FREE INTERNET FILM RESOURCES 2020 Updated 9/2/2020 by Stephen Perry, former Teacher/Librarian at an American International School in the E.U.; former U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer/Librarian, and Reference/Research Librarian Emeritus at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

CONTENTS: -IMPORTANT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: LIBGUIDES – with examples -FREE ONLINE FILM TEXTBOOKS – ALL DOWNLOADABLE TO YOUR DEVICE -FREE DATABASES FOR FILM RESEARCH -FREE INTERNET FILM REFERENCES: INCLUDES INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS AND FILMS and WHERE TO WATCH FREE FILMS -HORROR MOVIES AND WOMEN -FILMS BY DECADE/ SCHOLARSHIP ON SPECIFIC FILMS -LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHING MOVIES: with SPECIFIC FILMS NOTED -FREE, SCHOLARLY ARTICLES FROM DAILY JSTOR ON FILM and CINEMA: ACTORS, ACTRESSES, FILM DIRECTORS, FILM TOPICS, --- --HOLLYWOOD, FILM NOIR, SPECIFIC FILMS, etc. -RESOURCES ON THE FILM MAKING PROCESS -APPENDIX OF NOTABLE FILMS BY DECADE

IMPORTANT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Please search the LibGuides Web Site (http://community.libguides.com) for the latest Library Guides, Research Tools and Webliographies on Film and Cinema. In the Keyword Search Bar, use the terms Film or Cinema or Movies or Film Noir, or, the name of a Director, or the title of a Film or a topic, such as mise-en-scene.

Examples of excellent LIBGUIDES are this one from Yale University: FILM STUDIES RESEARCH GUIDE: TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES (YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES) and this one: RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE FILM GET OUT BY DIRECTOR (A LIBGUIDE FROM CAL POLY POMONA) and this one: FILM AND MEDIA ARTS: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH (SMU).

If you are a currently enrolled University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Student, you have free access to these remarkable Film/Cinema databases for research: http://bit.ly/BESTFILMDATA

FREE Open Access Databases available to anyone, anywhere, and completely free to use , are listed here: http://bit.ly/OADATABASES and TAMALEFREE (on page 2)

FREE FILM TEXTBOOKS:

TEXTBOOK ON FILMS, FILMMAKING, and FILMMAKERS: https://filmsfilmmakersfilmmaking.wordpress.com/ This is an online, collaborative and evolving textbook.

WRITING ABOUT MOVIES: “Writing about Movies” is a chapter in a free, open access book on the writing process: openenglishatslcc.pressbooks.com From the SLCC = Salt Lake Community College (Utah) The Chapter offers useful examples on how students can write intelligently and with insight about movies.

Russell Leigh Sharman Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/moving-pictures-an-introduction-to-cinema A Textbook for 1000- level Communication course: Introduction to Film Studies Table of Contents: I. An Introduction to Cinema • 1. A Brief History of Cinema • 2. How to Watch a Movie • 3. Mise-en-Scène • 4. Narrative • 5. Cinematography • 6. Editing • 7. Sound • 8. Acting II. Representation in Cinema: • 9. Women in Cinema • 10. African Americans in Cinema

Exploring Movie Construction and Production (SUNY PRESS)

The Last Great American Picture Show : New Hollywood Cinema in the 1970s (FILM CULTURE IN TRANSITION) edited by Noel King, Thomas Elsaesser and Alexander Horwath (Amsterdam University Press, 2004)

THE OPEN TEXTBOOK LIBRARY (OTL): The OTL offers well over 780 free, downloadable textbooks in all subject areas. New books are added monthly: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

Multi-Disciplinary Student-Oriented FREE Research Resources: https://bit.ly/35xnJxm

FREE DATABASES TO CONSULT FOR ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS ON FILM:

CORE: "The world’s largest collection of open access research papers" One can search over 200 million papers. https://core.ac.uk/

DASH: DIGITAL ACCESS TO SCHOLARSHIP AT HARVARD http://dash.harvard.edu Retrieves Faculty, Staff and Student scholarship at Harvard University. All items retrieved are in Full Text. This free database covers all subject fields, from STEM, Medicine to the Humanities, including research on Film and Cinema. (lots of good material here on International Film/Cinema.)

THE DIGITAL COMMONS NETWORK: http://network.bepress.com/arts-and-humanities/film-and-media-studies/ All articles retrieved are in full-text format. NOTE: If you wish to search for literature in other fields, the entire database is available at: http://network.bepress.com/ This is a very impressive database, and free

DOAJ: THE DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS: www.doaj.org/ “DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to well over 15,000 high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available.” From the preface to this database. Most of the articles retrieved through this database are provided in Full Text format. Try the Advanced Search Option, one can then limit to years of publication and language.

GOOGLE ADVANCED: www.google.com/advanced_search Be sure to type .edu in the site or domain field to retrieve materials from educational institutions, thus ensuring that materials retrieved are authentic, timely and authoritative. A Google Advanced search will retrieve word documents, .pdfs and even PowerPoints from educational institutions through selecting the appropriate format in the file type field. One can also limit a search to the most recent updates.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR: http://scholar.google.com Will retrieve scholarly materials, especially of older materials. Many, but certainly not all of the materials retrieved, are in free, full text format. My personal suggestion is to use Google Advanced instead.

JURN: Free Access to Journal Articles, Theses and Dissertations through a new, free, Open Access Database: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=017986067167581999535:rnewgrysmpe#gsc.tab=0 (Excellent resource for scholarly articles on Film/Cinema – especially on International Film.)

