UCLA Film & Television Archive Cataloging Procedure Manual--Voyager
| Name in Voyager Cataloging Client | Position in MARC 21 | Codes | Meaning | Coding instructions | ORION1 mnemonic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category of material | 007/0 | - | Category of material (GMD/General Material Designation) | - | GMD/ |
| - | - | m | Motion picture (includes sound track) | Supplied when you select the set of codes on the motion picture tab in Voyager. | - |
| Specific material designation | 007/1 | - | Specific material designation | - | SMD/ |
| - | - | c | Film cartridge | - | - |
| - | - | f | Film cassette | - | - |
| - | - | r | Film reel | Use for sound track on film. | - |
| - | - | u | Specific material designation is not specified | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other film type | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Color | 007/3 | - | Color | - | COL/ |
| - | - | a | One color | - | - |
| - | - | b | Black-and-white | - | - |
| - | - | c | Multi-colored (i.e. color) | Code here individual color strips, even though they are on black and white film stock. Also code here successive exposure elements. | - |
| - | - | h | Hand colored | - | - |
| - | - | m | Mixed | Code bytes 13 and 14 for the color if it is all the same type. | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | Use for toned, stained, tinted, etc.; use for recreated tints. | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Use for sound track film. | - |
| Motion picture presentation format | 007/4 | - | Motion picture presentation format | Note that side to top frame ratio on the film itself may be different from the aspect ratio intended on projection, when masking can be used to alter the side to top frame ratio on the screen. | PF/ |
| - | - | a | Standard sound aperture (reduced frame) | Assume for nitrate theatrical films, 1930-1950; use for Academy aperture; ratio is 1.37:1; note that this is nearly identical to 1.33:1 silent aperture; on sound aperture the side to top frame ratio was kept the same on a smaller image with room at the side for sound track, and a wider frame line at the top. Assume for television. | - |
| - | - | b | Nonanamorphic (wide-screen) | 1.85:1 or 1.66:1 are common. Includes Grandeur, Magnafilm, Magnascope, Natural Vision (1929-1930), Realife, Super Panavision, Super Technirama 70, Todd-AO, VistaVision and Vitascope. | - |
| - | - | c | 3D | Includes Natural Vision (1953), Naturama, StereoVision, StereoVision 70, and Triarama 3D. | - |
| - | - | d | Anamorphic (wide-screen) | 2.40:1, 2.55:1 and 2.66:1 (16 mm.) are common ratios; includes CinemaScope, Panascope, Panavision, Superscope, Technirama, Techniscope, Ultra-Panavision 70, Warnerscope. | - |
| - | - | e | Other wide-screen format | Use for 3-projector Cinerama. | - |
| - | - | f | Standard silent aperture (full frame) | 1.33:1; assume for silent nitrate films and silent films on safety reproduced at UCLA. | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Item is other than a motion picture. | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | Use for early sound aperture (between ca. 1.15:1 and 1.21:1). | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | Use for 'scanned' when presentation format is not known. | - |
| Sound on medium or separate | 007/5 | - | Sound on medium or separate | - | SOM/ |
| - | - | [1 blank] | No sound (silent) | Use for MOS. | - |
| - | - | a | Sound on medium | Use for sound track film; assume for theatrical films released from 1930 to the present. | - |
| - | - | b | Sound separate from medium | - | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown | Use at UCLA for no attempt to supply information. | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Medium for sound | 007/6 | - | Medium for sound | Code separate picture elements for accompanying sound; e.g., code a pic neg accompanied by an opt sd. trk neg as a. NOTE: Prior to Oct. 1987, separate picture was coded as [1 blank] in this field. | MFS/ |
| - | - | [1 blank] | No sound (silent) | Use for MOS. | - |
| - | - | a | Optical sound track on motion picture film | Use for separate sound track on film; assume for 35 mm. nitrate theatrical films released after 1930 and for television produced before 1960. | - |
| - | - | b | Magnetic sound track on motion picture film | Use for separate sound track on film; mag was used from 1952 on for prints, and from 1948 on for preprint. | - |
