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| Registered: October 24, 2011 |  Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for this tool! I've really enjoyed using it! |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,808 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a bit of a conundrum. The alternate source that I am looking at contains 128 different categories. That may be historically correct, but not very helpful. I'm wondering if one could merge some of them. For example, 22 music categories? Wouldn't "Score" and "Song" be enough? Any thoughts on which categories that could be conflated (if at all)?
The categories are:
Actor
Actor in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role
Actress
Actress in a leading role
Actress in a supporting role
Animated feature film
Animated short film
Art direction
Art direction (black-and-white)
Art direction (color)
Assistant director
Award of commendation
Best motion picture
Best picture
Cinematography
Cinematography (black-and-white)
Cinematography (color)
Costume design
Costume design (black-and-white)
Costume design (color)
Dance direction
Directing
Directing (comedy picture)
Directing (dramatic picture)
Documentary
Documentary (feature)
Documentary (short subject)
Documentary feature film
Documentary short film
Engineering effects
Film editing
Foreign language film
Gordon e. sawyer award
Honorary award
Honorary foreign language film award
International feature film
Irving g. thalberg memorial award
Jean hersholt humanitarian award
John a. bonner medal of commendation
Makeup
Makeup and hairstyling
Medal of commendation
Music (adaptation score)
Music (music score of a dramatic or comedy picture)
Music (music score of a dramatic picture)
Music (music score--substantially original)
Music (original dramatic score)
Music (original music score)
Music (original musical or comedy score)
Music (original score)
Music (original score--for a motion picture [not a musical])
Music (original song score and its adaptation or adaptation score)
Music (original song score and its adaptation -or- adaptation score)
Music (original song score or adaptation score)
Music (original song score)
Music (original song)
Music (score of a musical picture--original or adaptation)
Music (scoring of a musical picture)
Music (scoring of music--adaptation or treatment)
Music (scoring)
Music (scoring: adaptation and original song score)
Music (scoring: original song score and adaptation -or- scoring: adaptation)
Music (song)
Music (song--original for the picture)
Outstanding motion picture
Outstanding picture
Outstanding production
Production design
Scientific and technical award (academy award of merit)
Scientific and technical award (scientific and engineering award)
Scientific and technical award (special award)
Scientific and technical award (technical achievement award)
Scientific or technical award (academy award of merit)
Scientific or technical award (class i)
Scientific or technical award (class ii)
Scientific or technical award (class iii)
Scientific or technical award (scientific and engineering award)
Scientific or technical award (technical achievement award)
Short film (animated)
Short film (dramatic live action)
Short film (live action)
Short subject (animated)
Short subject (cartoon)
Short subject (color)
Short subject (comedy)
Short subject (live action)
Short subject (novelty)
Short subject (one-reel)
Short subject (two-reel)
Sound
Sound editing
Sound effects
Sound effects editing
Sound mixing
Sound recording
Special achievement award
Special achievement award (sound editing)
Special achievement award (sound effects editing)
Special achievement award (sound effects)
Special achievement award (visual effects)
Special award
Special effects
Special foreign language film award
Special visual effects
Unique and artistic picture
Visual effects
Writing
Writing (adaptation)
Writing (adapted screenplay)
Writing (motion picture story)
Writing (original motion picture story)
Writing (original screenplay)
Writing (original story)
Writing (screenplay adapted from other material)
Writing (screenplay based on material from another medium)
Writing (screenplay based on material previously produced or published)
Writing (screenplay written directly for the screen)
Writing (screenplay written directly for the screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
Writing (screenplay)
Writing (screenplay--adapted)
Writing (screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Writing (screenplay--original)
Writing (story and screenplay)
Writing (story and screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Writing (story and screenplay--based on material not previously published or produced)
Writing (story and screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Writing (title writing)
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Gunnar |
| | Registered: October 24, 2011 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Animated short film, short subject animated and short film (cartoon) are most likely the same category. you could probably look at the wiki for the awards and see the name changes over time. |
| | Registered: October 22, 2015 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 307 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
I have a bit of a conundrum. The alternate source that I am looking at contains 128 different categories. That may be historically correct, but not very helpful. I'm wondering if one could merge some of them. For example, 22 music categories? Wouldn't "Score" and "Song" be enough? Any thoughts on which categories that could be conflated (if at all)?
May I suggest you adopt the categories listed in The Official Academy Awards Database: https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/?search=Basic You can then condense the various music categories under: • MUSIC (Scoring) <== original or adaptation (there may be multiple winners in the same year) • MUSIC (Song) <== original or adaptation Other categories that may be condensed: • WRITING <== [includes original story, screenplay, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, etc.) • PRODUCTION DESIGN <== [includes art direction, art direction (B/W), art direction (color), etc.] • CINEMATOGRAPHY <== [includes cinematography (black-and-white), cinematography (color)] • SOUND <== [includes Sound, Sound Recording, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, last two discontinued after 2019] | | | | Last edited: by ObiKen |
| | Registered: October 24, 2011 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Could there be some sort of way to export the list from "Collection"? I'd like to add it to Letterboxd or something to check which of the films I haven't yet seen ... |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,808 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting magnusbe: Quote:
Could there be some sort of way to export the list from "Collection"? I'd like to add it to Letterboxd or something to check which of the films I haven't yet seen ... I'll consider it for the next version. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
Gunnar |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,808 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's getting close!Adapting DpOscars to that better data source seemed like a breeze. And it was, until I had to deal with those categories. Just leaving them as they were in the data source didn't seem very useful. But then again, forcing my idea of how they should be combined didn't seem right either. So I ended up with having the categories configurable. And that was easier thought than done. The program will come with suggested category combinations. That seemed better than forcing the user to start from scratch in combining categories. But if you don't agree with my choices, they are easily changed. I also took to heart magnusbe's suggestion of exporting the collection list. It takes the form of creating a flag set of the titles in the list. Either all och them, or just the winners. And this can be done for all categories, or for selected categories. So - for example - if you select Best pictures and Winners, you have the option to save a flag set of all winners, or just the ones that you haven't reviewed (which in most cases will be the ones you haven't watched, I assume). Just load the flag set and you can export it, print it, or use it however you choose. I just have to fine tune the GUI a little bit, and then write the Help file. The program is getting complicated enough that I feel that it's going to need a help file. Like most developers, writing documentation is my least favorite part of development. But I also feel that all the hours spent coding are wasted if users don't fully understand how to use the program. Or at least have a chance to learn. But of course you always read the help file, right?  So give me a rainy stay-at-home day or two, and version 2.0 should be out the door. Or rather onto the server ... | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
Gunnar |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,808 |
| | Posted: | | | | Writing a help file means you get to look at your program in a different way than you do when you are developing it. You get to go through all functions and look at them with a bit more of a user's viewpoint. And that sometimes lead to new insights. They usually fall into one of three categories; 1) This should be worded better. A simple fix. 2) This works fine, but it would be even better if it also had such-and-such feature. Usually a bit of work, but not too much. It's something you could ignore, but it would be bugging you if you did. 3) This isn't how it's supposed to work! That can be a real headache if you discover it this late.  In the case of DpOscars 2.0.0 I had one each of the two first categories, and - thankfully - none of the third. Or unfortunately, if it turns out that there really is a problem that I didn't catch. If there is, I hope you'll let me know. So here we are: DpOscars 2.0.0It doesn't look much different from version 1, at least not on first glance. But when you run it, you'll see that it is based on much better data. And then there are those categories. Well, give it a whirl and let me know what you think!  Note that you can easily change how the categories are grouped if you don't like the way I did it. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
Gunnar | | | | Last edited: by GSyren |
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