i DOCUMENT RESUME TE 000 485 ED 021 836 By-McLaughlin, Frank, Ed PICK OF THE (SHORT) FLICKS. Pub Date Oct 67 Note- 4p. , Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 (Subscription:$3.00 Available from- Media and MethodsInstitute, Inc., 134 N. 13th St., per year. Single copy$0.40). Journal Cit- The Teachers Guide toMedia and Methods; v4 n2 p28-30Oct 1967 aRs Price MF-$0.25 HC-$0.24 INSTRUCTION, *FILMS MASS MEDIA Descriptors-*AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, *ENGLISH and Five experts suggest alist of 50 short motion pictureswhich are inexpensive fit easily within a normalclass period. Thesefilms, not narrowly related tospecific disciplines, range from visual poemsinducing creative responses, tofilms analyzing the problems of maturing in anirrelevantsociety. Twentyof thefilm entries have annotations containing concise synopsesof theplots, descriptionsof unusual photographic effects, andemphases of the films.Information about lengthand distributor is provided for all50 titles. (JB)

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Aamn hArThifIng October 1967Vol. 4, Nc. 2 4 Feedback ADVISORY BOARD 7 What It's AllAbout Barry K. Beyer by Tony Hodgkinson Guest editorialwhkh suggests a philosophy Asstt Prof. of Education FILM The Ohio State University for screen education Max Bogart Man Asstt Dir., Div. of Curriculum & lnstruc. 10Film Study: Nothing But a State Dept. of Educ., Trenton, N.J. by Frank Manche! The film is aprimary experience; primary Charlotte Brooks materials must be used in teaching it ...... , .. ,.FILM Supervising Dir. of English Wash., D. C. Public Schools 15Easy as 1, 2, 3, (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ...) John Culkin, S.J. FILM Director, Center for Communications by Rod Sheratsky Tips for teachers about toshoot film Fordham University, New York City Daniel Fader 18The Uses of Film Extracts project Dir., Dept. of English by David Powell Sustained and immediate accessto film materials U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor . FILM Sidney Forman is imperative. Extracts are a partial answer Prof. of Education and Librarian Teachers College, Columbia u., 21The Instructional Film is Dead Morris Gall by William Kuhns, S.M. Film which isoriented exclusively to Social Studies Dept, Head curriculum is mere "celluloid lecture." FILM Norwalk Public Schools, Conn. Donald Klemer 24Film Language: A Student-MadeDictionary Superintendent of Schools with words begs Hastings-onHudson, N.Y. by G. Howard Poteet Defining film techniques Peter Kontos the question. Use film instead!...... FILM Dir., Princeton Co-op. School Program Princeton, N.J. 28Pick of the (Short) Flicks Philip Lewis by A. Panel Fifty short films (includingthree Summi awardees) President, Instructional . s FILM ttc KUDOS Dynamics, Inc., Chicago, Illinois for the classroom , Marshall McLuhan Albert Schweitzer Prof. of Humanities 31The Martyred Fordham University, New York City by Robert Geller A great book forkids about to make the dry run Joseph Mersand ...... PAPERBACKS Chm. of English Dept. in ethics :maim HS, New York City 33Critics Oui of Vidioth William B. Sanborn TELEVISION Dir., Div. Instructional Materials by Ned Hoopes Discovering criticalabilities San Francisco Unified Schools, Cal, Bertram Siegel 3.5 Telelog/A Full Page Pin-Up Ohm. of Science Dept. Bedford Jr. HS, Westport, Conn. 38Recommended SHOrts:hace Relations M. Jerry Weiss by William I. Sloan Receat andlaudable civil rights films for use Chmn., English Dept. . FILM Jersey State College, N.J. with students STAFF 41 Imaginative Literature:Economics-Tonic supiiortive material in eco- Editor, Frank McLaughlin by Donn McCafferty Literature as Monmouth College, N.J. nomics can enliven what is oftendeadly dull PAPERBACKS Motion Pictures, John Culkin, S.J. Fordham UniversitY 44Pedarogue #1: The ReadingConsultant Television, Ned Hoopes by Arthur Daigon Who's who in theeducational zoo....bUvFAWS Pace College, N.Y. C. Records & Tapes, Kirby Judd 47Newsworthy Paperbacks Long Meadow H S. Mass. by Frank Ross PAPERBACKS Paperbacks, Frank Ross Eastern Michigan University COVER Seeing with new eyes. From a posterby the Associate Editor, John Rouse School of Visual Arts, 209 E. 23rd St., N.Y.,N.Y. Smithtown, N.Y. Public Schools 0 Communications, David Sohn The Teachers Guide to MEDIA & METHODS(formerly SCHOOL PAPElt- Fordham University BACK JOURNAL) is published nine timcs per yearSeptember through May Managing Editor, Charles Faucher by Media & Methods Institute, Inc.,134 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107. Art Editor, Alice Kooth Phone: (215) 564-5170. Subscription: $3 per year,$4 in Canada. $2 each for Circulation Mgr., Grace Simmons 20 or more to onc school address. Single copy40e. © Copyright, Media & Business Mgr., Frances Burnett Methods Institute, Inc., 1967. Printed in U.S.A. byWorld Color Press. Con- Adv. Sales Mgr., Bryce Smith trolled circulation postage paid at Sparta,Illinois. Publisher,,Roger, Damio