| - | - | c | Magnetic audio tape in cartridge | - | - |
| - | - | d | Sound disc | - | - |
| - | - | e | Magnetic audio tape on reel | - | - |
| - | - | f | Magnetic audio tape in cassette | - | - |
| - | - | g | Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film | Use for separate sound track on film. | - |
| - | - | h | Videotape | - | - |
| - | - | i | Videodisc | - | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | Use at UCLA for no information provided. | - |
| - | - | z | Other | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Dimensions | 007/7 | - | Width or dimensions | - | WOD/ |
| - | - | a | Standard 8 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | b | Super 8 mm./single 8 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | c | 9.5 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | d | 16 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | e | 28 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | f | 35 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | g | 70 mm. | - | - |
| - | - | i | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | Use for 35/32 mm. and double standard 8 mm. | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Configuration of playback channels | 007/8 | - | Configuration of playback channels (kind of sound) | - | KOS/ |
| - | - | m | Monaural | Assume for pre-1950 sound films. | - |
| - | - | s | Stereophonic | - | - |
| - | - | q | Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround | Use for systems designed to result in more than two sound sources. | - |
| - | - | k | Mixed (both mono. and multichannel) | - | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | - | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Use for silent film or separate picture | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Production elements | 007/9 | - | Production elements | Not coded in UCLA records prior to June 1999. | - |
| - | - | a | Workprint | "A print from the original camera footage which is edited to a fine degree to achieve the final version"--MARC 21 | - |
| - | - | b | Trims | "Sections of shots remaining after the desired portions have been incorporated into the workprint"--MARC 21. | - |
| - | - | c | Outtakes | "Shots discarded in the editing of a film"--MARC 21. | - |
| - | - | d | Rushes | "The first positive prints from the laboratory of the previous day's shooting; also called dailies"--MARC 21. | - |
| - | - | e | Mixing tracks | "Separate sound tracks that are combined to produce the final sound track of a film. Mixing tracks may include music, sound effects, and dialog tracks"--MARC 21. | - |
| - | - | f | Title bands/intertitle rolls | "Printed captions or titles that have been separated from their corresponding picture"--MARC 21. | - |
| - | - | g | Production rolls | "The general term for various types of production elements (film usually wound on cores) before they are cut and assembled into reels"--MARC 21. | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Positive/negative aspect | 007/10 | - | Positive/negative aspect (film emulsion) | - | FE/ |
| - | - | a | Positive | - | - |
| - | - | b | Negative | - | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Use when item does not have a film emulsion. | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Generation | 007/11 | - | Generation | - | GS/ |
| - | - | d | Duplicate | - | - |
| - | - | e | Master | - | - |
| - | - | o | Original | Assume for nitrate negatives unless designated 'dupe' | - |
| - | - | r | Reference print/viewing copy | Code all prints here, including in-house masters and 'pos' that isn't 'masterpos.' | - |
| - | - | z | Other | Use for rerecorded track | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Base of Film | 007/12 | - | Base of film | - | FB/ |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | - | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| - | - | a | Safety base, undetermined | - | - |
| - | - | c | Safety base, acetate undetermined | - | - |
| - | - | d | Safety base, diacetate | Kodak safety film from 1922 to 1937 was diacetate. Diacetate film has a distinctive smell similar to that of mothballs. Use for the Preston Sturges 16 mm. prints from the 1940s. Use for home movies and educational films on film base likely to date from prior to 1950. | - |
