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Motion
Picture Industry: Behind The Scenes
Wow! This site has it all! Extremely comprehensive reference section
with nearly 80 pages about the history and mechanics of movie making.
There are interviews with filmmakers, a movie you can watch, memorabilia,
and an interactive filmaking simulation. This site is an excellent
reference for educators and older children. |
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How
Movies Are Made
Another beautifully done site filled with information and hands-on
activities in screenwriting, directing, producing, acting, and editing.
This site is also excellent for educators and older children.
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Tour
Hollywood
Take a ten day cyber tour of Hollywood! Learn about the people behind
the scenes and what it is they do. Find out about the stages of movie
creation from the original idea to the actual end product. The site
creator walks through a great deal of technical information but scales
it down into easily understandable situations and terms. |
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Special
Effects: Titanic And Beyond!
PBS has done it again with this wonderful NOVA presentation that
"lifts the curtain on a host of Hollywood's special effects."
Play the attack of the 50 foot chicken game, see if you can tell
what is real and what are computer generated illusions in the film
Titanic, meet computer animators, and enjoy a host of other topics!
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Special
Effects That You Can Create
An
excellent companion site to the NOVA special effects site! Creative
and fun activities based on science content for both upper elementary
and middle school aged children. |
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How
3D Movies Work
Speaking of science, how in the world do 3D movies look so...3D??
Find the answer here.
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Welcome
To The Drive-In Theater!
Let's not forget about Drive-in Theaters! How fun to wait until dark,
sit in the car even in your pajamas if you want, and watch the big
screen against the night sky! This great site will help you learn
about the history of drive in movies, locate drive-in theaters across
the United States, and for many adults will bring back fun memories.
Browse through old movie advertisements, visit the concession stand,
and be sure not to miss the animations in the Intermission section!
They even offer a free screensaver of old intermission clips. Just
please remember to replace the speaker on its post before you leave
this great site. |
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The
Drive-in Network
This
site states that it provides anything and everything about drive in
movies! More drive-in theater history, and a great list of drive-in
theaters. |
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The
Popcorn Board
What's
a movie without popcorn? This great site has it all! Great ideas for
teachers, fun popcorn games, history and science of popcorn, even
a popcorn calendar! |
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Questions
About Popcorn?
Michael's
Popcorn Page has the answers to such burning questions as: How does
popcorn pop? What is popcorn made of? |
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Cola
Bottle Composing Machine!
Hey
what goes better with popcorn than a cola? OK these days it would
be hard to drive your parents crazy by blowing into a pop bottle in
the back seat of the car at the drive-in theater, but this is the
next best thing! Play this shockwave game and take the challenge by
clicking on the challenge button, then clicking on the bottles to
copy the sound pattern or for you budding composers out there, create
your own pop bottle symphony! |
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Candy
Lover's Puzzle
Popcorn,
cola, and candy that famous movie trio! Print and solve this candy
word puzzle. |
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Watch
Western Movies On Your Computer!
Yes
really! Our Ambassador Of The Moon, Christophe, loves cowboys. And
since Christophe,
like our other Children Of The Moon, cannot go outdoors into the sunlight,
what better way to enjoy cowboys than at the movies! Visit this site
using Internet Explorer and you can treat yourself to free online
classic cowboy movies! |
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The
Movie Mom
Last
but certainly not least is the Movie Mom! Gosh sometimes it is hard
to find good movies that everyone in the family can enjoy, but the
Movie Mom helps take the guesswork out of it. She provides tons of
great information and reviews. We give her "two thumbs up!" |
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