfield" and "Romeo and Juliet". The techniques demonstrated are, respectively: directing, acting, photography, editing, and art and music in films., Presents a study of film techniques through sequences from Tennessee Johnson, The Good Earth, Treasure Island, David Copperfield, and Romeo and Juliet to introduce standards of motion picture appreciation. Demonstrates directing, acting, photography, editing, and art and music in films.

Complete Record: , Examines a short, originally scripted dramatic film sequence in nontechnical terms, exploring the expansion and compression of time, magnification, and the arrangement of these elements to produce a desired effect., Presents a study of film techniques through sequences from Tennessee Johnson, The Good Earth, Treasure Island, David Copperfield, and Romeo and Juliet to introduce standards of motion picture appreciation. Demonstrates directing, acting, photography, editing, and art and music in films.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.