OATD: OPEN ACCESS THESES AND DISSERTATIONS. http://www.oatd.org Retrieves openly available theses and dissertations from a variety of scholarly institutions, including many overseas. All dissertations/theses retrieved are free of charge. Another very impressive free database. The database includes all subject areas; not just film.

SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH ENGINE including Film and Cinematic studies. Over 90% of material retrieved through this new search engine is in full text, downloadable format https://bit.ly/2HEaLna (Try the search “SPIKE LEE AND FILMS” without the quotes, or, the search “Femme Fatale”, again without the quotes.)

FILM LITERATURE INDEX: Film Literature Index http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp The National Endowment funded this very ambitious project from Indiana University for the Humanities, and it continues to be updated on a regular basis. The Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries in their entirety, along with 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The FLI database can be searched by subject headings, names, production titles, or by corporate names. Visitors can browse around, or perform advanced Searches as their needs require. More information about the project can be found in the "About FLI" section, which can be accessed at the top of the homepage. Here visitors can learn about the history of the FLI, and also read about various papers and presentations that document the creation of the FLI Online site. IMPORTANT: The search results (for example, a sample search on FILM NOIR) will give you the citation only – you can look up the full text in any of the following databases: DOAJ or THE DIGITAL COMMONS NETWORK or OATD.ORG or via my customized search engine at http://goo.gl/fA1re

IMPORTANT: If you cannot locate the full text through any of these databases, please ask your Library to Interlibrary loan (ILL) the article from a participating institution. UAF LIBRARIES (if you are a currently enrolled student) will work with you to retrieve the full – text of the article or the entire book.

My Customized Search Engine will retrieve scholarly articles, as well as theses and dissertations, in full-text format: http://goo.gl/fA1re (Use this Search as an example: Tarantino and Thesis – to see what theses or Dissertations may have been written about the Films of , such as “Pulp Fiction.“

FREE INTERNET FILM REFERENCES: INCLUDES INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS AND FILMS and WHERE TO WATCH FREE FILMS:

A FILM BLOG FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE and FILM TEACHERS: TEACHING ESL THROUGH FILM: http://film-english.com/ Contains many Lesson Plans and Activities

A Data Science approach to movies and film director analysis By Chris May and Lior Shamir (from FIRSTMONDAY.ORG -- June 2019, Vol. 24, Number 6-3) “The creation of movies involves a careful process of planning, recording, and editing of the visual content. Here we propose a quantitative computer-based analysis of movies to identify similarities that can indicate on influential links between films, genres, or film directors. The method works by first extracting a comprehensive set of numerical image content descriptors from a large number of frames from each movie. Then, the most informative descriptors are selected, and the values of the frames are compared to each other to create a similarity matrix between the movies.”

RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE FILM GET OUT BY DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE libguides.library.cpp.edu/c.php?g=647434 (A LIBGUIDE FROM CAL POLY POMONA)

HARRY RANSOM CENTER: MOVIE POSTER COLLECTION https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84 The University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Center recently released this impressive digitized collection of movie posters released between 1950 and 1974. The collection includes posters for 1957's Lady Chatterley's Lover (celebrated as "The Film Without False Modesty!"); 1961's The Parent Trap; a 1966 poster for an double feature (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Butterfield 8); and a 1972 poster for The Heartbreak Kid. This collection features both classic movies as well as cult titles (such as Five Branded Women). The digital collection currently features hundreds of posters. The entire digitized movie poster collection at the Harry Ransom Centers numbers well over 10,000, and the digital collection will continue to grow. (My personal favorite is Dean Martin’s The Wrecking Crew!)

CANADIAN INDIGENOUS CINEMA https://www.nfb.ca/indigenous- cinema/?&film_lang=en&sort=year:desc,title&year=1917..2020 www.nfb.ca/indigenous-cinema “Discover the NFB’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.”

The National Film Board (NFB) of Canada recently released Indigenous Cinema, an online collection of films directed by indigenous Canadian filmmakers. Indigenous Cinema currently contains over 200 films, which visitors can browse by year (as of this write-up, the collection features films made between 1968 and

2020), director, or by subject (including education, nature and ecological knowledge, and indigenous language). This collection includes animated shorts, feature-length documentaries, and a wide variety of short films. Some of these short films are part of Vistas, a 2009 series of 13 short films sponsored by NFB and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Students and educators may also want to navigate to the education tab, which highlights cinematic works by indigenous filmmakers and includes an array of classroom-friendly materials. Visitors have the option to select highlighted works toward the top of the page, but scrolling down will uncover a large number of teacher resources. Available items include playlists, webinars, lesson plans, and interactive productions and apps.

INTERNET ARCHIVE: FREE MOVIES: https://archive.org/details/feature_films "Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Enjoy! View a list of all the Feature Films sorted by popularity."

FREE MOVIES ONLINE: http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline

THE LIBRARY of CONGRESS: The Moving Image Research Center: www.loc.gov/rr/mopic

DOCUMENTARY HEAVEN: http://documentaryheaven.com/ A website boasting of a comprehensive collection of documentaries that can be watched for free.

