--- Forwarded Message from Harold Hendricks <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:51:19 -0600 >From: Harold Hendricks <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5767 C'eravamo tanto amati--not quite an advertisement >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: Humanities Research Center, Brigham Young University >References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Several list members have requested information on the BYU developed DVD of the Italian motion picture C'eravamo tanto amati, so I thought it might be useful to post this description of the project. BYU created an interactive laserdisc program using this film some years ago. When we tried to purchase more copies of the laserdisc it was unavailable. After many phone calls, we discovered the North American license for the film had expired, so we pursued obtaining the rights to use the movie. Many months and many dollars later, we had a license for an education product based on the film. Last fall, with the help of Pioneer New Media and Spruce Technologies, we released a DVD as a prototype of educational materials that can be used both in the home and in the classroom. The DVD provides background information on the film, scene summaries, and three types of subtitles in Italian and English. Our license precluded allowing the film to be viewed without interruption, so menus appear between each of the scene sequences. In the classroom the instructor can use an industrial player (Pioneer 7200 or 7400) and the same barcode reader that is used with the Pioneer laserdisc players to randomly see any scene, segment or utterance in the movie. The barcodes are available in an instructor's guide that also includes biographical information, other background essays, study questions, and other aids. A CD-ROM will be released soon for student use individually or as a networked lab program. We have renewed our license to include a VHS of the movie without subtitles. Hopefully this will all be completed by January 2001. Ordering information for the DVD and instructor's guide is available at: http://creativeworks.byu.edu/hrc I will be happy to respond to questions off list. -- ##################################### Harold H. Hendricks Supervisor, Humanities Learning Resource Center and CLIPS computer facility. Brigham Young University 3045B JKHB, PO BOX 26098 Provo, UT 84602-6098 Tel (801) 378-6448 FAX (801) 378-7313 #####################################