Educational film guide (1945)

751-761 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 1945 EDITION 75! Painting — Materials and methods FINGER PAINTING. (Studies of normal personality development ser.) 22min 16-si-$125; rent $6 1941 NYU 751 p-c-adult Guide Produced by Vassar in cooperation with Department of child study, Sarah Lawrence Nursery school. Apply for special rate on whole series "A clinical experience for students of child psychology in which children are given finger paints as part of their normal activities. The first part of the film is an introduction to the psychology of free expression through plastic materials. . . In the second reel the reactions of about ten children are analyzed in detail. "A useful film for college classes in child psychology." School management "A lecture should accompany this film for it to be of any great value. It is also rather lacking in titles." California TREES IN WATERCOLOR— ANATOMY AND PROCEDURE. 30min 16-si-$50; rent $1.50 1939 Ind 751 sh-c-adult Eliot O'Hara gives a demonstration of tree painting based on his book "Making the Brush Behave." Reel 1 demonstrates the symbols for, and how to actually paint the northern pine, the maple, and the elm. Reel 2 demonstrates the painting of the oak, how to show wind in the trees, shadows and sun spots. A painting, demonstrating all of these points, is made and the painting compared with a charcoal sketch of the same subject 758 Landscape painting CREATIVE DESIGN IN PAINTING. 12min 16si-$21; rent $1.50 1936 Gut 758 sh-c By Professor Charles J. Martin of Teachers College, Columbia University A demonstration of the organization of lines and areas within a rectangle. The illustration of these design principles is then carried over into the painting of a landscape in watercolor "Good for this sort of thing, but too set a theory for a creative school." Collaborator "Helpful in the teaching of composition and application of wash." Collaborator BallS 75c Ohio Cal TexEd loan Cine VES $1.50 Ind 75c WashCE $1-50 Ken $1.25 Wis 75c NatFS $21; rent $1.50 YMCA $1.50 NJM 759 Schools of painting PAINTERS OF QUEBEC. 18min 16-sd-$90 1944 Canada 759 sh-c-adult Suzor-Cote", Clarence Gagnon, Marc-Aurele Fortin, Jean Paul Lemieux, Alfred Pellan, Henri Masson and, finally, Andre1 Bieler, are included in this short survey of French-Canadian art There are interspersed scenes of Quebec province, the oldest settled territory in the dominion Nay NFS 759.949 Flemish painting ART AND LIFE IN BELGIUM. ll%min 16-sdrent $2 1941 Phila MA 759.949 jh-sh-c-adult A most unusual film which interprets in an interesting way the relation of the art of the old masters and of modern art also to the everyday life of a people Belgian I Center Okla $1 760 Block printing LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTING. 15min 16-si$21; rent $1.50 Gut 760 jh-sh-c-adult "A skilled artist [Ruth Gikow] demonstrates the steps in preparing and making a linoleum block print for use in making textiles. "A good demonstration film for persons who have had some preliminary experience in linoleum block printing. Although an intricate design was chosen for this presentation, it should be pointed out that the process is the same for simple, yet attractive patterns that are within the ability of all." School management B&H MAKE A LINOLEUM BLOCK. (Arts and crafts ser.) 1R 16-si-$21; rent $1.50 Gut 760 el-jh-sh-c-adult This was produced by Art films. The demonstration given is by Florence Ludins a teacher of fine arts in a New York City high school All steps in making a linoleum block print are shown in detail "A very good film of its type. Should be of value as a direct classroom aid in teaching the techniques involved. Some scenes were somewhat wasted because the artisan's hand obstructs the camera's view or because of incorrect lighting. Photographic layout for some scenes poorly planned so that shadow covers center of attention." Georgia B&H NatFS $1.50 Cine Ohio DG TexEd loan Geo $1.50 MONOTYPE, llmin 16-si-$21; rent $1.50 1941 Gut 760 sh-c-trade-adult The making of a full color print from one plate, demonstrated by Will Barnett, prominent graphic artist "Technical qualities and presentation of subject matter are good." California B&H $30; rent $1.50 VES $1.50 111 $1 Wis 75c NatFS $21; rent $1.50 YMCA $1.50 SIMPLE BLOCK PRINTING. (Handicraft teaching films ser.) 15-10min 16-si-sd-$30-$40; rent $1.50-$2 1941 BraF 760 el-Jh Guide Produced under the supervision of Edward T. Hall of the Universal School of Handicraft, Rockefeller Center, New York. After a few examples of block printing are shown the entire process of making such a print is demonstrated. The various tools needed are displayed and the work of each clearly shown B&H si-sd 111 sd-$1.50 Cine si-sd PennS sd-$1.50 IdP sd-$2 VES si-sd-$1.50-$2 761 Wood engraving LAST OF THE WOOD ENGRAVERS. 30min 16-si-$50; rent $2 1930 Harvard 761 To preserve and make available to posterity the extraordinary technique of Mr. Timothy Cole, last of the great wood engravers, the Boston museum of fine arts commissioned the production of this picture The El Greco masterpiece, "Fray Feliz Hortensio." With a reproduction of the painting to guide him, Mr. Cole chooses a carefully sharpened graver and begins to cut the 344