| - | - | p | Safety base, polyester | Use for Estar. May be assumed for release prints from 1995 on. Not uncommon for prints in the industry from the 1970s on, but also not routine; per Bob Gitt, the "tear" test for polyester (it does not tear as easily as triacetate does) is not always completely reliable. | - |
| - | - | r | Safety base, mixed | - | - |
| - | - | t | Safety base, triacetate | Assume for safety film after 1951 and before 1995; if preservation materials say 'acetate,' code here; if there is no explicit indication of type of safety base on preservation generated preprint, check with preservation staff, as they are using polyester more and more. | - |
| - | - | i | Nitrate base | In use 1895 to 1951, when Kodak stopped its manufacture, according to Alan Lewis' AMIA Basic Training Workshop handout. | - |
| - | - | m | Mixed base (nitrate and safety) | - | - |
| Refined categories of color | 007/13 | - | Refined categories of color | - | RCC/ |
| - | - | a | 3 layer color | Use for EC (col.), Deluxe col., and other 3-layer processes; note unstable color in 998 $q. | - |
| - | - | b | 2 color, single strip | Includes IB prints, 1922-1933; -1936 for animated cartoons. | - |
| - | - | c | Undetermined 2 color | - | - |
| - | - | d | Undetermined 3 color | - | Use for lenticular color. |
| - | - | e | 3 strip color | Includes IB prints, 1933-1975? | - |
| - | - | f | 2 strip color | Use for Cinecolor. | - |
| - | - | g | Red strip | Use for Cinecolor panchromatic. | - |
| - | - | h | Blue or green strip | Use for Cinecolor orthochromatic. | - |
| - | - | i | Cyan strip | - | - |
| - | - | j | Magenta strip | - | - |
| - | - | k | #3399CC strip | - | - |
| - | - | l | SEN 2 | Use for 2-color successive exposure (sequential) negative or positive. Includes negatives for IB prints, 1922-1933; -1936 for animated cartoons. | - |
| - | - | m | SEN 3 | Use for 3-color successive exposure (sequential) negative or positive. Includes negatives for IB prints, 1933-1975? | - |
| - | - | p | Sepia tone | - | - |
| - | - | q | Other tone | - | - |
| - | - | r | Tint | Use for re-created tints. | - |
| - | - | s | Tinted and toned | - | - |
| - | - | t | Stencil color | - | - |
| - | - | v | Hand colored | - | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other types of color | - | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Item is other than color film. Use for sound track. | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Kind of color stock or print | 007/14 | - | Kind of color stock or print | - | KCS/ |
| - | - | a | Imbibition dye transfer prints | - | - |
| - | - | b | Three layer stock | Use for EC (col.), Deluxe color, and other 3-layer processes; use for preprint. | - |
| - | - | c | Three layer stock, low fade | - | Use only for prints; i.e., do not use for preprint. |
| - | - | d | Duplitized stock | Use for Cinecolor, Prizma Color; use for Fullcolor prints. | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | z | Other kind of color stock | - | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Not a color film. Use for sound track. | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | Use this code for pre-print color strips and color separations, and for tinted, toned and sepia films; use for re-created tints; use for successive exposure elements; use for lenticular color. | - |
| Deterioration stage | 007/15 | - | Deterioration stage | - | FDT/ |
| - | - | a | No deterioration apparent | - | - |
| - | - | b-h | Detailed nitrate deterioration codes | Use b for all; c-h not used at UCLA. | - |
| - | - | k | Non-nitrate: detectable deterioration (diacetate odor) | - | - |
| - | - | l | Non-nitrate: advanced safety deterioration | - | - |
| - | - | m | Non-nitrate: disaster | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Completeness | 007/16 | - | Completeness | Also code holdings 008/16 for completeness. | COM/ |
| - | - | c | Complete | - | - |
| - | - | i | Incomplete | Use only for major incompleteness, such as a missing sequence or a missing reel. | - |
| - | - | n | Not applicable | Use for excerpts, stock shots. | - |
| - | - | u | Unknown (unable to determine) | - | - |
| - | - | | [OR bar] | No attempt to code | - | - |
| Film inspection date | 007/17-22 | - | Last film inspection date | In form yyyymm, e.g. 198312 for Dec. 1983. Use inventory date when present; if whole film is viewed when cataloged, use cataloging date. | FID/ |
| - | - | uuuuuu | Unknown | - | - |
| - | - | |||||| [6 OR bars] | No attempt to code | - | - |
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