DOCUMENTARY FILM FINDER: http://www.documentaryfilms.net/filmfinder.htm

HORROR MOVIES AND WOMEN:

TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN HORROR FICTION BY WOMEN, a Ph.D. Dissertation by Kotwasińska, Agnieszka https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/1898 (ABSTRACT ONLY)

Madison, Alisa Johnson Woman as Place: The Utilization of the Female Body in Horror Film Clemson University, 2016 (Master’s thesis, English Department)

McCrudden, Shauna (2017) WOMEN IN FILM 1986-2016: HAS THEIR REPRESENTATION IMPROVED OR WORSENED? Master’s thesis, Griffith College, Dublin, 2017 https://go.griffith.ie/148/

FILMS BY DECADE/ SCHOLARSHIP ON SPECIFIC FILMS:

MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: THE SILENT FILM ERA http://collection.movingimage.us/silent_film_era.php Between 1894 and 1931, the nascent film industry produced hundreds of silent films. According to the Museum of the Moving Image (MMI), only about 20% of these silent films still exist. The Museum of Moving Images (MMI) was founded in 1988 on the site of the former Paramount Astoria Studios, where numerous prominent silent films were produced. On the Silent Film Era portion of its website, users can search through archives of thousands of materials related to silent films. These artifacts include pictures of original equipment, promotional material, film stills, costumes, and tin cans decorated with portraits of famous actress by artist Henry Clive. On the homepage, users may also search for a particular director, actor, movie, or piece of equipment. By selecting "Read more about the silent film era," viewers can find out about the collection and examine a handful of materials from the archives with more detailed annotations. As students view each object, subject tags may inspire additional searching.

25 BEST FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st- century.html?hpw&rref=movies&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well- region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

FILMS OF THE EARLY 30s: WHAT THE HAYS CODE DID FOR WOMEN (“Sex and Sexier”) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/02/what-the-hays-code-did-for-women

FERRIS BUELLER’s DAY OFF: AN EXPLANATION and a look back http://www.vox.com/2016/6/11/11887708/ferris-buellers-day-off-30

MOLLY RINGWALD LOOKS BACK AT THE BREAKFAST CLUB, IN LIGHT OF THE #metoo MOVEMENT: https://bit.ly/2Jpswal (NEW YORKER, April 6, 2018)

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY: STANLEY KUBRICK’S FILM: HOW IT WAS MADE: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/2001-a-space-odyssey-what-it-means-and-how-it- was-made

How the Film Black Panther is Teaching Foreign Policy to College Students (Hollywood Reporter)

THE MARGARET HERRICK LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS http://digitalcollections.oscars.org/ An online database providing public access to digitized materials from the collections of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library. The database contains more than 3,000 items.

MOVING IMAGE SOURCE http://www.movingimagesource.us/ The Moving Image Source website was created by the people at the Museum of the Moving Image. The site contains interviews and articles with film critics, filmmakers, and other commentators and contains four primary areas: "Articles", "Calendar", "Dialogues", and "Research Guide." The "Articles" area contains guided tours through Jean-Luc Godard's "Film Socialism", the virtual visions of Marco Brambilla, and the many faces of Catherine Deneuve. The Research Guide section may be found here: http://www.movingimagesource.us/research -- this includes very helpful links to sites that deal with film criticism, scoring, history, and technology. Students can also search this collection by author. The "Dialogues" area contains audio files of conversations with film figures like Michael Caine, Amy Ryan, Terry Gilliam, and David O. Russell.

BRITISH COUNCIL FILM COLLECTION: http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection The British Council exists to expand cultural collaboration worldwide. This site, part of the broader film division of the council's site, treats the historical film aspect of its endeavors, a collection of 120 brief documentary films that the council made during the 1940s to counteract Nazi propaganda about Britain and to show the world what life in Britain was like. The films, all digitized and freely available here thanks to a grant from Google and the work of volunteers, are available for viewing and downloading without charge. They present an idealized view of commercial and country life, and various other aspects of national interest. The 1945 film Cambridge, for instance, is a 23-minute documentary about the life of the University of Cambridge and its students. The film features streets, buildings, a lecture, official events, and "Evensong at King's." The film Each for All, also made in 1945, provides a view of Britain's trade unions and their members, including a meeting of the Trade Union Congress. The collection is searchable by subject/title, year (1940 to 1950), and series (for example, "Human Geography," "Scenes from Shakespeare"). One can view the results as thumbnails or lists. The films are enriched by original ancillary print material and background information. As a historical record of Britain in the 1940s, this is an invaluable archive.

FILM NOIR FOUNDATION: http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/ “Whether you're a fan of the Fred McMurray vehicle "Double Indemnity” or Ricardo Montalban as a detective in "Mystery Street", lovers of Film Noir will find much to admire on the Film Noir Foundation website. The Film Noir Foundation was created to serve as an "educational resource regarding the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of film noir as an original American cinematic movement." The materials on the site are divided into nine sections, including "Video Archives", "NoirCity", and News". The "Video Archives" are fantastic with interviews from actual Film Noir actors and actresses. In addition, the Film Noir foundation offers a number of resources that will appeal to fans, available under the resources tab. These resources include a video archive featuring interviews with actors and directors, select audio recordings, and the foundation's podcast Noir Talk. “ (from the INTERNET SCOUT REPORT)

WHERE CINEMA FINDS ITSELF TODAY. Georgia Tech University: a video exposition https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/35991 RUNNING TIME: 80:53 minutes

FILM CRITICISM AND CULTURE FROM THE ANNEBERG FOUNDATION: AMERICAN CINEMA examines film history and American culture using clips from more than 300 acclaimed movies and interviews with Hollywood insiders: • The Hollywood Style 2 The Studio System 3 The Star 4 The Western 5 Romantic Comedy 6 The Combat Film 7 Film Noir 8 Film in the Television Age 9 The Film School Generation 10 The Edge of Hollywood 11 Film Language 12 Thinking and Writing About Film 13 Classical Hollywood Today

Myth of the Western: New Perspectives on Hollywood's Frontier Narrative https://www.academia.edu/20312947/Myth_of_the_Western_New_Perspectives_on_Hollywoods_Frontier_Na rrative (to access, please create a free account)

