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Film Resources in the BPCL

Come on up and see what we've got for film research!

What are Scripts, Presskits, & Posters and why are they important?

Scripts, press kits, and posters are considered primary sources for film research.  What this means is that these are the some of the actual documents and artifacts that scholars study when writing articles or books about films.

 

Scripts

Our movie scripts are cataloged in the BGSU Libraries Catalog and you can search by movie title or browse by local call number "moviescriptsbox" to find our holdings. 

Press Kits

Press kits are sets of materials that movie studios and production companies send out to theater owners, video store owners, and members of the press to advertise a movie.  The BPCL has thousands of press kits and can be searched by title in the library catalog or browsed by local number "presskitsbox".  

Posters

The Movie Poster Collection consists of more than 7,000 posters for popular films.  If you want to know titles in our holdings, simply stop by the fourth floor of Jerome Library, call us at 419-372-2450 or email us bpcl@libanswers.bgsu.edu.

Why are these important?