Business screen magazine (1942)

L SCENES SHOW the detail of stepby step instruction in the Coast Guard slidefilms. Scenes below from another recent film show method of insertmq questions and b I a n k i n q out words in the review section. QUESTIONS ".SffiPSSSr , Vumber Sevfn • 1943 COAST GUARD if WoKU HAS COME from the Coast Guard \ isiial Training Section announcing new technics in the use of training films. One involves a comliinalion of motion training films and slide films, and the other aids the instructor hy giving him a complete lesson embodied in the film. The first technic is one that can lie used to teach any job that can be done with the hands, such as knot tying, cleaning and repairing guns or other mechanisms and speeding up manual operations of any sort. Saves Cointless Hoirs The motion training film shows "what" is to be done and the correct manipulation of doing it. Then, the slide film is shown which helps the instructor teach the .student exactly "how" to do the job. ^tep by .step. The students actually do the job along with the film, being guided by the film and doing iust what is shown on the screen for lliem to do. As in using other training films, the films may be repeated as many times as is necessary. The value of this new technic was proven in a demonstration liv Lieutenant Commander Patrick Murphy. USCGR. Chief Visual Training Officer. Coast Guard, belore a group of approximately 1600 members of the New York Sales Executive Club where he taught this group, in the short period of a|)proxiniately seven minutes, to tie a square knot. Shows "What" and "How" The value of this technic can be seen since we know that it previously took an instructor from five to fifteen minutes of individual instruction to each recruit to tie this knot. The other technic now used by the Coast Guard is that of including information and directions for the in.structor in the film itself. This takes up only a few frames preceeding the main body of the film and eliminates the hazard of the loss of printed instructions, booklets, etc. which are generally released with new training films. It also is much more convenient for the instructor than delving through printed material, preceeding the showing of the film. This technic also includes a question and answers sequence which are shown after the main body of tlie film is reviewed. In this question and answers series, the frame giving the original (please turn to pace 3 4) APPRAISAL OF TRAINING FILM TITLE.. RUNMNG TIME PURPOSE MnS. (Color) (B&W) (.Sound) (Silent) Directions: In coaivm A each subhead is assigned a maximum weight. In column B, please write in that part of subhead weight to jvhich you think this film is entitled. For example: subhead .4, Section I, is given 30% of the section total of 100%. // the purpose is not demon.-<trated with maxinvan clarity it should be scored at less than SO'.'o (half clear would be 15%). By adding column B, and dividing the total by the number of sections pertinent to mis film, an over all reaction will be obtained. A Vo .30 60 10 100 .30 30 10 10 . 20 100 40 20 30 10 100 21) 20 20 15 1.") 10 100 10 l.j 10 1.^. 10 1.5 10 100 30 30 30 10 100 B 'A TO WHAT DECREE: I. PURI'OSE -4. Is the purpose clear? ii. Is the purpose achieved? C. Is the film lenRth in correct proportion to the purpose? II. SELECllO.N UF t;0,\TE.>T A. Does the film present its information with convincing genuineness? B. .^re enough ideas included in pictures and sound to make the subject clear? C. Is the nunihei" of ideas in correct propor tion to film length? ( Too many?) D. Is the medium suitably employed (motion picture vs. film strip)? E. Does the film succeed in avoidinf^ objec tionable, unimportant, or irrelevant materials? HI. l)EVELOPMi:\T OK <:OINTEi\T A. Is the idea development clear? B. Is the story continuity smooth? C. Does the film challenge attention and sus tain interest? D. Do camera angles and distances aid in explaining subject? IV. PHOTOGRAPHY A. Is the eye effectively focused by scene layout? B. Are closeups, lighting, and varying scene footage technically well done? C. Are dissolves, wipes, fades, slow motion, effectively employed? D. Are titles and captions legible and effec tive? E. Is optical definition good? F. Is camera movement smooth (panning, dollying, zooming) ? V. SOUND A. Is the character of the voice suitable? B. Is the enunciation clear and delivery effective? C. Is the vocabulary appropriate? D. Does the narration succeed in avoiding over or under writing? E. Does the narration highlight important material ? F. Is the speed of speech appropriate to content? G. Are background or natural sounds effec tively used? H. Is the reproduction clear? VI. AMM.ATIO^ A. Does the animation tell a clear story? B. Does it stimulate interest? C. Does it aid in understanding? D. Is it well integrated with the balance of the film? Total B Total for film {Typical appraisal form developed for Navy film subjects.) 2S