The Changing Face of the Western: an Analysis of Hollywood Western Films from Director John Ford and others during the years 1939 to 1964 (M.A. in Applied Communication Theory from Cleveland State University) https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1580&context=etdarchive (119 pages total)

AMERICAN INDIAN FILM GALLERY: http://www.aifg.arizona.edu/

LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHING MOVIES: with SPECIFIC FILMS NOTED

NUMEROUS LESSON PLANS resources are noted in my website: http://eslres1.pbworks.com/w/page/130355703/LESSON%20PLANS

FILM ENGLISH: http://film-english.com/ Contains Lesson Plans for Films, with vocabulary and discussion questions: see for example Lesson Plans for The King’s Speech – use the embedded search engine to locate Lesson Plans for specific films, such as THE KING’s SPEECH http://film-english.com/2011/02/19/the-kings-speech-lesson-plan/

NOTE: I developed a customized Lesson Plan Search Engine anyone can use to locate additional Lesson Plans on Films: http://bit.ly/2qunGzR In the Search Bar provided, type "Amistad," or, any other Film for which you might want a Lesson Plan. Please also note that this Lesson Plan search engine covers Lesson Plans for all fields and subjects.

NOTE: Please also use the Wright State University Libraries Search Engine, at https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/ in order to locate more Lesson Plans on “Amistad” as well as other Films.

USING MOVIES TO PROMOTE ENGLISH CONVERSATION: Using Movies to promote English conversation: http://www.eslnotes.com/synopses.html

TEACH WITH MOVIES: LESSON PLANS BASED UPON MOVIES and FILMS: includes Movie and Television Worksheets http://www.teachwithmovies.org/ The Teach with Movies site is a resource for those looking to integrate moving pictures into their classroom environments. On this website, visitors will find Snippets & Shorts, Sciences, Movie Worksheets, and a substantial variety of other areas. The Snippets & Shorts area is a particular gem, as it offers suggestions for using a range of popular films to teach concepts in science, history, English, and other subjects. The Movie Worksheets area includes film study worksheets addressing several different themes, including Hero’s Journey, Cinematic and Theatrical Elements, and Historical Fiction. While the site does not provide direct access to copyrighted film material, it is an excellent source of support materials for teachers who will have access to the suggested films through their local or school libraries.

National Endowment for the Humanities: edsitement.neh.gov has very well-designed Lesson plans and activities for classroom discussion: funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; please note: EDSITEMENT has Lesson Plans in all fields, not just film/cinema.

Connect with English through Film: American Values through Film http://k.b5z.net/i/u/2183976/i/American_Values_Through_Film.pdf (Courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow's English Language Program) An American values through Films module, with a very detailed Lesson Plan for the movie 12 Angry Men includes an explanation of the vocabulary used in the film, and sample questions to be used as discussion areas, with Graphic Organizers, tests, quizzes, and pointers for how to teach this Film effectively.

MORE LESSON PLANS FOR the FILM 12 ANGRY MEN: https://www.matchfishtank.org/curriculum/8th-grade-english/twelve-angry-men/ https://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/127681-a-jurors-responsibility-twelve- angry-men/ http://teachwithmovies.org/12-angry-men/

A STUDY GUIDE FOR "12 ANGRY MEN": https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/twelve-angry-men-trial-jury-right-and-political-institution

THE FILM "ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN": Lesson Plans: http://www.bookrags.com/lessonplan/all-the-presidents-men/ https://www.schooljournalism.org/teaching-all-the-presidents-men-to-a-new-generation/ http://teachwithmovies.org/all-the-presidents-men/

TEACHING THE FILM AMISTAD: LESSON PLANS: http://www.asjournal.org/53-2009/teaching-american-history-and-the-movie-amistad/ INCLUDES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS, a Glossary of the Film, and Plot Summaries (from the American Studies Journal)

So You Want to Teach About the Amistad? | Education World https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr044.shtml www.educationworld.com › Prof. Development Students of all ages might not be able to view the movie AMISTAD, but rich curriculum materials are available for teaching across the grades about this pivotal .... The Amistad Case A new site from the National Archives offers several primary source documents related to the case and a handful of activities for students.

The Amistad Comes to Life | Education World https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson043.shtml www.educationworld.com › Lesson Plans Activities across the grades and the curriculum bring to life the story of the revolt on the Amistad. ... Today the struggle of the African slaves on board the Amistad is the subject of a new movie from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks studios, a handful of curriculum guides, a wonderful documentary video

Amistad Lesson Plan - Slavery; Abolition; John ... - Teach With Movies http://teachwithmovies.org/amistad/ Jump to Rationale and Objectives - Rationale for Using the Movie: Amistad illustrates the horrors of the slave trade as it clarifies the divisive nature of the slavery issue in the United ... Objectives/Student Outcomes Using this Learning Guide: History and ELA classes: students will gain insight into the experience of ...

Amistad Incident: American History Lesson Plan: GRADE 8 LESSON PLAN https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dtah/27/ -- look for Download Button

NOTE: Please use the Wright State University Libraries Search Engine, at https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/ in order to locate more Lesson Plans on “Amistad” as well as other Films.

