PART 4: GENERAL STYLE ISSUES
Spelling
In general we use British, rather than American spelling, in the abstract:
e.g. analyses (instead of analyzes)
e.g. theatre (instead of theater)
e.g. colour (instead of color)
e.g. organisation (instead of organization)
e.g. cancelled (instead of canceled)
e.g. realise (instead of realize)
e.g. civilisation (instead of civilization)
e.g. programme (instead of program)
e.g. catalogue (instead of catalog)
e.g. synchronisation (instead of synchronization)
Some examples of words or phrases which have different spellings, both of which are acceptable:
3-D or 3D
Co-production or coproduction
Filmmaker or film-maker
Science fiction or science-fiction
1910s / 1920s / etc. or 1910’s /1920’s
Numbers
Less than 10 – write out in the abstract
i.e. nine
Capitalization
Festivals
Official names in English are capitalized:
e.g. Montreal World Film Festival
e.g. International Rotterdam Film Festival (vs. Rotterdam film festival)
e.g. Cannes Film Festival
Note: official names of film festivals in French are not capitalized.
e.g. 50th Festival international du film d’animation
Recurring festival sections are noted as follows:
e.g.Un Certain Regard
Conferences
Official names of recurring conferences are capitalized
e.g. Music and the Moving Image Conference.
One-off conferences: only capitalize the first word and any proper names in the title of the conference and put in single quotation marks.
e.g. Conference ‘Don't look now! British cinema in the 1970s’
Official documents
e.g. FIAF Declaration of Fair Use and Access.
Professional titles
are not capitalized except if the name of the person is given.
e.g. Paolo Cherchi Usai, Professor of Film Studies at…
e.g. interview with former acting head of the…
Websites
Capitalize the names of websites:
e.g. Internet Movie Database
Film titles mentioned in the article title and abstract field
English language titles
Only capitalize the first word of an English language film title
e.g. Lonely heart killers
German language titles
All nouns are capitalized
French language titles
If the title begins with a definite article, the first noun that follows as well as the preceding adjectives and adverbs are capitalized:
e.g. Les Derniers Jours du monde
e.g. L’Armée du crime
If the title doesn’t begin with a definite article or consists of a ‘conjugated phrase’, only the first word is capitalized:
e.g. À la recherché du temps perdu
e.g. Un taxi mauve
e.g. Le train sifflera trois fois
e.g. L’important c’est d’aimer
Note that all headings are in upper case except directors and authors.
Compare:
Truffaut, François (= entry in Author Database)
TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS (F Film) (= entry in Biographical Database)
Truffaut, François (= entry in Director Film Database)
PART 5: COMMON PROBLEMS
Director (Film/TV) is not included in the Film/TV Description Heading
The Published As field (first name followed by last name) in the Director Database must always be filled in, so that the director’s name will be displayed correctly in the full film description heading. If the Published as field is empty, the director’s name will be missing from the full film description heading!
Example of an article record with an ‘incomplete’ film description heading, with the linked authority records opened in separate windows. Note that the Published As field in the Director (Film) Database is empty.
Note: In the Published As field the normal order is first name followed by last name, but for Asian names the correct order is last name followed by first name.
Compare the authority records for Zhang Yimou and Alfred Hitchcock.
Non-preferred heading is displayed in article record
If you select a non-preferred term, it is normally automatically replaced by the preferred one. However, at times this does not work properly, and the non-preferred term is displayed in the article record. To correct this, try to match the non-preferred term again by clicking on Enter after the term.
Medium (F/T) is missing in Biographical, Corporate Name, and Subject headings
If you create a new heading in the Biographical, Corporate Name, or the Subject Database, the medium field must be filled in (F or T).
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