Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Digital Filmmaking

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The Business of Film
Using the value chain concept and film case studies, with input throughout from individuals involved in making those films, the course provides a practical, in-depth exploration of how film financing works, and the key business decisions that are made along the way.
MIT Open Courseware - Filmmaking
MIT Introduction to Video | Architecture
an introduction to video recording and editing, presenting video as a tool of personal apprehension and expression, with an emphasis on self-exploration, performance, social critique, and the organization of raw experience into aesthetic form (narrative, abstract, documentary, essay).
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Students are required to complete a variety of assignments to learn the basics of video capture and editing, culminating in a final assignment that has to do with personal storytelling.
MIT Advanced Projects in the Visual Arts: Personal Narrative
explore the nature and function of narrative in cinema and video through exercises and screenings culminating in a final project.
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Starting with a brief introduction to the basic principles of classical narrative cinema, we will proceed to explore strategies designed to test the elements of narrative: story trajectory, character development, verisimilitude, time-space continuity, viewer identification, suspension of disbelief, and closure.

Television Production
A Free, Interactive Course in Studio and Field Production
The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema
The Altering Eye covers a "golden age" of international cinema from the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970s.
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Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, Kolker develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major figures as Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey, the Brazilian director Glauber Rocha, and the work of major Cuban filmmakers.
Kolker’s book has become a much quoted classic in the field of film studies providing essential reading for anybody interested in understanding the history of European and international cinema. This new and revised edition includes a substantive new preface by the author and an updated bibliography.
Hollywood Quarterly - 1945-1951
The purpose of the magazine was to present the record of research and exploration in motion pictures and radio in order to provide a basis for evaluation of economic, social, aesthetic, educational, and technological trends.
Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema
comprehensive introduction to the origin of film via photography and its evolution. The prose is narrative, personable, and readily understood by undergraduates and graduate students alike.

Gender Representation in the Media (Course)
Explore how women are represented in the media and reflect on what it means for contemporary society and culture.
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On this course, you’ll be introduced to key gender issues. You’ll explore female representation in areas from news to sports to feature films, and discover why equal representation still looks a long way off. You’ll also consider what can be done to offer alternative depictions of women to the mainstream media.
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
The work of pioneering TV graphic designers set the standards that still influence what is shown on TV today.