I have also developed a Lesson Plan customized Search Engine you can use to locate additional Lesson Plans on "Amistad," and numerous other films as well: http://bit.ly/2qunGzR

THE FILM "DANCES WITH WOLVES": LESSON PLAN http://www.usembassy.ru/files/Dances%20with%20Wolves.pdf

STUDY GUIDE TO DANCES WITH WOLVES: https://betterlesson.com/community/document/100175/dances-with-wolves and LESSON PLAN: DANCES with WOLVES in the context of U.S. History and the concept of Manifest Destiny: http://bit.ly/DSSWKS

DANCES WITH WOLVES: LESSON PLAN WITH A GRADING SHEET, VOCABULARY HANDOUTS, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, PAPER FRAMES, etc. Lesson Plan begins on page 112 of a 2011 Hamline University Master’s Thesis. http://bit.ly/ELLACA

THE FILM ERIN BROCKOVITCH: LESSON PLAN http://www.usembassy.ru/files/Erin%20Brockovich.pdf

LESSON PLAN FOR THE FILM "HIGH NOON" http://www.usembassy.ru/files/High%20Noon.pdf Offers an explanation of the historical context for this Film, including extensive discussions of the vocabulary used in the film. Also includes questions that can be used in class discussion. This Lesson Plan is perfect for ESL classes.

THE FILM SEA BISCUIT: LESSON PLAN: https://photos.state.gov/libraries/russia/231771/PDFs/seabiscuit.pdf

STUDY GUIDE FOR SEA BISCUIT: http://www.mshogue.com/tools/sea_biscuit.pdf

THE FILM TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD : LESSON PLANS: http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/63322.htm

To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Lesson Plan https://education.library.ubc.ca/files/2011/06/10Chris-Murphy- Brad-Dingler-Lisa-Yu-Unit-Plan-TKAM.pdf

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD https://www.sausd.us/cms/lib/CA01000471/Centricity/Domain/106/10th%20Grade%20Spring%20Unit%2 0Final3.6.14.pdf

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: MOCKINGBIRD: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/mockingbird/ from EDSITEMENT Mockingbird a Lesson Plan from the National Endowment for the Humanities: https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/harper-lees-kill-mockingbird-profiles-courage

A Lesson Plan -Mockingbird -from the New York Times: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/Mockingbird.html

An English Teacher's Perspective on To Kill a Mockingbird: https://mrsbenglish9.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/tkam-packet-08-09.pdf

EXPLORING WOMEN's HISTORY THROUGH FILM: LESSON PLAN https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/scripting-past-exploring-womens-history-through-film#sect- thebasics Includes: Introduction › Guiding Questions › Learning Objectives › Lesson Activities › Extending The Lesson ›

TEACH WITH MOVIES: LESSON PLANS BASED ON MOVIES AND FILMS "This website provides lesson plans that incorporates well-known films and documentaries. The site is searchable; lesson plans are listed by subject. Relevant articles are also included." http://www.teachwithmovies.org

FREE, SCHOLARLY ARTICLES FROM DAILY JSTOR ON FILM and CINEMA: ACTORS, ACTRESSES, FILM DIRECTORS, FILM TOPICS, HOLLYWOOD, FILM NOIR, SPECIFIC FILMS, etc.

The End of American Film Censorship by Kristin Hunt ...of local, state, and in-house censors for decades. The decision finally was reversed in 1952, when a short, “sacrilegious” Italian drama earned Hollywood its First Amendment rights. * * *...

How Hollywood Thrived Through the Red Scare by Peter Feuerherd ...suspected communists in Hollywood as well. According to historian Larry Ceplair, the attacks on Hollywood came in waves, the first of which was during the initial Red Scare of 1919,...

Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi Olympics by Erin Blakemore ...free from the taint of Nazism. Quite the contrary: The Berlin Olympics were a chance for the Third Reich to glorify and showcase its fascist ideals and physical prowess. Among...

“Triumph of the Will”: Document or Artifice?, by David B. Hinton “What struck me about the way that Trump supporters view Trump is how similar it is to the ways in which Hitler was also viewed. Leni Riefenstahl was instrumental in creating the spectacle and artifice around Hitler and the Nazi party, and perhaps similar to the ways that Trump has used fake news to discredit enemies and perhaps mirrors some of what Riefenstahl described (even beyond the similarities of some of his proposed policies.”)

How Fritz Lang’s Flight from Nazi Germany Shaped Hollywood by Kristin Hunt ...arrived stateside in 1935, also followed in the expressionist mold with Laura and Fallen Angel. Lang’s Scarlet Street clearly displays the influence of expressionism. The noir concerns a middle-aged amateur...

Why William Randolph Hearst Hated Citizen Kane by Peter Feuerherd ...Rosebud is said to signify Hearst’s nickname for something very specific about Marion Davies, his Hollywood mistress. The famous death scene in the film, some speculate, must have grated on Hearst, who...

The Last Silent Film Star by Erin Blakemore ...returned to Hollywood to make her way as a bit player. Back on set, she encountered “a lot of dangers.” As a child star, danger had meant perilous stunt work,...

Frank Capra’s Not-So-Sunny Vision of American Life by Peter Feuerherd Hollywood director Frank Capra was born in Sicily as Francesco Rosario Capra on May 18th, 1897. He settled in Los Angeles with his immigrant family at five years old, and...

Hitchcock’s Transition from London to Hollywood by Kristin Hunt ...the Times spent an entire paragraph relaying the origins of British rhyming slang, which the director explained over brandy at the 21 Club. Hitchcock would transition from British curio to...

What The Great Gatsby Reveals About The Jazz Age by Gabrielle Bellot ...1920s in a 1931 essay, “Echoes of the Jazz Age.” In his mind, the decade defied any rigid definition, but what perhaps characterized it best was the jazz music he...

Mexican-Americans Have Always Battled Movie Stereotypes by Erin Blakemore ...I. Serna, Mexican-Americans and even the Mexican government fought a campaign against derogatory Hollywood films. Serna tracks how Mexican immigrants pressured the Mexican government to take a stand against Hollywood....

Hollywood’s Asian American Heroes by Matthew Wills Asian American actors were few and far between in classical Hollywood. Heroic roles for them were rarer still. The most successful non-white fictional hero of the 1930s and 1940s American...

