Making Films That Teach
Making Films That Teach is a short film from 1954 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Describes the steps in the process of producing educational films as carried out by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. Discusses various production activities, including scripting, shooting, editing and sounding, and refers to the work of location crews throughout the world. Made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
00:26:51:05 CU disembodied hand writers on lined notepad Subject: Making Films That Teach , camera pans out to show in editing room filled with film containers; man stands up and lights pipe.
00:27:59:10 CU disembodied hand holding pen writes in cursive on line paper knowing how teaching films are made is a great aid in evaluating them.
00:29:17:03 Pan down row of books, woman takes book off library shelf.
00:29:41:26 CU pan down row of books on education.
00:32:12:21 Great shot on movie set. Camera man behind movie camera and long boom microphone over set of historical scene with men dressed in eighteenth century white English wigs.
00:32:34:16 Disembodied hands clap EB films movie clapper; Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and other men in white wigs discuss taxation.
00:35:21:29 VS Gary, Indiana steel mill.
00:35:40:18 Man in front of camera man holding movie clapper in front of camera, Whitehouse in background of shot.
00:36:41:28 Two men in wilderness, one behind camera on tripod film nature film. VS turtle laying eggs; CU queen ant and worker ants; CU bees.
00:38:22:14 VS Educational filmmakers shooting close-up of woman s larynx as she sings; CU larynx as woman sings scale.
00:38:38:28 CU VS human ear drum vibrating to sound.
00:39:08:13 Stop-motion photography of ball rolling down ruled incline with distances marked on side, ball stops at various increments.
00:40:37:13 VS film editors editing film.
00:41:34:24 One man sitting on desk in film editing studio with shelves of film canisters in background says to man standing across from him Suppose someone were photographing us for instance
In color? Yes. Shot turns from BW to beautiful color.00:43:44:18 CU in color man writing on lined paper in cursive research is important in every phase of educational film instruction
| Making Films That Teach | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. |
Production companies | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. |
Release date | 1954 |
Running time | 18:01 |
| Language | English |
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