What’s a Swish Pan? (Film Language Glossary)

Check out the Film Language Glossary (access restricted to current Columbia affiliates, you must be on campus to connect), brought to you by the folks at Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning and Columbia’s School of the Arts. Each term is illustrated with a film clip that demonstrates the technique. […]

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A Comic Book That Teaches About Fair Use

The Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain has produced a comic book that explains how copyright restrictions and the principle of fair use apply to documentary filmmakers.  The information is presented in an entertaining format, with clear and easy to follow examples.  You can view the comic book online, download it, […]

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Broadcast Journalism Links

Master’s projects: To locate broadcast Master’s projects from prior years, visit the index, available online at: www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/jour/masters/ TV projects are available to borrow from the Journalism Library (ask at the Circulation Desk for project title and year it was completed). Radio projects are also available at the Journalism Library, and online at: www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/radio/masters/index.asp Stock footage […]

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Resource Spotlight: AP Multimedia Archive

Haven’t tried the AP Multimedia Archive yet?  (Access restricted to current Columbia affiliates.)  Here’s some of what you’re missing… Photographs taken by AP photographers, back to 1844, searchable by caption (try keywords Lincoln funeral car, then click Search) Radio reports (try keyword Hindenburg, click the “Audio” option on the left-hand menu, then click Search) Info-graphics […]

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