Are Mothers Monsters? Revisiting Mommie Dearest by Erin Blakemore ...in on the way Mommie portrays Joan’s obsessive, even demented pursuit of beauty. That quest makes sense given the outsized pressures Hollywood and society put on aging women, but in...

Carrie Fisher and Women’s Voices in Hollywood by Amy Shearn ...for her gimlet-eyed takes on life as Hollywood royalty. Born to “America’s Sweethearts” Debbie Reynolds and crooner Eddie Fisher, Carrie Fisher knew the industry from the inside out, and worked...

The Many Meanings of Marilyn Monroe by Peter Feuerherd ...princesses, one of Hollywood and the other of the United Kingdom. Both married young (Marilyn at 16, Diana at 20) and quickly transformed into public figures. Each became a personality...

The Making of Rita Hayworth by Erin Blakemore Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was a pinup girl whose all-American looks and Hollywood glamour earned her countless film roles and a special spot in fans’...

The FBI Goes to the Movies by Matthew Wills ...Hollywood in general), it’s the individual who stars in every sense, not the group and definitely not the collective. Indeed, Noakes thinks the movie is reactionary if anything, taking a...

Getting Historical Movies Right: Hollywood vs. Historians by Karen Rile ...get the facts right? That’s the question explored by Marc C. Carnes, historian and professor at Barnard College, in his article “Shooting (Down) the Past: Historians vs. Hollywood Author(s)“. “Hollywood...

The Film Experience: A COURSE AT MIT (INTERNATIONAL FILM) "This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema. It explores the work of Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Capra, Hawks, Hitchcock, Altman, Renoir, DeSica, and Kurosawa. Through comparative reading of films from different eras and countries, students develop the skills to turn their in-depth analyses into interpretations and explore theoretical issues related to spectatorship."

Five Favorite Films about Latin America (INTERNATIONAL FILM)

The Sinatra Movie Some Blamed for JFK’s Death by Kristin Hunt ...films before he shot the president. The scene, from the Frank Sinatra film Suddenly, was chilling in 1954. But it became downright eerie nine years later, when President John F....

Jerry Lewis: French Film Master by Matthew Wills ...making movies his way in an industry usually at odds with personal vision. Coursodon notes that Lewis was the “only Hollywood comedian to rise from mere performer to ‘total filmmaker’...

“What drove Buster Keaton to try a Civil War Comedy?” (THE GENERAL) J-STOR DAILY

Orson Welles at 100 by Matthew Wills Orson Welles would be celebrating his 100th birthday in May of this year. Welles’ centennial year is being honored with retrospectives and re-appraisals for the one-time boy wonder of Hollywood...

How Can Cinema Justify Wars? A Qualitative Study on War Justification in American Cinema by Zahra Emamzadeh and Shaho Sabbar “Cinema is a powerful media that can shape people's minds about different issues.” Download

“The Phantom of Hollywood” and the Demise of the MGM Film Musical by Kelli Marshall ...danced in the rain and Judy Garland heard “the clang, clang, clang of the trolley.” Hard times, auctions, dilapidated backlots: in many ways, The Phantom of Hollywood mimicked real life—well,...

Forming a Critical Sense of Race with ’s “Do the Right Thing” by Kelli Marshall ...explicitly informing the spectator which is the better choice. What’s more, the large cast—compiled mostly of secondary characters—theoretically uneases filmgoers since Hollywood normally offers only two or three leads for...

Inside Early Hollywood’s Obsession With Age by Erin Blakemore ...their films hit TV and movie theaters. But how did Hollywood portray aging stars in a time before Photoshop? It’s a question asked and answered by Heather Addison, who explores...

Stars and Scars: Disfigurement in Film by Kelli Marshall Throughout cinema history, Hollywood films have attributed scars to female characters who are overtly sexual and/or who act independently of men. For example, in The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953),...

Don’t Say Cheese! The Smiles of Buster Keaton and Humphrey Bogart by Kelli Marshall ...examples of this are silent-film comedian Buster Keaton and film noir poster-boy Humphrey Bogart. The Great Stoneface A veteran of vaudeville and star of some of Hollywood’s most beloved silent...

Casablanca at 75 by Matthew Wills ...the mean American streets portrayed in the Hollywood noirs of the late 1940s and 1950s. Green concentrates on the way the Curtiz composes the parallel triangulations of Rick/Ilsa/Laszlo and Rick/Renault/Strasser....

Why Do Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Films Still Resonate? By Matthew Wills ...that Fassbinder idealized his lovers on screen. Pointing out that a “monumental” Fassbinder exhibit in Berlin in 1992 largely erased Fassbinder’s sexuality, LaValley argues that it was precisely the director’s...

The War On Star Wars by Matthew Wills ...an called Hollywood. The summer blockbuster phenomenon marked an end of the New American Cinema/American New Wave’s explorations and experimentation that made mainstream movies in the late 1960s and...

In the McCarthy Era, to Be Black Was to Be Red by Mohammed Elnaiem ...telegram, that the USSR planned to shoot a new film called “Black and White.” She led a group of more than twenty African Americans on a trip to the USSR,...

Cisgender Actors in Transgender Roles: The Theatrical Roots of The Danish Girl by Leigh Stein ...their entertainment.” The website’s review of The Danish Girl echoes early modern fears of any gender identity that deviates from biological sex, while at the same time implying that transgenderism...

Socialist Sci-Fi Reimagined the Future by Eric Schewe ...the stops, building ambitious sets, special effects, and even a radio-controlled robot, and using luscious Agfacolor film. Indeed, this made the film the highest-budget East German film to date. But...

