Studied Here Is of Training

¶ … studied here is of training students about motion pictures, and for this purpose, the students should know about motion pictures from the earliest periods that motion pictures were started to the present day. The importance was to understand the artistic, social, intellectual, political and general impact of the motion picture industry on people. It is well-known that motion pictures are the most important form of art for the twentieth century, and thus the importance is of showing many motion pictures made to the students so that they can get an idea from the interesting movies about the period in which it was made.

When the course ends, the students should be able to show in examinations with multiple choices, matching, true and false as also essay questions that they have a fundamental knowledge of the most important persons, films, and events in the history of motion pictures; discuss basic trends of the motion picture changes with others factors regarding development of motion pictures; provide details and examples to substantiate their statements; evaluate the quality of at least twenty classic films in their historical context starting from Great Train Robbery and be able to appreciate motion pictures as an art form. (Case Study Overview and Findings of Course-Specific Lessons)

The course is meant for individuals who are likely to enter into the industry for production of motion pictures as the education will give them a better understanding of the mission of their industry. Earlier this was done through lectures and a laboratory session where the students saw sections of motion pictures. These sessions were offered at places where the students will be working later, but this was becoming difficult as the number of students at each point was becoming very low. So, it was decided to send the course over a standard education package so that the students could take advantage of it wherever they were, and at their conveniences.

In addition to films that were produced in United States as also the German Golden Age of cinema, there was coverage in the course of movies made in Australian, British, East European, French, Italian, Japanese, Soviet and Swedish areas along with animated films. To be totally successful, the classes had to be supported with clips of cinema, photographs and different visual aids. These could be done only with media which provided visual facilities. There are also problems regarding questions of technicalities and copyright which make these demonstrations more difficult. Thus a method had to be accepted that would solve all these problems. (Case Study Overview and Findings of Course-Specific Lessons)

The platform adopted for use here was the Virtual Indiana Classroom distance education network. This was a radical innovation when it was introduced in 1995 and the entire scheme was presented by the Dean of the School of Continuing Studies to the Indiana University faculty at their annual meeting. This started off with the opportunity to teach students on all the campuses of Indiana University through creativity and excellence. This has also raised many questions about learning, logistics and budgets. (General Background of Project) This is now in the form of software that is available for further development and that is the reason why it is proposed to use this software. In the initial stages, experimentation will cost money even for other purposes and the students will have to get accustomed to learning through the Internet.