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THE SHORT FILM has many virtues. It fits nicely within the normal class period (45-60 minutes), it makes its point quickly and painlessly, and it is inexpensive. Unfortunately. few teachers realize the wealth of outstanding films that are available from film rental houses. To improve this situation, Media and Metlwds has prepared a list of 50 high quality short motion pictures; these films are not narrowly related to specific disciplines, but tend to have a general interest that bypasses such class- ification.. The five experts who prepared this list for M&M are: A.W. Hodgkinson, Boston University David Powell, North Reading H.S.. Mass. Rod Sheratsky, N. Valley Regional H.S.. NJ. Bill Sloan, New York Public Library David Sohn, Fordham University In addition, three of the annotated shorts stand out by dint of their relevance, immediacy and artistry. Like last month's Summa awardee (No- body Waved Goodbye). No Reason to Stay fo- cuses on the difficulty of growing up in an irrel, evant society. Resnais' Night and Fog, on the other hand, suggests one reason why society may be irrelevant to adolescents: mankind's chronic attachment to war. Dream of Wild Horses is no- table for its sheer artistry. It is a natural for uie in poetry. creative writing, and explaining the lan- guage of r...otion. These three films fully merit M&M's Summa. The twenty most-mentioned films (together with the Summa awardees) comprise the first list. Annotations are by David Sohn and Rod Sheratsky. The second list is comprised of unan- notated films. 410 20 FILMS A Valparaiso (CP, color & b/w, 30min) INFOCARD 89 About the seaport town of Valparaiso, thisshort isa visual "knockout" that combines the poetic and fact- ual, color with black and white. Brilliantly edited, thoughtfully written, A Valparaiso is that rare film that conveys place while getting under the skinof its people. , \

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give it Blind Gary Davis (CP, b/w, 12 miti) INFOCARD 90 the consequent irony of the other's refusal to Filmed in Harlem and in gospel-singer Davis' apart- back on pain of battle, xnakes an important point ment, this film is typical of Harold Becker's style. about real border disputes and real wars. The camera sridies every appropriate part of his INFOCARD 97 subject's life: the torn linoleum floor, the dirty win- The Hole (BR, color, 15 min) dows, the family photographs. While Davis sings Another Hubley film about two characters (with Dizzie Gillespie as one of them) concerning men Who about death coming to all, Becker photographs the dig and work underground while a rodent gnaws a lifeless faces of Harlem Negroes. mechanism that puts missiles above the ground on A Chairy Tale (IFB, b/w, 10 min) INFOCARD 9 I alert. At the film's end, there has been an apparent This Norman McLaren film is a comic bait& between exchange of nuclear weapons while the men were a reluctant chair and a man who attemptsto sit on underground, and the world above ground has been it. Through time-lapse photography (backed by a destroyed, lovely score using Ravi Shankar on the sitar), the man Leaf (PY, color) INFOCARD 98 finally succeeds by recognizing the chair's desire to travels from a sit on him. Many alegorical implications,. This is a simple film about a leaf that branch through the air to its implicitdestruction. The photography by Fred Hudson in YosemiteNational Clay (CP, b/w, 8 min) INFOCARD 92 Park, and the techniques similar to thoseused in The Animation through the use of clay figures is the and a clever device used to reflect an amusing story of ev- Red Balloon, make this a delicate visual poem olution. Useful at many levels (especially to illustrate metaphor for the "span of life." creativity), this popular short is both delightful and Lonely Boy (CP, b/w, 26 min) INFOCARD 99 stimulating. Only after reflection does the viewer Filmed in cinema-verité style, Lonely Boyridicules realize that civilization is destroyed at the end. singer Paul Ahka, a manager who forceshim on the public, and his fans. The camera's treatment ofAnka The Divided World (.1, blw, 10 min) INFOCARD 93 is so harsh and unflattering that one wondersif Anka A Sucksdorff film showing the contrastbetween the is a violence of the world of nature and the apparent himself realized he was being satirized; here winter night near film that reveals as much about taste ofaudiences as peace of civilization during a it does about the limitations of its star. a Swedish forest. Gorgeousanimal photography.