The End of American Film Censorship by Kristin Hunt ...gave producers specific guidelines on what they could and could not show on film. “The code is a moral document,” the film producer and censor Geoffrey Shurlock wrote in The...

BlacKkKlansman in Context by Shannon Luders-Manuel ...poignant film tells the true story of Ron Stallworth—the first black police detective in Colorado Springs, CO, who proactively immersed himself in the KKK in 1972. He participates over the...

Black Panther and Double-Consciousness by Shannon Luders-Manuel There is no question that Marvel’s Black Panther has changed black cinema—and particularly black superhero cinema—forever. Along with other recent black-centered, award-winning films such as Get Out and Hidden Figures,...

Get Out as Fugue of Double Meanings by Kevin Litman-Navarro Jordan Peele’s 2017 directorial debut Get Out is a fugue of double meaning. It might be about one evil family; it might be about racism in America. The film takes...

RESOURCES ON THE FILM MAKING PROCESS:

THE ACCESSIBLE FILMMAKING GUIDE:

accessiblefilmmaking.wordpress.com Designed for filmmakers and other industry professionals, "The Accessible Filmmaking Guide" uses research-based approaches to ensure that both aesthetics and accessibility are at the forefront of filmmaking processes.

As the guide notes, despite over half of current film revenue coming from "translated ... and accessible versions," of films, less than one percent of filmmaking budgets are devoted towards these other versions.

This six-part pamphlet discusses various methods to achieve "audiovisual translation and accessibility," in all stages of the filmmaking process, delivering a clear message: "Everybody benefits from accessible filmmaking." Additionally, Part 4 provides a useful "workflow" template that outlines 17 suggested steps toward accessibility, following the usual pre- and post- production process.

Dr. Pablo Romero-Fresco, a professor of Translation and Filmmaking, wrote and published the guide in 2018 with assistance from Dr. Louise Fryer, an educator and accessibility advisor. The project received funding from the British Film Institute, as well as support from Archer's Mark, Bertha Foundation, and Doc Society.

BLACK GIRL FILM CLUB:

blackgirlfilmclub.tumblr.com Filmmakers and moviegoers alike will want to tune in to Black Girl Film Club, a podcast co-hosted by Ashley (an art director) and Britney (a writer) that explores "movies and the film industry from their unique, and often underrepresented, point of view." While episodes do air on the long side (averaging around two hours), they are packed full of exciting content.

Each episode includes an in-depth discussion about a particular movie (recent picks include Hollywood Shuffle, Marie Antoinette, and Romeo + Juliet), film recommendations, and other topical discussions. For example, Episode 49 analyzes "Black stereotypes in film." New episodes are released every two weeks. Listeners can stream episodes on Apple Podcasts and Soundcloud. Black Girl Film Club is just over two years old and has more than 50 episodes available for listeners to enjoy as of this write-up. Plus, listeners can explore bonus content on the podcast's Twitter (@blkgirlfilmclub) and Instagram (@blackgirlfilmclub) accounts.

FILMSOURCING

www.filmsourcing.com Filmsourcing, a resource hub designed by and for filmmakers, is driven by a simple premise: "

Amazing things should be easier to find." Sharing articles, tutorials, templates, and many more resources of interest, the website is reminiscent of a giant Google Drive for the filmmaking community. The impact of the innovative site has been applauded by major media outlets, including Indiewire and Mic. Users should note that some of the site's content requires a paid subscription.

However, there are several free templates and resources available (and readily labeled as free for easy sorting.)

Resources span the spectrum from serious (e.g. production document templates found under Downloads/Resources) to silly (e.g. the Romantic Comedy Plot Generator found under Just For Fun). Additionally, the Articles section hosts a variety of free and informative content, including script writing tips and guidelines for a safe, healthy set.

These resources can be sorted by following the various options on the Menu tab or scrolling to the bottom of the site and using the Quick Links feature.

COFFEE BREAK FILM SCHOOL

http://moviola.com/cbfs/unit-1 Branded as a "short and sweet overview of every part of the filmmaking process," Coffee Break Film School offers a fun and free way to expand on basic filmmaking skills. With 6 units and more than 10 videos per unit, the curriculum covers a lot of ground. However, as the name Coffee Break implies, each video's brevity allows for digestible browsing.

Plus, most videos are flagged by difficulty (from beginner to intermediate), allowing students to learn and practice at their own pace. Lessons cover all aspects of film production, from writing to shooting to editing.

Various cinematography personnel contribute to these webinars, ensuring that users are learning from experts in the field.

This course is produced by the company Moviola, credited with designing "the very first film editing machine."

In addition to this course, Moviola's site has plenty of other useful resources (all available for free, though some require registration). These additional tools include camera guides, software classes, and other courses specific to niche filmmaking topics.

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY: STUDENT RESOURCES

www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/filmmaking Although primarily intended for New York Film Academy (NYFA) students, this website from NYFA contains a ton of valuable material for anyone interested in filmmaking. The short videos are arranged into four main categories: How-To's, Industry Trends, Q&A, and Featured Directors.

There is also a query box and a list of topic tags to further refine searches. Resources delve into relevant professionalization subjects and provide information about the work of those who have successful careers in film.

For example, an Industry Trends piece from February 2020, "The 6 Black Filmmakers Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director," features capsule biographies and trailers from films directed by the late , Lee Daniels, Steve McQueen, , Jordan Peele, and Spike Lee.

How to's cover topics such as "Best Tips for Making a Short Film in a Short Amount of Time," building a creative brand (see the November 16, 2018 post), and sound in filmmaking (see the July 20, 2018 post).

The Q&A section profiles recent graduates and alumni of the NYFA program, showing the career paths that they took post-degree.

