Title--Links

This page includes links to analyses of and images and clips from class films, Web movie theaters, materials on film research, sites on film terminology, sites on U.S. history, resources on writing about film and tools for Web authoring.  When you follow the links, the Web sites will open in a new browser window. To return to this page, simply close the new browser window.

Class Films--Analyses

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Class Films--Image/Clip Archives

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Web Theaters

  • American Memory Collection:  Motion Pictures

  • A page that links to some of the Library of Congress's motion picture holdings, including films made by Edison, early animated films, and films that recorded famous figures and daily events.  Many of the motion pictures can be viewed via computer for free.
  • Movie Flix

  • Although you can watch for free, registration is required, and the registration form includes street address as a required field.  You'll also need to download RealPlayer 8 Plus ($29.99) to view Movie Flix films. Films available on Movie Flix include Easy Street, The Immigrant, and The Cheat.
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Film Research

  • AFI Online

  • Site of the American Film Institute.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

  • A chronicle of the oldest movie company in America--and D.W. Griffith's onetime employer. The pages offer information on Biograph writers and directors; links to trade magazine Web sites; and a movie lounge chat room.
  • American Studies Web

  • An essential Internet research tool for American Studies scholars. The site has numerous links to sources on American literature, history, art, material culture (including film), gender studies, performing arts, religion and psychology, legal studies, race and ethnicity, economics, politics and social sciences.
  • Cinemedia

  • "The Internet's largest film and media directory," Cinemedia contains links to resources on cinema, directors, organizations, networks, actors, particular films, and research.  Browse the categories to view Cinemedia's 25,000+ links.
  • Deep Focus: A Complete Guide to Motion Pictures

  • Information on film history, the development of motion picture technology, directors, and specific films, performers and directors.
  • English Server

  • Links to multiple resources in the humanities and social sciences.
  • Internet Movie Database

  • Searchable index of over 125,000 films.  Contains links to biographies of directors, screenwriters, producers and actors; commentaries on individual films; and links to popular film reviews.
  • Movie Review Query Engine

  • Use the query engine to search for Web reviews of particular films.
  • Library of Congress Internet Resources Page

  • Links to U.S. and international research sites on film and filmmakers.
  • UCLA Arts Library Selected Internet Sources on Film

  • Links to sites on directors, actors, studios, unions, electronic journals, film research, festivals, movie reviews, searchable databases, and internet guides to film.
  • U.S. Film/U.S. Culture: A Research Guide

  • Created by cinema studies research librarian Glenda Pearson, this page contains information on how to craft effective search statements and gives an overview of library holdings in cinema studies.
  • UW Libraries Cinema Studies Research Site

  • Authored by a cinema studies librarian, the site has information on finding cinema studies resources in the UW libraries and links to electronic journals and cinema studies resources on the Web.
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Film Terminology

  • SOFIA (Study of Film as Internet Application)

  • Click on "Camera," "Genre," "Editing," "Story," and "Form" for extended definitions and discussion of cinematic terms.  The site contains material on technical aspects of filmmaking, discussions of genres and arguments regarding the relationship between film and society.  Also contains book reviews, an essay gallery of works on film and film theory, and links to material on Hollywood film studios, critical theory and writing.
  • Reading a Film Sequence

  • A short guide on how to to read the text and context of a film.  The page has excellent questions to guide students in their analysis of narrative, staging, cinematography, editing and sound.
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U.S. History

  • American History from 1865

  • Teresa Mudrock's page of links to biographical Web sites and Web pages detailing U.S. history during each decade of the 20th century.  Links of interest to our class include "America in the 1930s," "The Psychedelic 60s," "Literature and Culture of the American 1950s," and "Vietnam War."
  • Cold War International History Project

  • Contains a virtual archive of Cold War documents from governments on all sides of the Cold War.
  • The Emergence of Modern America

  • Ohio State University Professor K. Austin Kerr's Web site provides materials for an "intensive study of political, economic, social and cultural change in the U.S. from 1877 to 1917."  Materials include primary source readings, Professor Kerr's lecture notes, quantitative data, images, Web bibliographies, and links to articles on immigration, labor reform, and other topics of concern during the period.
  • History of Women

  • Teresa Mudrock's links to Web pages on general women's history, biographies, suffrage, and chronologically arranged sites.
  • Horus World Wide Web Guide to History Resources

  • Links to thousands of history sources. The table of contents is organized by area of study, period, country or place, and the Horus site is searchable.
  • Library of Congress American Memory Project

  • "America's story in words, sounds, and pictures."
  • Starting Points for Historical Research 

  • Created by UW Libraries' history subject librarian Teresa Mudrock, this page contains links to article indexes, research guides, databases of primary sources, electronic journals, and Web pages on history.
  • World Wide Web Virtual Library--U.S. History

  • The materials on this page are organized by chronological period as well as historical topic.  The Virtual Library links to reference resources, including databases, e-texts, journals and archive. 
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Writing About Film

  • Citing Film, Video, and Online Media

  • Information on how to correctly document citations of film, video and online media materials.
  • Critical Writing Online

  • Papers by students at Queen's University Film Studies program, including a paper on images of working women in pre- and post-WWII film and a paper on Dr. Strangelove in the context of the Cold War. 
  • GMU Writing Center's "Writing About Film" Page

  • George Mason's step-by-step guide to writing film analyses.
  • MLA Style

  • The only MLA-approved guidelines for citing electronic sources.  From the main page, go to "MLA Style," then choose "Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style."  This page links to a page on citing Web sources.
  • MLA, APA and Turabian (Chicago) Citation Guides

  • This site not only reviews MLA, APA and Turabian citation guidelines, but also gives links to citing electronic sources.
  • Thinking Critically about Discipline-Based Web Resources

  • Authored by UCLA librarian Esther Grassian, this page offers criteria for evaluating discipline-based world wide web sites.  Writers can use Grassian's list to help them decide whether a particular web source is appropiate for an academic research paper.
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Web Authoring

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Page last updated 3/2/01
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