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- http://www.slate.com/articles/video.html
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art, Business Studies, Current Affairs, General Science, Literature, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The video channel of the US-based online culture and current affairs magazine Slate. The magazine has a left-leaning bias and its tone is witty, irreverent and informative. For example, the video on FX/digital compositing explains how hidden special effects work in films in a very entertaining way. The Podcasts cover similar ground.
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- http://www.silentera.com/index.html
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies, Literature
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Discussion Lists, Footage Sources, Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Video Sources, Web Links
At the core of this website devoted to films of the silent era is the Progressive Silent Film List, which is a growing collection of information on more than 22,500 silent and sound films produced from 1888 through to the end of 1929. The list can be accessed via a search of actors, actresses, producers and directors and also production and distribution companies. Some of the film entries are accompanied by clips, such as this excerpt from the 1913 Thanhouser production of Cymbeline. The site also includes listings and reviews of silent films available on video and DVD, a news section, film reviews and articles, book reviews, details of lost films as well as information on silent era films previously thought lost, but now found.
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- https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/theatre-performance-archives
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Drama, Literature
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums
A collection of live video recordings made of stage performances, mostly in London. Since the closure of the Theatre Museum in August 2007, these materials have been held at the Victoria & Albert Museum and are now available for viewing at their Olympia premises. The listing given on the site links to details of each production, including length, date of performance, credits, number of cameras used in the recording and usually a brief description. The material cannot be viewed elsewhere.
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- https://publishing.brookes.ac.uk/podcasts/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Business Studies, Literature, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
A continuing series of audio podcasts relating to aspects of publishing, many of which discuss the impact of new technology on the industry. The recordings are of talks given by guest lecturers at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, Oxford Brookes University.
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- http://www.filmeducation.org/index.php
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Drama, Education, Film Studies, Literature
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Video Sources
Part of the Film Education site, a resource guide for schools, which includes a section on filmed Shakespeare, with an essay on the subject, and text extracts relating to film clips (not available online) from Hamlet, Macbeth and Twelfth Night. Details also of Film Education’s Shakespeare video study guides.
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- https://www.otis.edu/life_otis/library/collections_online/index.html
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- Arts and Humanities
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- American Studies, Art, Literature
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Databases
A database of book covers from the Otis College of Art and Design that relate to their collections dedicated to artists. It is possible to search by Artist’s name, Book title, Subject, Publisher, Book type, and General keywords. The images, which include both the covers and contents of the books, have been scanned to a generally high standard.
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- http://www.digitalnarratives.blogspot.co.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
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- Information Studies, Literature, Technology
- Type of resource
- Blogs
A blog by Ruth Page, Reader in English at Birmingham City University. In it she explores the many ways that digital media are transforming narratives, for example hypertexts, gaming, fanfiction, online archives, mash ups, digital storytelling, performance art on the web, blogging, etc.
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- http://194.66.92.239/videos/intro.htm
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Film Studies, Geography, Languages, Literature, Politics and Government
- Type of resource
- Databases
An online database listing the videos and DVDs held in the library of of UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies for use by UCL staff and students. Full listings are given under the headings feature films; animation; documentaries on history, politics and current affairs; documentaries on literature, cinema and other arts; language learning materials. The site also gives links to internet resources on Russian cinema and the Russian Cinema Research Group.
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- http://putlockers.tf/watch/mx5BKjGR-dreams-with-sharp-teeth.html
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Literature
- Medium
- Film/Video
Harlan Ellison has been a controversial figure on the SF literary scene since the 1950s. Made to promote a documentary about his life and work, this site includes a trailer for the film as well as movies of Ellison performing his own works and a long video of a Q&A session that followed one of the film’s screenings in LA.
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- http://www.shotlist.co.uk
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computing, Education, Engineering, Literature, Mathematics, Media Studies, Psychology
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, Video Sources
Shotlist, part of the EBS Trust, produces subject-specific video materials for teaching and research, which are distributed at minimal cost to all UK education establishments, who are also able to purchase sub-masters from which they are permitted to copy, re-edit, and re-format the programmes according to their own needs. The site gives descriptions of the videos by subject: Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Engineering, Information Systems, Practical Maths, Psychology, and a series of lectures on Irish literary figures including Joyce, Wilde and Yeats.
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