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244 F. S. CELLIER Vol 48, No. 3
That means that a classroom film on a given topic is made to fit into the curriculum between the discussions that normally precede and follow consideration of that topic. The classroom film is not made for the purpose of fitting into a three-hour program which begins with Donald Duck and ends with "The Lost Weekend". It contains material for schools presented in the way in which schools are accustomed to handle that kind of material.
Since the classroom film is a text film, and since it is as much an integral part of the curriculum as the textbook is, it has certain quite special characteristics. To begin with, it is meaty. It is packed with information. It is made to stand many screenings, and must avoid elements that become boring on second or third acquaintance, such as jokes.
Again, it starts cold. It needs no long motivating introduction for the purpose of getting the audience out of one mood and into another. The mood which the audience needs to appreciate the classroom film is created by the teacher before the film is screened, as "Using The Classroom Film" demonstrates quite clearly.
A definition of the classroom film would be incomplete without a reference to authenticity. The classroom film must be absolutely authentic. It must contain facts, and these facts must be presented with the same scrupulous regard for scientific validity that applies to the writing of the most rigorous textbook. For this reason, no classroom film worthy of the name is released without the sanction of as eminent an authority or panel of authorities in the field as it is possible to obtain.
The classroom film should also reflect everything psychology has been able to discover concerning the nature of the learning process. The type of step -by-step progression, the nature and timing of recapitulations, the decision to proceed inductively or deductively — all these, and a host of other facts must be implemented in a classroom film if it is to be worthy of its name.
Primary Purpose. — The primary purpose of a producer of classroom films is to teach — not to make films for films' sake; to teach by means of a powerful medium of communication, called the motion picture. It is as true of a text film as it is of a textbook, of course, that if its style is pleasant and fluent, it becomes easier to take. The producer of a classroom film, like the writer of a textbook, will therefore give every attention to style and mode of presentation. But the criterion on which the textbook or the text film stands or falls is not