Functionality concerning Film Info

Accessing Film Info

Film Info is displayed in the Film Info Dialog. This is called form the following places.

• From the Screening View (Daily Program View)
• From the Screening Info dialog
• From the Film Ratings dialog

Film properties and film info

• Class Film has properties, that are mandatory part of all film objects
• FilmInfo is information on a film that often needs more elaborate parsing

So at first Film objects are parsed and used (e.g. to rate films by fans), and FilmInfo will in most cases be constructed later on.

Film Info dialog elements

FilmInfo contains the following elements.

• Subsection
• Short description
• Article
• Screened films if the film is a combination program
• Combination programs in which the film is screened

Subsection

The subsection of the film is displayed in a label on the top right of the pane. The label text color indicates the section to which the subsection belongs and corresponds with the colors that the festival uses. A tooltip displays the subsection name, description and the section it belongs to.

Short Description

The short description is generally read by the AZ Parser. The AZ pages of the festival display short, attributed descriptions of the films. In the film info description, the attributes are translated into a bold font.

Article

The article is a more elaborate description.

Depending on the website, it can be extended with a table (or better dictionary) of film meta data. Meta data is planned to be a separate element of FilmInfo.

Screened Films

Screened Films are linked to a "regular" film, but contain more specific information:

• Title
• Description
• Screened Film Type
  • Indicates the role in a combination, e.g. Screened Before or Part of Combination Program
  • Usage is to display this role when Film Info is displayed

In Film Info, if a film is screened in another program, the program is displayed. When working in the Film Rating Dialog, the combination program can be automatically selected in the list from the Film Menu.

Combination Programs

Film Festivals may combine films in several ways:

• Main film and extra film (most often screened before the main film)
• Compilation of shorts
• Combination of two films, e.g. two mid-length features

In the Film Info, for each Combination Program, all films that are screened in the program, are displayed. When working in the Film Rating Dialog, any screened film can be automatically selected in the list from the Film Menu.