APPENDIX: my personal thanks to Film aficionado J. D’A for this Appendix: I fully credit him for compiling the following:

NOTEWORTHY, REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN MOVIES THROUGH THE DECADES:

• ‘30s o Shirley Temple-Tap Dance Scene – The Littlest Rebel

o Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland – Good Morning Film (and musical) called "Babes In Arms" The original release of the film included a segment during the finale in which Rooney and Garland lampoon Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; this was edited from the film after FDR's death. It was thought to be lost, but was discovered on a 16 millimeter reel and restored in the 1990s. • ‘40s o Double indemnity: Insurance-guy affair with wife of a client, she wants to kill husband receive insurance policy. Other insurance-guy investigates: believes she killed her husband o Rope Directed by Hitchcock, the first of Hitchcock's Technicolor films, and is notable for taking place in real time and being edited so as to appear as a single continuous shot through the use of long takes. The original play was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year- old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb two guys kill a former classmate, commit the crime as an intellectual exercise prove superiority by committing the "perfect murder" • ‘50s o The Day the Earth Stood Still: An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Adolescent boy vs. disbelieving adult Science fiction Shortly after WW II people are afraid of war

o The Defiant Ones: Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Theme "freedom" is important, each and everyone wants (and deserves) to be free. Friendship even though different skin colors, former hate

o High Noon Part 2 a metaphor for the threatened Hollywood blacklisted artists (one of whom was screenwriter Foreman) who faced political persecution from the HUAC during the McCarthy era due to actual or imagined connections to the Communist Party, and made life-altering decisions to stand their ground and defend moral principles according to their consciences. It also has been interpreted as an allegory of the Cold War and US foreign policy during the Korean War. o • ‘60s o Bonnie and Clyde: Most talked-about, volatile, controversial crime/gangster films combining comedy, terror, love, and ferocious violence Road toward wealth and fame through acts of robbery may appear fun and adventurous at first, however, end tragic and gruesome

o Mary Poppins: It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, and winner of 5 , including a Best Actress award for Julie Andrews, who accepted the part after she was passed over by Jack L Warner for the leading role of Eliza Doolittle in the film version of My Fair Lady. Mary Poppins is the first Disney film to be nominated for Best Picture.

o To Kill a Mockingbird: Southern life and racial injustice Class Courage and compassion Gender roles Laws (written and unwritten) Thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters (Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, Mr. Raymond) can be identified as mockingbirds – innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. • '70s o Gene Wilder-Young Frankenstein: became the highest-grossing comedy (up to that time) in motion picture history Appearing in 1974, gorgeously shot in black and white using laboratory props from the original Frankenstein and starring a cast of brilliant comedic actors all at the very height of their talents, it is generally regarded as one of the funniest and most quotable movies ever made. It was adapted into a stage musical in 2007. In 2003, this movie was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance.

o Paper Moon: Set during the Great Depression A genre movie about a con man and a little girl is teamed up with the real poverty and desperation of Kansas and Missouri a period piece that uses generic conventions only when they apply, so that we see the Depression through the eyes of characters who are allowed to be individuals. • ‘80s o Top Gun Volleyball Scene colleagues flex, hug and pat each other on the butt while playing shirtless Homoeroticism In the mid-1980s, gay men were dying in record numbers and being ignored by the federal government. It would be an understatement to say they were certainly not a targeted demographic for recruitment Top Gun accesses that sexual frustration with the phallic idols of missiles and warplanes, insidiously turning the feelings that have their biological underpinning in the act of creation into a force of destruction. o Amadeus "Amadeus" is not about the genius of Mozart but about the envy of his rival Salieri, whose curse was to have the talent of a third-rate composer but the ear of a first- rate music lover, so that he knew how bad he was, and how good Mozart was. A way of dramatizing that true geniuses rarely take their own work seriously, because it comes so easily for them. "Amadeus" (1984) swept the Academy Awards and had a considerable popular success. When you consider that 98 percent of the American public never listens to a classical music station, it is astonishing that Mozart became for a time a best- seller, and not only to women assured by talk-show gurus that his music boosted the IQs of embryos. • ‘90s o Shawshank Redemption: Book written by Stephen King Burden of isolation and imprisonment (Each of the inmates inside Shawshank Prison is locked up metaphorically as well as literally, hiding from himself or unable to function in the unregulated world that extends beyond the prison walls The Power of Hope (Hope, more than anything else, drives the inmates at Shawshank and gives them the will to live.) Corruption, Crime, Time (source of torment as well as the backdrop for the slow) • 21st Century o Maximus Gladiator Speech with Fight (w Russell Crowe): The film is loosely based on real events that occurred within the Roman empire in the latter half of the 2nd Century AD. As Ridley Scott wanted to portray Roman culture more accurately than in any previous film, he hired several historians as advisors. Nevertheless some deviations from historical fact were made to increase interest Fictionalization Anachronism The film's mainstream success is responsible for an increased interest in Roman and classical history in the United States. According to The New York Times, this has been dubbed the "Gladiator Effect" It's called the Gladiator' effect by writers and publishers. The snob in us likes to believe that it is always books that spin off movies. Yet in this case, it's the movies most recently Gladiator, two years ago – that have created the interest in the ancients. And not for more Roman screen colossal, but for writing that is serious or fun or both. Appendix by J. D’Amicantonio – to whom I offer my personal thanks.

NOTE: The New York Times list of the 1000 Best Films of all Times also has a listing of what the NY TIMES Editors consider to be the best Films: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls058705802/

FILM WEBLIOGRAPHY compiled by Mr. Stephen Perry

DATE OF LAST COMPILATION: September 2, 2020

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