Dream Of The Wild Horses BRBrandon Films, 221 W. 57 St., N.Y. 10019 (CP, color, 9 mi) INFOCARD 94 BVBlue Van Films, 28 W. 31 St., N.Y. 10001 The slow motion photography of Denys CCColumbia Cinematheque, Colomb de Daunant of a band of wild horses in 711 5th A-ye., N.Y. 10022 France has a tremendous effect on the viewer. It be- CHChurchill Films, 662 N. Roberston Blvd., gins with a fight between two stallions in water and LosAngeles 90069 continues with a sta'npede through a misty, opaque CLCarousel Films, 1501 Broadway, N.Y.10036 fog. They then plunge through fire and into deeper CPContemporary Films, 267 W. 25 St. N.Y.10001 water. The film is a visual poem, overwhelming in EBFEncyclopedia Britannica EducationalCorp., its dream-like and tactile quality. 425 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611 FrFrancis Thompson, 231 E. 51 St., N.Y. 10022 The Golden Fish (CC, color, 20 min) INFOCARD 95 IFBInternational Film Bureau, Like The Red Bal'oon, The Golden Fish is a charm- 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60604 ing fantasy with impeccable color photography and .IJanus Films, 24 W. 58 St., N.Y. 10019 beautifully composed shots. Unlike Lamorisse's work, MHMcGraw-H ill Book Co., Text-Film Dept., Cousteau's has a cast that includes, not a balloon, but 330 W. 42 St., N.Y. 10036 a, cat, a bird and a fish. PRPeter Robeck, 230 Park Ave., N.Y. The Hat (MH, color, 18 min) INFOCARD 96 PYPyramid Productions, Box 104, Santa Monica The Hubleys' powerful cartoon about two men guard- RDRadim Films, 220 W. 42 St., N.Y. 10036 ing a border. One fellow's hat falls over the line, and STSterling Ed. Films, 241 E. 34 St., N.Y. 10016 29 ,

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N.Y., N.Y. (FT, color, 15 min) IN POCARD 100 A Time For Burning (CP, b/w, 58 min) INFOCARD 107 Distorted images of New York City life are shown In this forceful film about civil rights, Jersey and by using various lenses. Francis Thompson, famous Connell examine what happens when a young minis- for his To Be Alive film at the New York World's ter wants to welcome Negroes into hishostile con- Fair made this over a period of years. It is both a gregation. In einema-verite style, A Time For Burn- beautiful and amusing work of art. ing exposes the hypocrisy of many who professtheir belief in justice for the Negro, but whose real values Nighi and Fog (CP, b/w & color 31 min) are much different. As one of JulesFeiffer's cartoon 1NFOCARD 101 characters has observed, "The civil rights movement Main Resnais' work, which he considers his used to be such fun before the Negroes hecnme in- favorite, is perhaps the most direct and honest filmic volved." condemnation of war. Resnais and his writer, Jean Cayrol, condemn not only the Nazis, but also those The Troublemakers (BV, b/w, 54 min) 1NFOCARD 108 who are indifferent to suffering. One of the film's About the efforts of young civil rights workers to special qualities is its juxtaposition of colored post help those trapped in a Newark ghetto, this documen- card Shots of the concentration camps today, with taq captures the frustrations of the workers and black and white newsreel footage which evokes the residents as well as the stupidity of politicians and horrors committed in places which are now tourist public officials. attractions. 