The March 2009 New and Changed Entries posting focuses on 791.43 Motion pictures, 791.44 Radio, and 791.45 Television.
The entry for 791.43 Motion pictures has the notes:
Class here made-for-television movies, video recordings of motion pictures [both formerly 791.45]; direct-to-video and direct-to-DVD releases of motion pictures; dramatic films, entertainment films; films developed originally for Internet transmission; comprehensive works on dramatic, entertainment, documentary, educational, news films
The entry for 791.45 Television has the notes:
Class here dramatic programs, entertainment programs; mini-series, extended pilots of television series; television-like programs developed originally for Internet transmission; comprehensive works on dramatic, entertainment, documentary, educational, news programs
These notes all have hierarchical force and thus affect subdivisions of 791.43 and 791.45.
There is a new Manual note to help distinguish between 791.43 Motion pictures and 791.45 Television:
An example of a made-for-television movie is Carrie’s War (2004), which is now classed in 791.4372 Single films. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) entry has the label “(TV)”: Carrie’s War (2004) (TV).
An example of a video recording of a motion picture is Fanny och Alexander, issued on videodisc in 2004, but originally released as a motion picture in 1982; it is now classed in 791.4372 Single films. The IMDb entry has no special label after the date of the original theatrical release: Fanny och Alexander (1982).
An example of a television mini-series is Jane Eyre (2006), which is classed in 791.4572 Single programs. The IMDb entry has the label “TV mini-series”: “Jane Eyre” (2006) TV mini-series.
There are also several film versions of Jane Eyre that are properly classed in 791.4372 Single films, e.g., a video recording of the 1996 motion picture Jane Eyre, which has no special label attached to its IMDb entry: Jane Eyre (1996).
I think you guys have created unnecessary confusion here.
A Made-for-TV Movie is still a television program. Your note for 791.45 includes works considered both episodic series and dramatic/entertainment 'programs'(presumably a one-time only broadcast). A Made-for-TV Movie is just that: a dramatic/entertainment program.
And if one goes to IMDB and sees that they too consider a Made-for-TV Movie a television program, wouldn't it be intuitive to class it as a television program rather than a motion picture?
Posted by: Amanda Raab | 10 March 2009 at 07:07 PM
Can I get clarification on what a "single" program, classed as 791.4572, means? Does “single” mean a single episode of, say, Saturday Night Live? Does it mean a single season? Or a disc that might have the best of seasons 1, 2 and 3?
Does “two or more programs,” classed as 791.4575 mean multiple episodes/seasons of a single program (like SNL) or does it mean a compilation of different shows (maybe clips from great comedy shows like Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, DNL, all in one disc)?
Posted by: Doreen | 09 June 2009 at 06:18 PM
Can I get clarification on what a "single" program, classed as 791.4572, means? Does “single” mean a single episode of, say, Saturday Night Live? Does it mean a single season? Or a disc that might have the best of seasons 1, 2 and 3?
Posted by: gaia gold | 18 June 2009 at 03:09 AM
How would you classify audio books of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances?
Posted by: Carrie Dawson | 18 June 2009 at 11:43 AM