Relator terms for archival moving image cataloging

Bibliographic reference
National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute. Relator terms for archival moving image cataloging. UCLA, from Cataloging Service Bulletin 31 (Winter 1986): 71-75 and Cataloging Service Bulletin 50 (Fall 1990). Last modified: August 12, 2004.
Text accessible : http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/CPM%20Voyager/RelatorTerms.html


D.C Title : Relator terms for archival moving image cataloging
D.C Creator : by a group of film and television cataloging experts meeting as the Ad-Hoc Technical Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute.
D.C Subject : archives/cataloging/moving image/preservation/terms
D.C Description : "A list of terms relating name headings to moving image works being cataloged was created by a group of film and television cataloging experts. The list is designed for use in standard bibliographic records for archival moving image materials that are created according to AACR2, the interpretive manual."
D.C Publisher : UCLA Film and Television Archive Cataloging Procedure Manual
D.C Date : Winter 1986, Last modified: 2004-08-12
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D.C Identifier : http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/CPM%20Voyager/RelatorTerms.html
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UCLA Film and Television Archive Cataloging Procedure Manual

RELATOR TERMS FOR ARCHIVAL MOVING IMAGE CATALOGING

"A list of terms relating name headings to moving image works being cataloged was created by a group of film and television cataloging experts meeting as the Ad-Hoc Technical Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute. The list is designed for use in standard bibliographic records for archival moving image materials that are created according to AACR2, the interpretive manual, Archival Moving Image Materials: a Cataloging Manual, and the MARC Visual Materials Format. The terms will appear in MARC records following personal names (field 700) in subfield "e."

The list includes broad terms which, for the most part, designate "function" rather than "agent" for the person carrying out a function. The choice of categories for these broad terms of function is based upon the hierarchical structure found in the Glossary of Filmographic Terms compiled by the Federation internationale des archives du film (FIAF) (Brussels: FIAF, 1985). The Ad-Hoc Technical Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation chose this approach in order to create a short, practical list that could collect the numerous, non-standard credit terms (often found on moving image works) into useful categories for the creation of indexes. The few terms included in the list that are suggestive of an agent performing a function, rather than the function itself, refer to on-camera functions and are, like the function terms, broad in nature.

In employing these terms for use with added entries, archival catalogers need not fear the loss of specific information found on the item or in appropriate secondary reference sources. Specific terms can and should be recorded in the statement of responsibility and in the note area (MARC fields 245, 508, and 511) for each bibliographic record. Archives may include as many names--together with transcribed credits--as they wish in the note area. (Added entries are not required for each name included in notes.) Archives not wishing to use subfield "e" do not need to apply these standard terms.

Credits: John Doe, director, scenarist; Amy Smith,

assistant director; Bill Brown, producer, author; Jill Johnson, associate producer, casting director.

Added entries:

1. Doe, John, direction.

2. Doe, John, writing.

3. Smith, Amy, direction.

4. Brown, William B., production.

5. Brown, William B., writing.

6. Johnson, Jill, production.
Follow 6.1.1.1, Format of relator terms in formatting relator terms.

Note that, since subfield "e" is not repeatable, names with differing functions must appear more than once. [This is no longer true.]Note also that broad function terms, used in this way, eliminate some duplication, and help clarify, for example, that Jill Johnson is not actually the producer (more specific meaning), but performs production functions.

The list of relator terms will be maintained and updated by the Technical Governance Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation for its National Database/Network of Archival Moving Images. Suggestions for additions and/or changes to the list should be directed to:

For guidance in choosing appropriate terms, refer to the explanatory notes in the list and to the FIAF glossary, which provides specific help with foreign language credits, specifically Spanish, German, French, and Russian.

RELATOR TERM LIST

Anchor : Use for the newscaster who is in overall control of the presentation of a news or current affairs program. See also "Reporter."

Animation : Use for person(s) responsible for the arts, techniques, and processes involved in photographically or electronically giving apparent movement to inanimate objects or drawings, often by means of photographing the objects or drawings one frame at a time, each time so slightly different that, when projected in sequence, they appear to move. Use this term for directors and producers of animation.

Camera : Use for person(s) involved with the technical aspects of lighting and photographing either staged scenes and/or actual events. Use for person(s) responsible for, or involved in, the choice of angles and setups of the camera, the mood of the lighting, the placement and adjustment of light sources, the choice of lenses, and any further technical processing of the film or tape material up to the completion of the work.

Cast : Use for actors portraying characters as required by a script. Use for groups of people, such as The Kingston Trio, when they act as scripted characters other than themselves. Do not use for animals, such as Lassie."

Choreography : Use for those involved with the planning, staging, and rehearsing of solo and/or ensemble dances and dance routines which contain music or song.

Direction : Use for person(s) having overall responsibility for interpreting meaning and expression during the production of a moving image material work. Use this term also for any person who helps the director realize the intentions of the script and producer. The extent of the director's involvement may depend upon the individual, the production company, the type of presentation, i.e., feature film, TV series, documentary, etc., or the practices within the country concerned. For directors of animation, use "Animation."

Editing : use for person(s) responsible, following the script and in creative cooperation with the director, for selecting, arranging, and assembling the scenes and/or footage into a coherent whole to achieve the desired effect. Also may control the synchronization of picture and sound and may supervise further technical processes."[...]


From Cataloging Service Bulletin 31 (Winter 1986): 71-75 and Cataloging Service Bulletin 50 (Fall 1990). Local UCLA additions in italics. Last modified: August 12, 2004