Abstract
Films and television broadcasting are different media. However, it is only too easy to create false antitheses between them by importing into the argument, perhaps unconsciously, factors of economic conflict that have arisen in the world of entertainment but are totally irrelevant to their use in university education. Their essential similarity is becoming more and more apparent to thoughtful observers as electronic video-tape methods, not only of recording, but also of editing motion pictures, are coming into greater use. This chapter discusses the functions of the film and its nature. A film is a means of expression, a language, and an art, based on modern technology; it is an aid to learning, autonomously or more usually as a means for multiplying and reinforcing the teacher's role. A film is also an instrument of research. The fact that the penetration of the study of film techniques is being made through departments concerned with visual art is not surprising. Films draw on a number of creative arts—music, the plastic arts, and literature.
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