30 FILMS' No Reason To Stay (EBF, b/w, 30 min) INFOCARD 102 The Battle of Culloden (PR, b/w, 69 min) INFOCARD 109 A National Film Board of Canada film Boy to Man (CH, color, blw, 16 min) INFoomu) 110 The Critic (CC, color, 8 min) INFOCARD 111 about a bright teenage boy who makes good grades End of the Trail (MH, b/w, 54 min) INFOCARD 112 but who cannot find meaning or education in school Glass (CP, color, 11 min) INFOCARD 113 and drops out. A day in his life illustrates the dullness Golden Age of Comedy (BR, blw, 85 min) INFOCARD 114 of his classes and his frustration in the institution. The Great Adventure (CP, b/w, 75 min) INFOCARD 115 Fellini-like fantasies add another dimension to the Help! My Snowman's Burning Down! (CP,10 min) INFOCARD 116 narrative. This powerful film stimulates both teachers Highway (RD, color, 6 111111) INFOCARD 117 and students to examine their school environment The Hunters (CP, color, 75 min) INFOCARD 118 Jackson Pollock (RD, color, 10 1111) INFOCARD 119 and themselves, Legend of the Paramo (CP, color, 22 min) INFOCARD 120 The Little Island (CP, color, 30 min) . INFOCARD 121 Neighbors (IFB color, 9 MiT1) INFOCARD 103 Men in Cages (CL, b/w, 52 min) INFOCARD 122 This McLaren film -.nes human animation through Mosaic (CP, color, 5 min) INFOCARD 123 time-lapse (or stop-action) photography to tell the Mystery of Stonehenge (MH, color, 57 min) INFocARD 124 story of two neighbors who both want aflower. They Phoebe (MH, blw, 28 min) . INFOCARD 125 quarrel over it and eventually destroy each other, Que Puerto Rico! (CP, color, 16 min) INFOCARD 126 along with the flower. It is a fable with an obvious, The Rafer Johnson Story (ST, b/w, 55 min) INFOCARD 127 The Sea (EBF, color, 26 min) ..... INFocARD 12$ ironic point that is criticial for our times. Siberia: A Day in Irkutsk (MH, color, 54 min) INFOCARD 129 Story of a Writer (ST, b/w, 30 min) INFOCARD 130 An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge That's Me (CP, blw, 15 min) INFOCARD 131 (CP, b/w, 27 min) DMOCARD 104 Time Is (CP, color, 30 min) INFOCARD 132 Set in the Civil War period this is the Ambrose Bierce Two Men and a Wardrobe (CP, b/w, 15 min) INFOCARD .133 story of a man about to be hanged from a railroad Unicorn in the Garden (CP, color, 8 min) INFOCARD 134 bridge by Union troops. As he thinks of the past, the Universe (MH, b/w, 28 min) INFOCARD 135 rope snaps and he falls into the water. He is fired Very Nice, Very Nice (CP, b/w, 8 min) INFOCARD 136 The Violinist (BR, color, 7 min) INFOCARD 137 upon as he swims under water and escapes through (CP, blw, 39 min) INFOCARD 138 the forest to his home. As his wife walks toward him, there is another snap, and he is actually hanged in a surprise ending. The entire action had been a mental -"PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS fantasy. The cinematography is superb, particularly COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED the underwater and telephoto shots. The combination of imusual sound effects lend a dreamlike quality to BY the 'action. TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING Overture (CP, color, 9 min) INFOCARD 105 UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S. OFFICE OF Through x-ray photography, the stages in the de- EDUCATION. FURTHER REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE velopment of a chicken are shown to the accompani- More than a THE ERIC SYSTEM REOUIRES PERMISSION OF ment of Beethoven's Egmont Overture. THE COPYRIGHT OWNER." scenic film, it shows the power of thelife force and the beauty of birth.

The Red Balloon (BR, color, 34 min) INFOCARD 106 A great favorite that cuts across age levels, this cap- tivating fantasy follows the adventures of a boy and a balloon that has its owndistinctive personality, Adolescents enjoy The Red Balloon for .its comment about the "human condition" and the cruelty human beings inflict on people and objects they don't under- stand or appreciate. 30