A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors' responsibilities and the demands on their talents. They read a script carefully and design a set to capture the time and place, the social strata, and the mood. They must be scholars of the history of architecture, furnishings, and fashion. They choose the colors on a set in anticipation of the lighting and the mood. Their work also sets styles, from Art Deco in the 20's to 30s modernism. Then it's on to the next project. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy ...
Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparat...
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...
Documentary short film demonstrating the way wartime farming measures in 1943 resulted in the greate...
A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John ...
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each wa...
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start s...
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The cost...
Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp. Preserved by the Academy Film Arch...
The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents ...
Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he...
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War de...
Short film in support of the Red Cross showing civilian volunteers'work, radio and movie personaliti...
A look inside the Will Vinton Studio, with specializes in stop-motion animations with clay. Preserv...
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "ch...
Documentary short film reporting on the activities of the American Red Cross and the useage made of ...
Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, ...
NO NO NOOKY TV posits sexuality to be a social construct in a "sex-text" of satiric graphic represen...