Is a filmmaker (a corporate body) considered to be a creator under this rule?
d) *Works that result from the collective activity of a performing group as a whole *where the responsibility of the group goes beyond that of mere performance, execution, etc. I tried to figure out any examples. But ... Thank you very much. Joan On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Adam L. Schiff <[email protected]>wrote: > Thomas, > > What you said about films is not quite totally correct. Appendix I does > have a relationship designator under creator of work: > > filmmaker A person, family, or corporate body responsible for creating an > independent or personal film. A filmmaker is individually responsible for > the conception and execution of all aspects of the film. > > For a very small subset of films, if one person/family/corporate body were > responsible for all aspects, that entity would be the creator of the work > and the film would be named using the combination of Creater/Preferred > title. This is most likely to happen for student works and home movies, I > imagine. If you think of all of those YouTube videos where someone points > a camera at themselves and just talks to the camera, I think that would be > a case that would fall under the designator "filmmaker". > > Adam > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**^^^^^^^^ > Adam L. Schiff > Principal Cataloger > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 > Seattle, WA 98195-2900 > (206) 543-8409 > (206) 685-8782 fax > [email protected] > http://faculty.washington.edu/**~aschiff<http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**~~~~~~~~ > > > On Mon, 13 May 2013, Brenndorfer, Thomas wrote: > > If an "other" person/family/corporate body associated with the work is >> used to construct the authorized access point representing the work, then >> that *one* person, family or corporate body associated with the work is the >> core element. >> >> Another way to state this is to say whoever became the main entry in >> AACR2 is a core element value in RDA (the instructions for authorized >> access points for works in RDA 6.27-6.31 are where one finds the equivalent >> to AACR2 main entry rules). Only one person, family or corporate body is >> chosen for that spot, whether it's a "creator" or an "other associated with >> the work." >> >> In MARC terms, what RDA 18.3 is saying is that the name found in the 1XX >> field is the core element, but names found in 7XX fields are not core >> elements. >> >> >> Interestingly, for moving image works like movies, there is no core >> relationship element. All persons or corporate bodies associated with the >> work when it comes to movies fall under the element "Other Person, Family >> or Corporate Body Associated with the Work" (examples: film director, film >> producer). There are none that fall under the "Creator" element. >> >> But because the authorized access point for a moving image work is formed >> only with the preferred title (RDA 6.27.1.3) then there is no person or >> corporate body that becomes part of the authorized access point for a >> moving image work. Therefore, the director or producer for a moving image >> work are not core elements. >> >> In other words, in the case of a movie, there may be several people that >> fall under the element "Other Person, Family or Corporate Body Associated >> with the Work" but not a single one of them becomes a core element because >> none of them are used to form the authorized access point for the movie. >> >> >> Thomas Brenndorfer >> Guelph Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access >>> [mailto:[email protected]**BAC.GC.CA <[email protected]>] >>> On Behalf Of Joan Wang >>> Sent: May-13-13 1:21 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [RDA-L] authorized access point for person/family/corporate body >>> >> >> Hi, all >> I have two questions about authorized access points for >> person/family/corporate body. >> Q1: >> RDA 18.3 says that creator is a core element. If there is more than one, >> only the principle or the first-named creator is required. It also says >> that other person/family/corporate body associated with a work is a core >> element (if the access point representing that person/family/ corporate >> body is used to construct the authorized access point representing the >> work). But it does not mention the situation of "more than one". I assume >> that we can follow the requirement for creator if there is more than one >> person/family/corporate body associated with a work other than a creator. >> >> -- Zhonghong (Joan) Wang, Ph.D. Cataloger -- CMC Illinois Heartland Library System (Edwardsville Office) 6725 Goshen Road Edwardsville, IL 62025 618.656.3216x409 618.656.9401Fax
