C.1 List of form terms for Supplied/Devised titles
C.1.0.1 List of form terms for Supplied/Devised titles1¶
| FORM TERM | USE | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| announcement(s) --- TV announcement(s) -- Theatre announcement(s) | Television or theatrical announcements (short, non-commercial content shown to theatre audiences for various purposes, including requesting the audience not to smoke, talk, etc.) Does not include Public Service Announcements. Archives may use the general term “announcements” or more specific description such as “TV announcement.” For announcements clearly designed to be aired during a particular programme or for a particular moving image work, create a partially supplied/devised Title. | - Announcements. NBC - Announcements. AMC Theatres - Theatre announcements. Animated no smoking announcements - Theatre announcements. Burnley Collection - Forever Amber. Theater announcement - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Announcement. Special message. Salesman greetings |
| blooper(s)/gag reel(s) | Also known as blow-ups. For blooper(s)/gag reel(s) associated to a particular program or for a particular moving image work, create a partially supplied/devised Title. | - Bloopers. CBS - McCabe \ |
| commercial(s) - TV commercial(s) - Internet commercial(s) | When possible, add: - name of the product; - kind of the product (if not clear from the name of the product); - name of the company (if not clear from the name of the product). At the moving image work level include additional information, if available: - the year it was broadcast or released; - actors, actresses or other prominent people who appear; - whether the commercial is animated or is a singing commercial (i.e. includes a jingle); - whether the item catalogued is a demo reel or part of a demo reel (a sample of the commercials made by a particular agency, for example). For commercials designed to be aired during a particular television or Internet programme, create a partially supplied/devised Title. | - Commercials. Ajax - Commercials. Alka-Seltzer. Spanish - Commercials. Animated. United World Films - Commercials. Bel Air and Raleigh cigarettes. 1962 - Commercials. Box no. 16 - Commercials. Carnation evaporated milk. Burns and Allen - Commercials. Cigarettes - Commercials. Classic TV commercials - Commercials. Colgate toothpaste. If you had a million - Commercials. IBA Awards, 21st. Animated - Commercials. Kellogg’s cereals. Beverly Hillbillies cast - The Burns and Allen Show. Commercials - Naught For Hire. Internet commercials |
| debate(s) | For a formal debate between two people; do not use for, e.g. ‘U.N. Cypress debates’. For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Debates. California gubernatorial. Jerry Brown-Evelle Younger, no. 1 - Debates. California’s gubernatorial. Minority candidates, no. 1 - Debates. Democratic presidential candidates. 1984-04-05 - Debates. Presidential candidates. Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, no. 1 |
| electronic press kit(s) | Use fully supplied/devised titles for unidentifiable videos. For electronic press kits created for a particular moving image (theatrical, television or Internet programme). | - Unidentified electronic press kit. - A League of Their Own. Electronic Press Kit - 61st Annual Academy Awards Show. Electronic Press Kit |
| excerpt(s) | For moving image content identified as being sequence(s), segment(s), clip(s), or fragment(s) (except, for “newsclip(s),” and “study fragment(s),” see below). Not for content that is simply incomplete. For excerpts clearly associated to a particular moving image work, create a partially supplied/devised Title. | - Unidentified Rudolph Maté fragments - Unidentified television programme. Segment. Interview with Evans Frankenheimer - Gone With the Wind. Excerpt - King of Jazz. Excerpts. Dancing sequences - Toast of the town. Excerpt. Imogene Coca segment - Unfaithfully yours. Excerpts - Dark half. Excerpts. Review clips |
| fight(s) | For an official fight between two or more people; do not use for, e.g. Ultimate Fighting Championship fights. For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Fights. Dempsey vs. Levinsky - Fights. Moore vs. Martinez. Archie Moore, Martinez fight, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| home movies/personal record(s)/domestic record(s) | Do not use merely for footage shot by an amateur; amateur-shot factual footage should be treated as ‘unedited footage’ (see Unedited footage below). “Home movies” should be used only for moving images recording personal or family events, usually filmed or recorded by an amateur (FIAF Glossary). For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Home movies. Brisson, Kryssing - Home movies. Robert A. Taft, Sr. |
| infomercial(s) | For a commercial presentation that combines advertising with information, and is very similar in appearance to a news programme, talk show, or other non-advertising programme content. Generally is much longer than a commercial. Common on cable networks. When possible, add: - name of the product; - kind of the product; - name of the company, in that order of preference. For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Infomercial. Household products - Infomercial. Eggies System. Hassle-free hard boiled eggs. - Infomercial. Happy Nappers. Play pillows. |
| interview(s) | For an interview related to a particular moving image (theatrical, television or Internet programme), create a partially supplied/devised title. | - Interview. Paul Coates interviews John F. Kennedy - Interview. Walt Disney - George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey. Interviews. Ann Del Valle, John Del Valle, Rouben Mamoulian |
| music | For soundtracks or scores associated with a particular moving image; includes supplementary music such as overtures, intermission music and exit music. | - Olimpiada en Mexico. Overture - Broken Blossoms. Music |
| music cuts | Use only for fully supplied/devised titles (see “trims” for partially supplied/devised Titles). | - Music cuts. Big band - Music cuts. Lyn Murray Orchestra - Music cuts. Themes for sports announcements - Music cuts. Unidentified orchestra |
| music video(s) | For video shorts, such as those shown on MTV, designed to exhibit a musical work. Includes videos related to moving image works, (i.e. a song from a soundtrack and having images of the moving image work). Use fully supplied/devised titles for unidentifiable music videos. | Dancing in the Street. Music video. - Wild Wild West. (1999). Music video. - Unidentified music video. |
