Research Guides: COMM/MM 4365: Advanced Video Production: Databases

Film & Media Databases

ComAbstracts This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index to communication-related publications, including relevant literature in other disciplines.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers full text and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for journals covering communication, mass media, communication theory, and other closely related fields of study.
Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI) This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database covering all types of writing on topics for film and television
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Web-based digital video delivery service that allows users to view streaming videos on a wide variety of subject areas and disciplines.

Multi-disciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to a range of types of information
American Memory This link opens in a new window
Access to primary sources like images, audio, and motion pictures documenting the American experience
Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides full text, abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as specialized magazines.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from thousands of journals, magazines and books covering all aspects of the humanities

Suggested Keywords

Documentary Film

Ethics in Filmmaking

Video Production

Music Licensing

Pitch (video or film)

Video proposals

Treatment (Video or film)

Film Festivals

Without a box (withoutabox.com)

Audio techniques for film

Lighting techniques for film

Three point lighting

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COMM/MM 4365: Advanced Video Production

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Film & Media Databases

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