| Category |
Tag Name |
DirectHERS tag |
Definition |
Retrieved From or Created by |
| Personal |
Name |
≺name≻ |
It identifies the name of an individual and it is placed within the biographic section. |
Orlando Project |
| Personal |
Birth |
≺birth≻ |
Element that contains birth year, date, and other relevant information |
Orlando Project - edited by DH |
| Personal |
death |
≺death≻ |
Where possible, it captures information concerning the date, place, and cause of a writer's death. |
Orlando Project |
| Personal |
Occupation |
≺occupation≻ |
Element for capturing work both paid and unpaid. |
Orlando Project |
| Personal |
Ethnicity |
≺ethnicity≻ |
A social construct that identifies people based on shared cultural, historical, lingusitic, and geographic factors. |
DirectHERS |
| Personal |
Education |
≺education≻ |
It contains information about a person's educational experience. Particular emphasis is placed on where and when the director went to school. |
Orlando Project |
| Personal |
Affiliation |
≺affiliation≻ |
It contains an informal description of a person's present or past affiliation with some organization, for example an employer or sponsor. |
Orlando Project |
| Social |
Residence |
≺residence≻ |
This element classifies the director's residency and highlights differences on wether the person was raised, migrated or currently lives at a specific city. It can help us trace the patterns of migration and social/cultural/political context that might have influence them and their work
|
DirectHERS |
| Social |
Founder |
≺founder≻ |
This element and subelements encode the work that a director has done as a founder of another company or organization and records its name and mission. The idea is to highlight also their involvement either on the film industry or their contributions to other kinds of industries. For example, director Clare Weiskopf is the founder of a film company that has produced documentary and other independent films in Colombia and finances her work through such production company
|
DirectHERS |
| Social |
Inspirations |
≺inspiration≻ |
With this element and subelements we can encode the interests or sources of inspirations that have prompted each director to explore certain themes. For example, both Clare Weiskopf and Rea Tajari have stated in their public profiles and during interviews their commitment to issues around social justice, social movements that later on have informed their practices as filmmakers both in the content but also in the methodology they use to approach their subjects and topics
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DirectHERS |
| Social |
Family |
≺family ≻ |
If one wants to encode the family background of the filmmaker. For example, Claudia Llosa (Peruvian filmmaker) is the niece of Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010
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Orlando Project |
| Social |
Groundbreaking |
≺groundbreaking≻ |
An element that could capture briefly one or many ways in which the directors have transformed their context, the film industry, the narrative or the technical aspects of cinema and gender
|
DirectHERS |
| Social |
Year of release |
≺released_year≻ |
To encode when a specific movie was released to the public. |
Orlando Project |
| Movie Info |
Director |
≺director≻ |
Movie's director |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Title |
≺movie_title≻ |
It contains the title of a work, whether article, book, journal, or series, including any alternative titles or subtitles. |
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) |
| Movie Info |
Film Genre |
≺genre≻ |
Editing by DirectHERS: A category or classification of films based on their shared thematic elements, narrative structures, visual styles, or subject matter, for example, drama, documentary, comedy, coming-of-age. |
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) - edited by DH |
| Movie Info |
Awards |
≺award≻ |
Edited by DirectHERS: honors or recognitions given to a director to celebrate excellence in their filmmaking. |
Orlando Project - edited by DH |
| Movie Info |
Collaborators |
≺collaborator≻ |
This attribute is attached to AUTHORSHIP. It allows us to distinguish those texts authored by more than a single author. It has one value, CollaborationYes, and three sibling attributes: AUTHORSHIPCONTROVERSY, CONTROVERSYDATE, and AUTHORNAMETYPE. Editing by DirectHERS: People work closely with the director to bring a film to life, including screenwriter, producer, editor, actor, etc. |
Orlando Project |
| Movie Info |
Young Audience |
≺young_audience≻ |
Individuals in their childhood, adolescence, or early adulthood who consume and engage with various types of films. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Independent Film |
≺independent_film≻ |
A film made outside of the mainstream studio system, typically supported by a low budget and small production companies. Even though these films are not financed and produced by the major studio system, they often showcase directors' creativity, talent, and personal style, sometimes leading to wider future success. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Investor |
≺investor≻ |
An individual or an organization that provides or has provided financial support to the production of the film. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Film Festival |
≺film_festival≻ |
An organized event that showcases films with a specific focus or diverse themes. Film festivals play a vital role in promoting new directors, independent cinema, and industry professionals. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Theme |
≺theme≻ |
The central idea or subject that a film aims to convey. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Research |
≺research≻ |
The systematic process of gathering information and studying materials in order to accurately portray a subject matter and setting in a film. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Concept Development |
≺concept_development≻ |
The process of brainstorming and/or defining the core ideas of a film project. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Film Technique |
≺film_technique≻ |
The various methods and tools emplopyed by a director, including cinematography, sound/lighting design, etc. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Funds and Support |
≺fund_support≻ |
The financial support or other resources such as mentorship and encouragement that enable a director to bring their movies to a live phase. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Challenge |
≺challenge≻ |
The obstacles that a film director may face during the filming, budget constraints, logistical issues, artistic dilemmas, etc. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Anecdote |
≺anecdote≻ |
Any short and interesting story from the process that provides insights into the production, the director's personality and/or their experiences. |
DirectHERS |
| Movie Info |
Audience Reaction |
≺reaction≻ |
The audience's responses to a film based on different criteria. |
DirectHERS |
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