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Research Sources & Tips
1. Tufts Libraries Catalog 2. WorldCat (libraries worldwide)
1. Tufts Libraries Catalog
2. WorldCat (libraries worldwide)
1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics. 3. Academic OneFile All subjects; a convenient quick start with some full texts. 4. Film & Television Literature Index Film criticism from scholarly journals as well as movie reviews from popular press and trade publications. 5. From Other Perspectives Communication & Mass Media Complete Sociological Abstracts (Culture, Media, etc.) Women's Studies International Literature (MLA) America: History and Life History (non-U.S. History & Culture) **When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.
1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse
JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.
3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient quick start with some full texts.
4. Film & Television Literature Index
Film criticism from scholarly journals as well as movie reviews from popular press and trade publications.
5. From Other Perspectives
Communication & Mass Media Complete Sociological Abstracts (Culture, Media, etc.) Women's Studies International Literature (MLA) America: History and Life History (non-U.S. History & Culture)
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Sociological Abstracts (Culture, Media, etc.)
Women's Studies International
Literature (MLA)
America: History and Life
History (non-U.S. History & Culture)
**When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.
1. Current LexisNexis Academic Factiva (many more foreign language sources) 2. Historical Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985) Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) American Periodicals (1740-1940) OpinionArchives Some of the oldest continuously published magazines in America, including American Spectator, Commentary, Commonweal, Dissent, Harpers Magazine, NACLA, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, New York Review, and The New Yorker. British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s) British Humanities Index (1962- ) 3. Ethnic, Alternative and Independent Press: Alt-PressWatch Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 -
1. Current
LexisNexis Academic
Factiva (many more foreign language sources)
2. Historical
Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)
Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
American Periodicals (1740-1940)
OpinionArchives Some of the oldest continuously published magazines in America, including American Spectator, Commentary, Commonweal, Dissent, Harpers Magazine, NACLA, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, New York Review, and The New Yorker.
British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)
British Humanities Index (1962- )
3. Ethnic, Alternative and Independent Press:
Alt-PressWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 -
Camera Obscura Cinema Journal Discourse Film & History Film History Film Quarterly Framework Journal of Film and Video The Movie Image PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art Projections Quarterly Review of Film and Video Screen The Velvet Light Trap Wide Angle
Camera Obscura
Cinema Journal
Discourse
Film & History
Film History
Film Quarterly
Framework
Journal of Film and Video
The Movie Image
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
Projections
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
Screen
The Velvet Light Trap
Wide Angle
(Note the search pattern; modify to your own needs.)
1. By Country motion pictures Iran 2. Regional and Geopolitical Motion pictures Arab (a region) Motion pictures -- Developing countries. (geopolitical) Motion pictures -- Middle East. 3. Filmmaker Bunuel Luis 4. A Movement New Wave Films 5. Plots and Themes motion pictures plots themes 6. Genres film genres fantasy films documentary films Documentary-style films animated films biographical films historical films film adaptations road films and more . Television Programs Television Programs -- History. Tip: find your movie in the Catalog, and learn the special language for their genres / themes. 7. Topics love in motion pictures Intercultural communication in motion pictures Emigration and immigration in motion pictures. Asian Americans on television Hispanic Americans on television 8. Advance Keyword Search On the topic of diaspora/exile and cinema:
1. By Country
motion pictures Iran
2. Regional and Geopolitical
Motion pictures Arab (a region)
Motion pictures -- Developing countries. (geopolitical)
Motion pictures -- Middle East.
3. Filmmaker
Bunuel Luis
4. A Movement
New Wave Films
5. Plots and Themes
motion pictures plots themes
6. Genres
film genres
fantasy films
documentary films
Documentary-style films
animated films
biographical films
historical films
film adaptations
road films
and more .
Television Programs
Television Programs -- History.
Tip: find your movie in the Catalog, and learn the special language for their genres / themes.
7. Topics
love in motion pictures
Intercultural communication in motion pictures
Emigration and immigration in motion pictures.
Asian Americans on television
Hispanic Americans on television
8. Advance Keyword Search
On the topic of diaspora/exile and cinema:
Click here to see search results
Tips: 1. Or and ( ) to search any or all of the words; 2. film* searches film, films, etc.
