Motion Picture Instruction in Colleges and Universities: A Follow-Up Study of the 1946 Report by John G. Frayne

Jack Morrison

As the hot war of the 40's ended, there was much to be said about the growing use of film in education and about the teaching of film production in colleges and universities, with comprehensive curriculums supplemented by modern and suitably designed equipment. These views, in fact, were reflected in the Journal article by Frayne cited in the note below. As Chairman of the SMPE Motion Picture Instruction Committee, Frayne reported the motion picture courses taught in the 102 institutions, colleges and universities which answered his questionnaire. The purpose of the study was to report to the Society what courses were being taught and where. The article closed with comments as to the possible value of this education to motion pictures as a profession and noted in particular the lack of technical courses. As of three years later—three years of unparalleled expansion in higher education—the present investigation proposes to follow up the Frayne study for the purpose of indicating possible trends and offering a reasonably definite idea of the present state of instruction in motion pictures in American colleges and universities after this period of relatively lush growth.

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Published
1950-09
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J09471