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- https://www.bfi.org.uk/lean/index.html
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Databases, Reviews, Streaming/Download
This site celebrates the life and work of British film director and editor, David Lean. Most of the materials are taken from the British Film Institute’s Special Collections and include jpegs of press books, stills, reviews, scripts, designs and correspondence. All his films as director as well as many on which he served as editor are analysed and many extracts from the films themselves can can be viewed either with RealPlayer or Windows MediaPlayer.
Please note that this resource is currently as an old site. David Lean’s films can be watched via the BFIplayer, with a subscription.
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- http://www.movie-film-review.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Databases, Information Sources, Reviews
Previously a subscription service known as Tookeys Film Guide, this is now advert-supported and therefore much more accessible. It remains a fairly large and certainly up-to-date database, detailing the often eccentric opinions of film critic Christopher Tookey which can be searched by title, personality, year, keyword and genre. It also provides a very useful sampling of opinions by other critics as well as a rather dubious rating system. Now includes some of Tookey’s BBC Radio broadcasts.
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- https://www.alevelmedia.co.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Courses, Information Sources
This continually evolving website was set up in 2010 by a teacher/examiner in Media and Film Studies to support students taking GCSE, AS and A-levels in the subject. It contains Powerpoints, pdfs and lots of videos and links to help students with revision, as well as lesson plans, schemes of work and free downloadable resources for teachers.
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- http://www.japander.com
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
A highly entertaining website devoted to adverts originally made exclusively for distribution in Japan featuring such stars as Rowan Atkinson, David Beckham, Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford, Madonna, Catherine Zeta Jones and even Wallace and Gromit. The site can be searched alphabetically by personality and QuickTime is required to view the adequately encoded video.
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- http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Architecture, Engineering, Environmental Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
This is a general site that links to the dozen or so property programmes screened by Channel 4 and especially supports Grand Designs, streaming programmes from all the previous series as well as providing more general information on self-building and house improvement.
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- https://www.creativeclub.co.uk/prelogin/home.aspx
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Media Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Footage Sources, Streaming/Download
This commercial site provides a useful archive of adverts going back to 1997 which can be searched by brand or company, and includes items produced for TV, radio, cinema and internet as well as print, including direct mail and door drop leaflets. These can be purchased from the site and are made available on DVD, VHS, U-matic, and CD. Every month three adverts are picked as being the best on offer and an archive of these going back to May 2002 is streamed and available to view via Windows Media Player, all with top-notch encoding. The JISC has now entered into an agreement with Creative Club to allow access for its member organisations at special rates.
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- http://www.saulbass.tv/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Design, Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
Website which is dedicated to the work of director, film titles designer and graphic artist Saul Bass. The main site includes clips from the titles sequences of many of his films, including Casino, Vertigo, Man with the Golden Arm and Psycho as well as stills and a very detailed filmography. This resource. created by Brendan Dawes, originally housed Psycho Studio, an interactive project which allowed the user to re-edit the famous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, which is sadly no longer available.
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday
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- Arts and Humanities
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- History, Media Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Video and audio from the huge BBC news archive from 1950 onwards, made available through RealPlayer, with plenty of textual support. The entire database can be searched by month and day and by theme and there is also a section devoted to witness accounts.
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- http://www.luxonline.org.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Art, Drama, Film Studies, Media Studies, Social Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Databases, Footage Sources, Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
LUX focuses on visual arts-based moving image work, a definition which includes experimental film, video art, installation art, performance art, personal documentary, essay films and animation. The organisation’s main activities are distribution, exhibition, publishing, commissioning, research, and professional development support, and the newly designed website neatly reflects all these activities. Of particular note is the easily searchable collection of 4500 films and videos by approximately 1500 artists, which evolved from the holdings of the now-defunct London Filmmakers Co-operative, London Video Arts and The Lux Centre. These works are available for hire or sale (via the online shop), some may be viewed online in their entirety (Video section) and some are included in online themed exhibitions (listed in the ‘What’s On’ section which also includes detailed information on LUX projects and events, and a calendar listing of upcoming events across London involving artists’ moving image). The site also features a blog and downloadable podcasts and vodcasts of interviews with artists, documentation of LUX events and specially commissioned content.
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- http://main.wgbh.org/ton/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Ethnology, History, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download
The WGBH Media Archives and Preservation Center presents bulletins from WGBH’s in-depth nightly news program, The Ten O’Clock News. The material covers the years from 1974 to 1991 and can be searched by keyword, name, location and chronologically and are between 30 and 200 seconds in length and require QuickTime. From a design perspective, the site is not particularly attractive and somewhat spartan, but the materials held are often fascinating, with emphasis on serious political issues such as desegregation in schools, AIDS and affordable housing.
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