A Few Useful Search Patterns
(modify to your own needs)
History and How-to Books:
motion picture authorship motion picture plays technique Television Authorship Screenwriters
motion picture authorship
motion picture plays technique
Television Authorship
Screenwriters
Actural screen scripts
motion picture plays screenplay and "All quiet on the western front" More Sources The Internet Movie Script Database Published radio, television, and film scripts: a bibliography. Ref. Z7223.S3 P68 (only up to 1975) The Drama Scholars' Index to Plays and Filmscripts. Ref. Z5781 .S17 (1974-1980 only.) Search Play Index for radio and television plays.
motion picture plays
screenplay and "All quiet on the western front"
More Sources
The Internet Movie Script Database Published radio, television, and film scripts: a bibliography. Ref. Z7223.S3 P68 (only up to 1975) The Drama Scholars' Index to Plays and Filmscripts. Ref. Z5781 .S17 (1974-1980 only.) Search Play Index for radio and television plays.
The Internet Movie Script Database
Published radio, television, and film scripts: a bibliography. Ref. Z7223.S3 P68 (only up to 1975)
The Drama Scholars' Index to Plays and Filmscripts. Ref. Z5781 .S17 (1974-1980 only.)
Search Play Index for radio and television plays.
Film Alternative Scriptwriting: Successfully Breaking the Rules. Global Scriptwriting. Analysing the Screenplay. Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect. Writing Short Scripts. The Art of the Storyboard: a Filmmaker's Introduction. The Dramatic Writer's Companion: Tools to Develop Characters, Cause Scenes, and Build Stories. Filmmaking: Narrative & Structural Techniques. Real screenwriting: Strategies and Stories from the Trenches. Understanding Screenwriting: Learning from Good, Not-quite-so-Good, and Bad Screenplaysl. Laughing out Loud: Writing the Comedy-Centered Screenplay. Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work. Storytelling in the New Hollywood: Understanding Classical Narrative Technique. Television Inside the TV Writer's room: Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television. Vale's Technique of Screen and Television Writing. Write to TV Out of Your Head and Onto the Screen. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture. Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy: Reality Matters. Understanding Reality Television. Television and Criticism. The Television Studies Reader. Reading Television.
Film
Alternative Scriptwriting: Successfully Breaking the Rules.
Global Scriptwriting.
Analysing the Screenplay.
Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect.
Writing Short Scripts.
The Art of the Storyboard: a Filmmaker's Introduction.
The Dramatic Writer's Companion: Tools to Develop Characters, Cause Scenes, and Build Stories.
Filmmaking: Narrative & Structural Techniques.
Real screenwriting: Strategies and Stories from the Trenches.
Understanding Screenwriting: Learning from Good, Not-quite-so-Good, and Bad Screenplaysl.
Laughing out Loud: Writing the Comedy-Centered Screenplay.
Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work.
Storytelling in the New Hollywood: Understanding Classical Narrative Technique.
Television
Inside the TV Writer's room: Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television.
Vale's Technique of Screen and Television Writing.
Write to TV Out of Your Head and Onto the Screen.
Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory.
Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture.
Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy: Reality Matters.
Understanding Reality Television.
Television and Criticism.
The Television Studies Reader.
Reading Television.
Sample Project Idea
"I am writing a screenplay in the naturalist/neo-realist style so any material regarding these genres would be helpful. It is about tourists traveling through India so perhaps material on tourism in Nepal and India would be useful. Also just general guidelines on writing scripts."
Research Suggestions
1. First, define, in your own words, "naturalist/neo-realist" style in your specific case.
Try out searches in the Catalogs and Databases:
(neo-realism or neorealism or naturalism) and films
You will see related themes/genres such as
"Realism in motion pictures" Documentary films --Cinéma Vérité --Actualities (Motion pictures) --Travelogues (Motion pictures) --Ethnographic films
"Realism in motion pictures"
Documentary films
--Cinéma Vérité
--Actualities (Motion pictures)
--Travelogues (Motion pictures)
--Ethnographic films
A possible title? Virtual Voyages: Cinema and Travel / Jeffrey Ruoff, editor.
