Motion pictures
Scope Notes
Here are entered works on motion pictures themselves, including motion pictures as an art form, copyrighting, distribution, editing, plots, production, etc. Works about the technical aspects of making motion pictures and their projection onto a screen are entered under [Cinematography.] Works about the technical aspects of making video recordings, i.e., creating and storing moving images in an electronic form and displaying them on an electronic display are entered under [Video recording.] Works about the artistic aspects of making video recordings are entered under [Video recordings--Production and direction.]
Used for
- Cinema
- Feature films--History and criticism
- Films
- Movies
- Moving-pictures
Examples
Notes under [Cinematography; Video recording; Video recordings--Production and direction]
Editorial Notes
subdivision [In motion pictures] under names of countries, cities, etc., and under names of individual persons, families, and corporate bodies, and headings of the type [topic] in motion pictures, e.g. [Children in motion pictures; Death in motion pictures;] and titles of individual motion pictures