I think that what Deborah describes makes sense. However, I don't think that RDA really intended to limit the "screenwriter" relationship to descriptions of the screenplay alone.
Relationships are one of the new frontiers with FRBR/FRAD and RDA; AACR2 didn't have relationships as part of its conceptual tools. I think we are still working out the details and the application. The JSC has noted that the lists of relationship designators are not to be considered as the final word and that additions to the lists are welcome. This is an area where we clearly have more work to do. Another point to note for those who still have one foot in AACR2: One of the conceptual tools in AACR2 that is not available in RDA is the concept of "works of mixed responsibility". This was one of the most complicated parts of AACR2 Chapter 21, and it is not surprising that the examples we have been discussion involve mixed responsibility. John ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Deborah Fritz" <debo...@marcofquality.com> | To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA | Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 3:41:37 PM | Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Question about example in RDA 18.5.1.3 | John wrote: | “ RDA defines the screenwriter as a creator -- one of the few creator | relationships applicable to a moving-image work -- and this is hotly | contested. RDA considers a screenwriter to be a sub-category of | "author" and authors are by definition creators. In my opinion, that | doesn't work well for moving-image works; the script is not | typically part of the original conception of the work, but is a part | of the realization of somebody else's conception of the work. “ | I have been interpreting this to mean that the screenwriter would be | given as Creator/Author/Screenwriter only when describing the | screenplay, script, or scene itself, applying 19.2.1.3. | When describing a motion picture of which the screenplay is only one | part, I assumed that the screenwriter would have to fit into the | category of contributor, along with the others. The problem with | that reasoning, however, is that there is no relationship designator | for screenwriter as contributor. | Perhaps one could be added, along the same lines as the composer | example that Thomas pointed out: | I.2.1 Relationship Designators for Creators | composer A person, family, or corporate body responsible for creating | a musical work. Use also for persons, etc., adapting another musical | work to form a distinct alteration (e.g., free transcription), | paraphrasing a work or creating a work in the general style of | another composer, or creating a work that is based on the music of | another composer (e.g., variations on a theme). | I.3.1 Relationship Designators for Contributors | composer (expression) A person, family, or corporate body | contributing to an expression by adding music to a work that | originally lacked it, by composing new music to substitute for the | original music, or by composing new music to supplement the existing | music. | I.2.1 Relationship Designators for Creators | screenwriter An author of a screenplay, script, or scene. | Add something like: | I.3.1 Relationship Designators for Contributors | screenwriter (expression) An author of a screenplay, script, or scene | used in the production of a motion picture | Deborah | - - - | Deborah Fritz | TMQ, Inc. | debo...@marcofquality.com | www.marcofquality.com