2. Research on Tourism in Nepal or India in the Catalog:
s:(Nepal or India) and s:tourism (s: search for subject terms)
Explore further from various perspectives in these databases:
Anthropology Plus Bibliography of Asian Studies Film & Television Literature Index History (non-U.S. History & Culture) Literature (MLA) Sociological Abstracts
Anthropology Plus
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Film & Television Literature Index
Sociological Abstracts
Film Remakes. PN1995.9.R45 V47 2005 Dead Ringers: the Remake in Theory and Practice. PN1995.9.R45 D43 2002 Play it Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes. PN1995.9.R45 P58 1998
Film Remakes. PN1995.9.R45 V47 2005
Dead Ringers: the Remake in Theory and Practice. PN1995.9.R45 D43 2002
Play it Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes. PN1995.9.R45 P58 1998
Previous Project
From Foreignness to Foreignness: 21st Century Hollywood Remakes of Foreign Films (Research)
History & Criticism Film Adaptations -- History And Criticism Motion pictures and literature. Focus on a particular work "film adaptations" and Hamlet (limit to books) Focus on a particular literary writer's works "film adaptations" and Shakespeare (limit to books) Focus on a particular genre Fairy tales in motion pictures. Fairy tales -- film adaptations (See also the page, Fairy Tales and Film in the Modern World) the Larger context of a country and the genre English drama -- Film adaptations.
History & Criticism
Film Adaptations -- History And Criticism
Motion pictures and literature.
Focus on a particular work
"film adaptations" and Hamlet (limit to books)
Focus on a particular literary writer's works
"film adaptations" and Shakespeare (limit to books)
Focus on a particular genre
Fairy tales in motion pictures.
Fairy tales -- film adaptations
(See also the page, Fairy Tales and Film in the Modern World)
the Larger context of a country and the genre
English drama -- Film adaptations.
Literature and Film: a Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. edited by Robert Stam Alessandra Raengo. PN1997.85 .L515 2005 Narrative in Fiction and Film: an introduction / Jakob Lothe. PN3355 .L6713 2000 Literature through Film: Realism, Magic, and the Art of Adaptation. PN1997.85 .S76 2005 Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate. / Kamilla Elliott. PN1997.85 .E44 2003 Writing and Cinema. / edited by Jonathan Bignell PN1995.3 W72 1999 Now a Major Motion Picture: Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama. Christine Geraghty. PN1993.5.G3 H28 2008 Enser's Filmed Books and Plays. (1928-2001). Ref. PN1997.85 .B385 2003 International Guide to Literature on Film. / edited by Tom Costello. PN1997.85 .I67 1994 The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film. PN1997.85 .T54 2005 The Classic Novel from Page to Screen. PN1997.85 .C53 2000
Literature and Film: a Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. edited by Robert Stam Alessandra Raengo. PN1997.85 .L515 2005
Narrative in Fiction and Film: an introduction / Jakob Lothe. PN3355 .L6713 2000
Literature through Film: Realism, Magic, and the Art of Adaptation. PN1997.85 .S76 2005
Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate. / Kamilla Elliott. PN1997.85 .E44 2003
Writing and Cinema. / edited by Jonathan Bignell PN1995.3 W72 1999
Now a Major Motion Picture: Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama. Christine Geraghty. PN1993.5.G3 H28 2008
Enser's Filmed Books and Plays. (1928-2001). Ref. PN1997.85 .B385 2003
International Guide to Literature on Film. / edited by Tom Costello. PN1997.85 .I67 1994
The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film. PN1997.85 .T54 2005
The Classic Novel from Page to Screen. PN1997.85 .C53 2000
"I am writing either a screenplay or a PBS Frontline type documentary based off the novel Confessions of an Economic Hitman. I would like help with types of resources and the best ways of finding them."
Search Suggestions
1. Find the novel in the Catalog (or in other databases). Note the subject terms used in describing the issues/themes of the novel. Apply these words/concepts in your literature review research.
