Film and Video Collections
Film- Research LibGuide
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Film Research LibGuideA Pratt lib guide designed to help students search for films and conduct academic research about film and film culture.
Books on The Material of Film
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Academic Films for the Classroom
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ISBN: 9780786458707Publication Date: 2010-09-01This book traces the history of classroom films from the silent era through the 1980s.
Topics include: production companies contributing to the academic film genre; history of education; and denouement of the genre in classrooms and its resurgence on the Internet. -
Feature Films on 8mm and 16mm and Videotape
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ISBN: 0835211126Publication Date: 1979-02-01Directory of feature films available for rental, sale, and lease in the United States and Canada -
Learning with the Lights Off
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ISBN: 9780195383843Publication Date: 2012-01-06A vastly influential form of filmmaking seen by millions of people, educational films provide a catalog of twentieth century preoccupations and values. As a medium of instruction and guidance, they held a powerful cultural position, producing knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. This is the first collection of essays to address this vital phenomenon -
What to Do When the Lights Go On
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ISBN: 0912700696Publication Date: 1981-03-01A comprehensive guide to 16mm films and related activities for children.
The Material of Film on 16mm
In addition to Pratt's books and databases, the Pratt 16mm Collection has plenty of resources to inform your understanding of 16mm and film technique using the medium itself.
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Facts About Film (16mm)Discusses how film is made, what damages it, essentials of proper care and preventive maintenance, and how it can be repaired. Size: S, Library Use Only.
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How To Make a Movie (16mm)A slapstick comedy in mock-German cinematic style which follows the activities of a bumbling movie crew. Size: XS, Library Use Only.
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Handy Dandy Do-It-Yourself Editing Film (16mm)Shows how a group of students edits a motion picture. Surveys the film editing processes of assembling, selecting, rearranging, and discarding footage. Size: S, Library Use Only.
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Handy Dandy Do-It-Yourself Filmmaking Film (16mm)Shows how a group of young people plan and shoot a film about the sport of jousting. Demonstrates the preparation of equipment, including the camera, tape recorder, and tripod, and discusses the use of it during shooting. Size: S, Library Use Only.
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The Making of a Natural History Film (16mm)Examines naturalists and biologists as they use modern film techniques and technology in order to film a variety of biological phenomena. Size: XL, Library Use Only.
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Eadweard Muybridge : ZoopraxographerConsiders the life and career of Eadweard Muybridge, the 19th-century photographer and scientist who made important contributions to the technology and technique of still and motion picture photography. Shows the results of Muybridge's work including pictures projected using a stereograph and a zoopraxoscope. Size: L, circulates.
New York City Films on 16mm
A selection of the 16mm films in the Library's collection can be accessed through VMR's YouTube Channel. See the playlist for New York City films below.
USE SPECIFIC DATABASES
Try these databases to narrow yourself to good sources of information.
Choose from all film databases here.
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Art and Architecture Source This link opens in a new windowArt Source contains Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective as well as a number of journals and other sources in the arts.
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Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCoverage includes film & television theory, production, screenwriting, cinematography, and more. Includes full text for 120 journals, 100 books, and over 36,000 images.
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Fine Arts & Music Collection This link opens in a new windowThis collection offers over 10 million articles and over 250 full-text journals on the topics of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
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ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts, including those covering modern and contemporary art, all aspects of design and craft, and scholarship on Western art history.
