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1 Collecting Chinese Films for Instruction Summer LAMP Institute Michigan State University Library Saturday, May 22, 2010 Xian (shien) Wu Asian Studies Bibliographer

2 A quote from NEA Watch the Room Come Alive: Teaching with Film C inema is a powerful medium of unparalleled emotional impact….Choosing the right film clip with this in mind will transform your teaching, whatever your discipline. Melinda Barlow, associate professor University of Colorado, Boulder, from Advocate, Vol. 27, No. 4, April, 2010 National Education Association (Higher Education)

3 Opportunities Resources Challenges Collecting Chinese Films for Instruction

4 Increased interest in integrating Chinese films into instruction in various subjects and disciplines, such as history, geology, anthropology, urban and regional planning, and education in addition to Asian studies. Movie production and access to films are better and quicker (260 Chinese films in 2005 and 408 in 2008) due to the advancement of technology (Mobile DTV for watching HD movies or clipcasting anywhere on PDA devices). Library Copyright Association (LCA) issued a brief on streaming entire films to students outside physical classroom (Copyright Act-Section 107) Opportunities

5 Chinese movies on VCD, DVD and BD (Blu-ray discs) Printed or electronic books on Chinese films Online access to Chinese film resources including free full-length movies Vendors selling Chinese movies and internet vendor sites Resources

6 Movies on Discs - History China’s First Emperor – Qin (BC.259-B.C.210) Father of the Nationalist China – Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) 2 nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

7 Movies on Discs – Social Issues Shanghai Dream the aftermath of the cultural revolution Going Home the dilemma of migrant workers to big cities Cell Phone unwise use of modern technology

8 Movies on Discs – Chinese Culture Chinese Cuisine and Chinese Tea Chinese Dances Chinese Yangge Dance Chinese Medicine Chinese Wushu/GongFu

9 Chinese Movies in Printed Books Films on environment and globalization Chinese Ecocinema in the Age of Environmental Challenge Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China Film reference books An Annotated Bibliography for Chinese Film Studies Encyclopedia of Chinese Film Independent and contemporary film makers and their films Speaking in Images Futures of Chinese Cinema

10 Hundred Years of Selected Chinese Films 8 volumes of over 800 selected films from 6000 produced between 1905 and 2004

11 Major Online Access to Film Resources China National Film Museum 中国电影博物馆 Chinese: http://www.cnfm.org.cn/ English: http://www.cnfm.org.cn/english/main_en.htm http://www.cnfm.org.cn/ http://www.cnfm.org.cn/english/main_en.htm Tudou (Potato) Net 土豆网 / 土豆網 Tǔdòu Wǎng http://hd.tudou.com/movie/ streaming more than YouTube http://hd.tudou.com/movie/ China Film 中国电影网 http://www.chinafilm.com/ English: http://exp.chinafilm.com/http://www.chinafilm.com/http://exp.chinafilm.com/

12 China National Film Museum 中国电影博物馆

13 Vendors Dealing Chinese Films Book vendors both in U.S. and China Filmakers Library www.filmakers.com www.filmakers.com Women Make Movies www.wmm.com www.wmm.com Documentary Educational Resources www.der.org www.der.org The Cinema Guild www.cinemaguild.com www.cinemaguild.com YesAsia web site for East Asian movies http://www.yesasia.com/us/zh_CN/chinese-movies-videos.html http://www.yesasia.com/us/zh_CN/chinese-movies-videos.html

14 Area issue: mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong Language variations: standard Chinese vs Hong Kong dialects (more with English as subtitles) Technical issue: Region codes (USA. 1, Taiwan/Hong Kong and South Korea 3, North Korea 5, China 6); TV format (NTSC for USA., Taiwan, Japan whereas PAL for China, India, North Korea, most of Europe and most of Africa); Blu-ray disc region codes: A, B and C A for America and Taiwan, C for China Low quality and availability of free movies online Preservation issue Budget issue Challenges

15 Alexander Street Press: Ethnographic Video Online $28,000 for 750 Hours

16 Questions? Collecting Chinese Films for Instruction Opportunities Resources Challenges

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