2. Find a similar novel-into-film. For example "The Constant Gardner" by John Le Carré. Note the film genre.
documentary films Documentary-style films
Documentary Film: a Very Short Introduction PN1995.9.D6 A94 2007 Introduction to Documentary / Bill Nichols. PN1995.9.D6 N539 2010 Crafting Truth: Documentary Form and Meaning / Louise Spence and Vinicius Navarro. PN1995.9.D6 S5955 2011 Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film / Ian Aitken, editor. PN1995.9.D6 E53 2005 The Documentary Handbook / Peter Lee-Wright." PN1995.9.D6 L384 2010 The Shut up and Shoot Documentary Guide: a Down & Dirty DV Production / Anthony Q. Artis. Studies in Documentary Film
Documentary Film: a Very Short Introduction PN1995.9.D6 A94 2007
Introduction to Documentary / Bill Nichols. PN1995.9.D6 N539 2010
Crafting Truth: Documentary Form and Meaning / Louise Spence and Vinicius Navarro. PN1995.9.D6 S5955 2011
Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film / Ian Aitken, editor. PN1995.9.D6 E53 2005
The Documentary Handbook / Peter Lee-Wright." PN1995.9.D6 L384 2010
The Shut up and Shoot Documentary Guide: a Down & Dirty DV Production / Anthony Q. Artis.
Studies in Documentary Film
Documentary Films from Previous Semesters
“Know Your Roots: Eat Local”.
"Best Burritos in Boston"
Linhas: Rosane Volchan O'Conor, An Artist Profile
College, Class, and the Economy
Jumbo's Women: Female Athletics at Tufts
Filmakers Library Online
Filmakers Library Online provides award-winning documentaries in a single, easy-to search, multidisciplinary collection of streaming video designed specifically to meet the needs of researchers and teaching faculty.
Bluescreen Compositing: a practical guide for video & moviemaking Fine Cuts: the art of European film editing / Roger Crittenden. The Cutting Edge: the magic of movie editing Film editing: the Art of the Expressive Oversize: TR899 .O77 2003 The Technique of Film and Video Editing History, Theory, and Practice / Ken Dancyger. The Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Tame the Chaos of the Editing Room / Norman Hollyn. The Thames and Hudson Manual of Film Editing / Oversize: TR899 .C7 1981 The Art of film. Volume 2, The edited image [videorecording] / writers, producers and directors, Saul J. Turell and Jeff Lieberman. Audio Postproduction for Film and Video. / by Jay Rose. Designing Sound for Animation. / Robin Beauchamp. Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: a Guide to the Invisible Art. / John Purcell; forward by Dominick Tavella. Lowering the Boom: Critical Studies in Film Sound. / edited by Jay Beck and Tony Grajeda. Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media: an Overview / editor, Graeme Harpe ; film editor, Ruth Doughty ; music editor, Jochen Eisentraut.
Bluescreen Compositing: a practical guide for video & moviemaking
Fine Cuts: the art of European film editing / Roger Crittenden.
The Cutting Edge: the magic of movie editing
Film editing: the Art of the Expressive Oversize: TR899 .O77 2003
The Technique of Film and Video Editing History, Theory, and Practice / Ken Dancyger.
The Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Tame the Chaos of the Editing Room / Norman Hollyn.
The Thames and Hudson Manual of Film Editing / Oversize: TR899 .C7 1981
The Art of film. Volume 2, The edited image [videorecording] / writers, producers and directors, Saul J. Turell and Jeff Lieberman.
Audio Postproduction for Film and Video. / by Jay Rose.
Designing Sound for Animation. / Robin Beauchamp.
Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: a Guide to the Invisible Art. / John Purcell; forward by Dominick Tavella.
Lowering the Boom: Critical Studies in Film Sound. / edited by Jay Beck and Tony Grajeda.
Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media: an Overview / editor, Graeme Harpe ; film editor, Ruth Doughty ; music editor, Jochen Eisentraut.
Useful Subject Browses in the Catalog
motion pictures -- editing sound motion pictures (film sound, film music,dialogue editing, etc.)
motion pictures -- editing
sound motion pictures (film sound, film music,dialogue editing, etc.)
Tips: use such keywords as "Statistics", "box office" Film & Television Literature Index Academic OneFile ABI/Inform Complete Lexis/Nexis
Tips: use such keywords as "Statistics", "box office"
Academic OneFile
ABI/Inform Complete
Lexis/Nexis
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