Start Over Date 1957 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

91. Music and Effects: Sound for Illusion (29:17)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the role of music and sound in theatrical production. Shows the sound designer at work and exhibits the tools and equipment he uses. Demonstrates techniques followed in creating musical a...

92. Movement and Gesture: Action for Illusion (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the contribution of movement and gesture to the art of the theatre. Stresses the importance of the director in determining stage action. Presents problems encountered in stage composition...

93. Spots and Floods: Lights for Illusion (29:22)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses stage lighting in terms of special effects, atmosphere, and mood. Follows the work of the light designer from the initial preparation to the final production. Outlines the objectives and ...

94. Dialogue: Speaking for Illusion (29:22)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains dialogue from the point of view of the playwright who composes it and the actor who gives it expression. Describes and demonstrates three types of dialogue: straight dialogue, set speech...

95. The actor : character creation for illusion (29:03)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Examines the actor's contribution to theatrical production. Discusses two basic steps in the actor's creation of the character which he portrays: visualization and expression. Demonstrates by follo...

96. The Play: Idea For Illusion (29:30)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Shows and discusses the play from the point of view of the playwright and the stage director. Describes how the playwright uses such sources as feelings, ideas, actuality, real people, and in analy...

97. You, the Beholder (29:38)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses various levels of understanding of art in terms of visual, historical, and esthetics elements. Explains such terms as abstraction, cubism, futurism, and shows examples of each. Demonstra...

98. Background of Rocketry (14:49)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Traces the various methods of propulsion. Explains the development of jet propulsion by the Chinese in 1232. Relates the history of the use of rocker power to the age of firearms. Shows how the roc...

99. Introduction to rocketry (15:07)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Dr. Sherburne gives a rapid survey of the latest developments of rocketry with a few comments of the nature of the following twenty-five programs.

100. Reaction and Momentum (14:52)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains the principle of propulsion, and illustrates the way in which the design of a rocket engine increases the speed of escaping gases. Illustrates the law of momentum as applied to propulsion....