| newsclip(s) | Use for edited news segments from newsreels and/or television broadcasts (FIAF 1.5.2.2.) For clips from a particular news programme, use a partially supplied/devised title. | Newsclips from various newsreels. No. 5 - Newsclips. CBS News. No. 5 - Newsclips. Kinograms - Newsclip. WRC-TV News. Cagney, James - CBS News. Newsclips. 2011 U.S. recession |
| outtakes | For content identified as being cuts or outtakes from a particular moving image. | Casablanca. Outtakes |
| pilot | For television or Internet programmes. | The Brady bunch. Pilot |
| political programme(s) | For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Political programme. Illinois gubernatorial campaign, 1990. Steven Baer for Governor |
| political spot(s) | For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Political spots. California gubernatorial campaign, 1966. Ronald Reagan and Edmund G. Brown - Political spots. California State Assembly campaign, 1973. Bill Lockyear for 14th Assembly - Political spots. Kennedy presidential campaign. Adlai Stevenson for Kennedy |
| press conference(s) | For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Press conference. Kennedy presidential campaign. Los Angeles, Ambassador Hotel - Press conference. President Richard Nixon |
| promotional(s) promotional film (s) promotional video (s) | Also known as Demo reel(s)/demo tape(s) for advertisements and convention films prepared for exhibitors, industry people, etc. rather than audiences. For content publicising a particular moving image, including 1) a compilation of scenes from a moving image, used to sell the idea of making the moving image to potential backers, or prepared for exhibitors, industry people, etc., rather than audiences, or, 2) promotional content that is too long to be considered a trailer, e.g. a featurette or behind-the-scenes film or profile of the actor(s) or director(s). | - The arrangement. Promotional film - Frenzy. Promotional film. Rushes - Thelma \ |
| publicity | For information disseminated in order to attract public notice, promoting a network or collection of programmes; separate from theatrical or TV trailers, announcements, or promotionals. For information disseminated in order to attract public notice in relationship with a particular moving image, use a partially supplied/devised title; separate from theatrical or TV trailers, announcements, or promotionals. Includes short publicity spots designed for television that promotes a particular, upcoming television show. | - Promos - Promos. CBS (advertisements for the network itself) - Promos. NBC programs (a collection of promos for NBC programs) - The Three Musketeers. (1993). Publicity - 62nd Annual Academy Awards Show. TV publicity |
| public service announcement(s) | For television or theatrical PSAs. For PSAs designed to be aired during a particular television or Internet programme or theatrical screening, use a partially supplied/devised title. | - Public service announcements - Public service announcements. Army. Join the people who’ve joined the Army - Public service announcements. Community and church groups - Public service announcements. Filmex - Public service announcements. Handicapped children - Public service announcements. March of Dimes theatrical spot - The Snake Pit. Public service announcement. Statement by Department of Public Health, Province of Saskatchewan |
| rehearsal(s) | For content showing rehearsals of a particular moving image. Use fully supplied/devised titles for unidentifiable rehearsals. | - The adventures of Ellery Queen. Prescription for Treason. Rehearsal - Unidentified television programme. Rehearsal |
| rushes | For content identified as being the first print made of a day’s filming for a particular moving image. | - An act of murder. Rushes |
| sound effects | For sound effects related to a particular moving image. Use fully supplied/devised titles for sound effects where the moving image work is not known, or for unedited sound effects. | - Das Boot. Sound effects. - Unidentified feature film. Sound effects. - Unidentified sound effects. Compilation |
| speech(es) | For fully supplied/devised titles only. | - Speech. Kennedy presidential campaign. A time for greatness - Speech. Kennedy presidential campaign. Louisville, Ky - Speech. Kennedy presidential campaign. United Auto Workers |
| study fragment(s) | For excerpted content from a particular moving image to be used for the purposes of teaching. | - Some Like It Hot. Study fragment |
| test(s) | For content identified as being screentests, wardrobe tests, prop tests, etc., for a particular moving image, create a partially supplied/devised title. | - Tests. Buzz Henry screen test - Tests. UCLA acting, directing, camera tests - Gone With the Wind. Color test. - À bout de souffle. Screen test. Jean-Paul Belmondo. |
| theatre advertising | Theater advertising. Bennett and Bedell advertisement | |
| trailer(s) theatrical trailer(s) TV trailer(s) Internet trailer(s) | For an advertisement for a particular moving image, to be screened in theatres, on television or streamed on the Web; includes teaser trailers. Archives may use the general term “trailers” or more specific description such as “TV trailer.” For multi-part Manifestations/items formed by more than one trailers. For trailers connected to a particular moving image work, create a partially supplied/devised Title. Do not confuse with public service announcements, theatre advertising, announcements, political spots, etc. | - Trailers. Republic titles - La Haine. Trailer - Three on a match. Theatrical trailer - Dai-Nihonjin. TV trailer |
| trims | For portions of a moving image scene or soundtrack (e.g. music cuts) left over after the selected section has been used in final cutting. | - The Exorcist. Trims - Directed by William Wyler. Interview trims. |
| unedited footage | For unedited footage shot for a particular moving image programme, or series. | - 60 minutes. 1969-01-07. Unedited footage. Smothers Brothers reading. Newhart, airport controller |
| unedited newsfilm | For unedited footage shot for a news programme or news series; includes television and newsreels. | - Movietone News. Lowell Thomas Remembers. Unedited newsfilm. |
| unedited sound track | For unedited sound track recorded for a particular moving image. | - Stargate: The Ark of Truth. Unedited sound track |
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Adapted from UCLA Film & Television Archive, Cataloging Procedure Manual—Voyager, Section 5, Filmographic Record – Body of the Description, http://old.cinema.ucla.edu/CPM%20Voyager/CPMV05.html#5.2 ↩