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| DVD Resources
Welcome to the Director in the Classroom DVD Resources.
DVDs are an excellent, contemporary resource for the classroom. Many commercially available DVDs provide a great behind the scenes look at the filmmaking process, and in so doing, are a useful tool to illustrate the filmmaking process to students.
The DVDs, with their related resources, are sorted by Audio, Editing, Screenwriting, Production Design, Storyboards, Commentaries and Other features that will give you a great starting place. It is by no means a complete list as new DVDs are released weekly, but we invite you to add your favorites with this handy submission form along with any ideas you wish to share as to how to best use them in the classroom.
We will also provide some handy links for you to review or purchase DVDs from Amazon.com, or if you are in Canada, Chapter.ca
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| The Princess Bride ( Special Edition) 1987 |
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| Rob Reiner |
| Rating: PG |
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| Commentary by author William Goldman |
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| The Day the Earth Stood Still |
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| Robert Wise |
| Rating: G |
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| Shooting Script
Also has commentary by director Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer |
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| The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers ( Platinum Series Widescreen) |
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| Peter Jackson |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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| Disc 2:
Writers commentary
Disc 3 features "Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film.
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| Spartacus |
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| Stanley Kubrick |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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| Original storyboards by Saul Bass. |
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| Monsters Inc. ( 2001) |
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| David Silverman, Lee Unkrich |
| Rating: G |
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| The Abandoned Concepts feature demonstrates how a sequence is illustrated as a series of storyboards, and then how that sequence is pitched to the creative team. The fact that the sequences were abandoned underline the idea that ideas change. |
| www.monstersinc.com |
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| Big Fish |
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| Tim Burton |
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| This shows how they go from the storyboard to the filming. Very good! |
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| The Matrix |
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| Great Storyboarding resource-Mary! |
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| Spartacus |
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| Stanley Kubrick |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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| Sketches by Stanley Kubrick |
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| The Princess Bride (Special Edition) 1987 |
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| Rob Reiner |
| Rating: PG |
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| Comentary by director Rob Reiner
Comentary by Author WIlliam Goldman
Also contains
"As You Wish" documentary featuring interviews with actors Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin and more
* Exclusive footage shot by Cary Elwes during the making of the movie
* 2 original featurettes |
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| Monsters Inc. (2001) |
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| David Silverman, Lee Unkrich |
| Rating: G |
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| Features a Sound Effects Only Track which could be a great tool for exploring the use of sound effects. |
| www.monstersinc.com |
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| Troy |
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| Great show and tell about the how to and art of Foley |
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| Spartacus |
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| Stanley Kubrick |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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| Production Stills, lobby cards, comic book, print ads, posters |
| www.imdb.com/title/tt0054331 |
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| Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone ( Full Screen Edition) 2001 |
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| Chris Columbus |
| Rating: PG |
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| * 7 deleted scenes
* New interviews with director Chris Columbus and producer David Heyman
* 360 Degree Self-guided tour of Hogwarts |
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| School of Rock |
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| Shows the filmmaking process from start to end, how they changed the story. A good resource for showing children how films are made and how the process is influenced by the crew, actors, parents and others. Also talks about the auditioning process. |
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