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AFS 310 Portrayal of African Americans in Film

AFS 310 Portrayal of African Americans in Film. A research guide for using websites. Let’s review from your class…. Click on the film that matches the quote from the review:. Shaft. “…a cinematic masterpiece, or racist, propagandist trash…”. Do the Right Thing. Birth of a Nation.

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AFS 310 Portrayal of African Americans in Film

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  1. AFS 310Portrayal of African Americans in Film A research guide for using websites

  2. Let’s review from your class… • Click on the film that matches the quote from the review: Shaft “…a cinematic masterpiece, or racist, propagandist trash…” Do the Right Thing Birth of a Nation

  3. Oops... Not quite.... Click here to try again

  4. Yes You have been paying attention !! You are correct !! Click here to go on

  5. Yes You have been paying attention !! You are correct !! Click here to go on

  6. Yes You have been paying attention !! You are correct !! Click here to go on

  7. What do you know? • Click on the film that matches the quote from the review: Shaft “A new hero, black as coal, deadlier than Bogart, and as handsome as Gable, was doing the thing that everyone in the audience wanted him to do. A black man was winning.” Do the Right Thing Birth of a Nation

  8. Let’s try one more... • Click on the film that matches the quote from the review: Driving Miss Daisy The wonderful performances in this movie are contained in a screenplay that may take some of the shocking edges off Walker's novel, but keeps all the depth and dimension. The Color Purple Birth of a Nation

  9. Movie Reviews • Where would you go to find a movie review about a film you are researching? • One good place to start is a website • We are going to explore a website from your class wiki

  10. Using the Class Wiki • The class wiki is located at http://afs310.pbwiki.com • This can be used as your research guide for your project • This demonstration is not hyperlinked to the website. After you view the demonstration, you can return to the class wiki to practice your own research techniques.

  11. The Front Page of the Wiki This is the front page. You can scroll down to see all the different research materials you can use.

  12. Using the Class Wiki These are the different research categories Let’s click here (this is just a demonstration)

  13. Exploring Websites from the Wiki We’re going to go to the research center on Movies, Race, Ethnicity

  14. The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity Now you’re at the website from UC-Berkeley These are all listings of different African American Films separated by category

  15. Bibliography Let’s look at the bibliography of African Americans in Film and TV

  16. More In Depth Information Any of these hyperlinks will take you to more in depth information. Let’s do some research on Spike Lee Click on his name in the drop down box

  17. Spike Lee Bibliography We want a specific film “Bamboozled” so you can scroll down to find articles and books

  18. Spike Lee & “Bamboozled” This movie review looks good, but you need more. Where can you find the full text movie review? Note the citation: “Film Comment” v. 36, n. 6, Nov 2000, p. 76

  19. Using UNCG Journal Finder TIP: When you know the name of the journal and want to see if UNCG has full text, just go to Journal Finder Use Journal Finder from the UNCG Library home page

  20. Using UNCG Journal Finder Type in the name of the journal here. If you don’t know the exact name, use the Advanced Search

  21. Journal Finder Access The 4 icons show if UNCG has access online, in print, delivery, or elsewhere We are off campus, so we want to access this article online only

  22. Online Access Choices There are 4 different databases that have full text from “Film Comment” Your article on “Bamboozled” is from 2000, so there is only one choice available for you to use Click here to access the journal through Proquest

  23. Off Campus Validation If you are off campus, you may be asked to enter your UNCG user name and password (same as e-mail) so that you can access these databases

  24. ProQuest Database Now you are in the ProQuest database. Scroll down to find the volume and issue number (v. 36, n. 6)

  25. Film Comment, v. 36, n. 6 You are now scrolling through the contents of “Film Comment” 36(6) Look for the movie review by Paul Arthur on “Bamboozled”

  26. Full Text HTML vs. PDF • Here’s the article we want. The full text choices are: • full text + graphics • full text -PDF Choose full text-PDF if possible. This is the best choice for pictures, graphs, and tables. Choose the full text + graphics (also known as HTML) if you have a slower connection speed

  27. Reading about “Bamboozled” Save OR e-mail choices Here it is. You can read it, save a copy, or email it to yourself.

  28. Back to Exploring the Bibliography Lots of good choices to explore. You may want to try “Blaxploitation Films”

  29. Website -- highlights • Website is good for browsing • Great categories for exploring • Links included to articles and books • Not truly searchable

  30. Website - summary • Use the websites for exploring more topics • Note the citations of books, reviews, journal articles, movie clips • Some websites may even provide video clips for viewing • Check the author of the website to validate authenticity (websites from universities and libraries are great choices) • This website from University of California Berkeley is a great choice

  31. Website - summary • Website may just provide citations and links • You may need to go further to your own library to get full text access to books and articles • Digitized collections are great to find on a website because they include actual images

  32. TMI ? • If you need further information about using the class wiki or exploring any of the resources, please contact me directly at the library and I will be happy to assist you. • Time for you to try it out: • http://afs310.pbwiki.com • Melanie Knier, Subject Specialist • Bird Library, UNCG • Ask Us !

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