D.2 Types of moving image Aggregates

D.2.1 Collection Aggregates

Sets of multiple independently created Works/Variants, which are “published”¹ together in a single manifestation.

Examples:

Example

Universal Cinema Classics’ Going my way (1944)/Holiday Inn (1942).

Both works were republished in one volume on DVD by Universal Studios in 2001. The two works are complete and were not changed in any noticeable way. Although both films were produced by the same studio and are both musicals, there is no other significant relationship between them. The story lines are quite different and they don’t share any common characters.

The aggregate also contains two additional works: the trailers for both features.

Example

The following two examples have production companies or time period themes in common:

Walt Disney treasures: Silly symphonies – The historic musical animated classics DVD, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2001, 2 discs (31 cartoons)

I film dal vero di produzione estera. 1895-1907 (Collection of 32 titles Lumière, Edison and Mutoscope) English; Italian ; Accompanying the book: Aldo Bernardini, I film dal vero di produzione estera 1895-1907- La Cineteca del Friuli (publisher), 2008, ISBN 978-88-86155-24-3

D.2.2 Augmentation Aggregates

A Collection Aggregate with further additional material, i.e. interviews, out-takes, additional scenes, documentary about the making of the film, etc. on the same Manifestation. The vast majority of commercial DVD editions now contain “extras” and so are Augmentation Aggregates.

Example:

Example

2003 Warner Home Video publication of Casablanca (1943).

Example

The Collection aspects of the aggregate include the theatrically released motion picture; documentaries “You must remember this” and “Bacall on Bogart”; the Looney Tunes homage “Carrotblanca”; premier episode from the “Casablanca” TV series; and, original and reissue theatrical trailers.

Example

The Augmentation aspects of the aggregate include an introduction by Lauren Bacall; nearly 10 minutes of newly found deleted scenes and outtakes; “Screen Guild Players Radio Production” with the three stars, plus rare scoring session outtakes; production history gallery (includes photos, press materials, studio correspondence, memorabilia, musical outtakes); and, two separate feature-length audio commentaries by Roger Ebert and Rudy Behlmer.

D.2.3 Parallel Aggregates

Identical moving image Works/Variants but in different languages released on one Manifestation.

Example:

Example

Le declin de l’empire American/The decline of the American Empire (1986)

Example

A publication in 2004 by Seville Films contains three language versions; French dialogue, English dubbed dialogue, English subtitles. There is complete parallelism between the English and French Variants; each is equal in duration and, except for the language, appear to be equivalent.

For Aggregate Manifestations record the length/duration of the whole, i.e. the total of all the units/running times that constitute the Aggregate. In addition there is the option to qualify this with details of the duration of each individual unit in either a Notes field, or in multiple occurrences of the duration fields, depending on what systems used permit or an institution decides. (See Physical Extent of an Aggregate Manifestation and Duration of an Aggregate Manifestation)

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1. Published within the context of moving image means released or broadcast, and may also include in-house aggregate creation ↩