Difference between revisions of "Events in the lifecycle of an audiovisual creation"
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+ | EN 15907 defines six '''types of events''' for describing occurrences in the lifecycle of a cinematographic work. | ||
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+ | An event is characterised by '''time''' (however imprecise or unknown) and a '''location''' (however imprecise or unknown). It can be associated with agents (i.e. people, corporations), artifacts, or whatever may be of interest in its context. | ||
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+ | Note the absence of a destruction event, following FIAF's motto, ''Don't throw away film''. | ||
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+ | Photo: Detlev Balzer, 2005 | ||
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+ | A '''production event''' typically encompasses the shooting of a film and all subsequent stages of production and post-production. | ||
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+ | Any activity that creates a '''new variant or manifestation''' of a cinematographic work can also be described as a production event. | ||
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Revision as of 15:45, 3 April 2011
Like most other intellectual or artistic creations, audiovisual works can undergo many stages of realisation, usage, modification and re-use. Introducing the concept of event allows us to capture details about these stages as machine-processable metadata.