Student-Made Films for Instruction Using support from a Slosn Foundation grant we have been experimenting with techniques to produce casette motion pictures for undergraduate teaching. Modem, low-cost cameras and projectors provide a range of readily accessible extensions to twical lab and class-work. And our work has shown that underclassmen can ~ r o d u c verv e useful films. Our fourteen were orddueed hv* Douelas ~. Hudson. Mark Poindexter. and blimi Isham. A typical film r2Nrreofrunniny time in a Teehnirulorcaserte, requiresexpwurt. o f 5 10 rolls offilm and 20:Ulatudent hours. Thus, the hasir cost of%Tr&lM,plusequipment and faculty time,considerably e x c d t h e p u r c h a s e priceof commercinl film, bur the result in the local scene, w ~ t hlocal equipment and local student actorsjustif~esthedifference. In ouruwn care we consider each production a filmed storyhoard which could lead t o commercial production a t a great saving in cost of storyboard preparation. We used a super 8 mm, maero-zaom camera, with the ability to single-frame. We also have explored same techniques not commonly used in educational films. The films are Listed below with a brief description of some of these. Each is intended to he seen non-stop (2W see) by students, then (as necessary) seen again using stoos and sin& framing as desirable t o eet the full messaee. " Such a second runnine "mav.take 15-20 min but is based on prior knuwledgeof the total plan of the film, itucunclusions, rhequsrtions it raises,nnd thenrens whrch thestudent underatandsas well as those on which wncentratiun is requirrd.
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