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ILLUSTRATIVE FILM [3 records]

Record 1 1998-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
DEF

In cataloguing, the physical description area.

DEF

Physical description area : The part of the bibliographic description which describes the physical item, including the specific material designation; the number of physical units, such as pages of a book or frames of a film trip; playing time of audiotape, videotape, etc., illustrative matter, dimensions; and accompanying material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
DEF

Ensemble d'éléments descriptifs d'un ouvrage au point de vue bibliographique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

Uses and Value of the Educational Film.-Instructional films may be classified, according to their function, into background, illustrative and demonstrative. The first gives general information, complete in itself....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
OBS

Usages pédagogiques possibles des documents audiovisuels (...) : sensibilisation, éveil, motivation; information générale; information sur un point particulier, approfondissement; (...) témoignage, illustration (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

[a film which] provides illustrations on the subject of a lesson given by the teacher....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

(...) le film d'illustration comme son nom l'indique va venir en support de ce qui est dit ou expliqué ou démontré par ailleurs; il doit donc être clair et probant. (...) L'illustration doit être une concrétisation des phases de formation que l'on veut illustrer.

Spanish

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