Why Man Creates

Duration: 29

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1968

Creator: Saul Bass & Associates; Pyramid Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates in its form and content, the nature of the creative process and discusses the variety, richness, and importance of creative vision. In eight sections: 1)The Edifice - an animated history of the world man has built on ideas; 2)Fooling Around - the way ideas can begin; 3)The Process - the young creator's struggle; 4)Judgment - society's role in the process; 5)A Parable - the fate of a bouncing ball that does not fit old patterns; 6)Disgression - the relation between ideas and institutions; 7)The Search - scientists' systematic development of new ideas; 8)The Mark - exploring why people need to create. , Examines our creative nature through an historical overview of human accomplishments, the origination of new ideas, the creative process, and aesthetic criticism. Visualizes the birth of new ideas and the social reactions to them. Offers as an answer to the question, "Why does man create?" the idea that people must leave a mark which proclaims their existence and their unique identities.

Complete Record: Why Man Creates Distributed by Pyramid Film & Video DC: PFP Produced by Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp; Public Affairs Dept, Room 864 300 Lakeside Dr; Oakland; CA; 94604PC: KACCCN: Saul Bass & Associates; 7039 Sunset Blvd; Los Angeles; CA; 90028CC: BASSS Year published 1968 Grade Level: K Distributed on media: 1 videocassette (25 min.), 1/2 in.; 1 videocassette (u-matic) (25 min.), 3/4 in.; 1 film reel (25 min.), 16 mm. Color?Color Length: 25 MIN Library of Congress Registration FIA68-872 Description: Demonstrates the nature of the creative process and the variety, richness, and importance of creative vision. Topics: Creativity-; Motion-Pictures-Animated-Short; Motion-Pictures-Film-As-Art; Civilization-; Technology-And-CivilizationNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:University of Georgia Brown Media Archives