🎬 Future Research Profiles Brainstorm

Production & Technical Profiles

🎨 Technicolor Productions

• Prioritize technical journals and color film discussions
• Search for "Technicolor," "color," "Natalie Kalmus"
• Boost: American Cinematographer, International Photographer
• Find: Color consulting reports, technical challenges, "color consciousness" in reviews

🎥 Independent Productions

• Focus on Poverty Row and independent studios
• Boost: Film Daily, independent exhibitor publications
• Downweight: Major studio house organs
• Search variations: Multiple distributor names, state's rights releases

📸 Production Designer Focus

• Search for art directors, set designers, "settings"
• Boost: Technical journals, fan magazines with production features
• Add searches: "designed by," "settings by," "art direction"

Cultural & Social Profiles

🌍 International Reception

• Prioritize: Cinémundial, foreign-language sections
• Search for: Export versions, dubbing, "foreign receipts"
• Wider date ranges for international releases

🎭 Race Films & Black Cinema

• Different publication set needed?
• Boost any coverage in mainstream trades
• Search for historical terms: "colored," "Negro," "race," theater names
• Would need to add Black newspaper entertainment sections

👗 Fashion & Consumerism

• Boost: Fan magazines, especially Modern Screen, Photoplay
• Search for: "gowns by," "fashions," "makeup," costume designers
• Find: Tie-in merchandising, fashion features, beauty articles

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Readings

• Search for: Coded language, "bachelor," "confirmed bachelor"
• Boost: Fan magazines (for star profiles)
• Look for: Gossip columns, veiled references, publicity management

Business & Industry Profiles

💰 Financial Deep Dive

• Extreme boost: Film Daily Yearbook, financial pages
• Search: "cost," "budget," "gross," "profit," percentages
• Find: Actual budgets, profit-sharing deals, financial disputes

🎪 Exploitation & Ballyhoo

• Search: "contest," "stunt," "tie-up," "lobby display"
• Boost: Motion Picture Herald, exhibitor publications
• Find: Marketing campaigns, promotional stunts, gimmicks

🏢 Studio System Power

• Search: Executive names, "front office," contracts
• Different weights per studio era (Zanuck era Fox vs Mayer era MGM)
• Find: Power struggles, executive decisions, studio politics

📽️ Distribution Patterns

• Search: "day-and-date," "roadshow," "general release"
• Boost: Regional exhibitor papers
• Track release patterns, platform releases, territory splits

Genre-Specific Profiles

🤠 Western Specialist

• Boost: Publications that covered B-westerns
• Search: Star names (Gene Autry, Roy Rogers), "oater," "horse opera"
• Account for: Series westerns, programmer westerns vs. A-westerns

🔪 Horror/Thriller Focus

• Search: "horror," "thriller," "shocker," "chiller"
• Boost: Publications that didn't shy from horror
• Find: Censorship battles, marketing to "adults only"

🎵 Musical Performance

• Beyond just "musical" - search for choreographers, "dance director"
• Boost: Variety (vaudeville roots), music trade crossovers
• Find: Song performance rights, dance ensemble coverage

Reception & Audience Profiles

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Audience

• Search: "family," "children," "suitable for," "wholesome"
• Boost: Publications with family guidance (Motion Picture Herald)
• Find: Matinee programming, school tie-ins

🎓 Educational Use

• Search: "classroom," "educational," "16mm"
• Look for: Non-theatrical distribution, school programs
• Different date ranges (educational use years after release)

⛪ Religious Reception

• Boost: Publications that carried church opinions
• Search: "Legion of Decency," "morally objectionable"
• Find: Religious tie-ins, church campaigns for/against

Time Period Specialists

🎰 Pre-Code Hollywood (1930-1934)

• Adjust for different censorship discussions
• Search: "sophisticated," "adult," pre-Code markers
• Find: Content that disappeared after 1934

🎖️ Wartime Hollywood (1941-1945)

• Search: "war effort," "bonds," "morale"
• Boost: Publications with war content
• Find: Military screenings, propaganda angles

📺 Television Transition (1948-1955)

• Search: "television," "TV," "video," "small screen"
• Track: Anti-TV rhetoric, adaptation strategies

Research Method Profiles

📊 Quantitative Analysis

• Maximum results, minimal filtering
• Equal weights (no bias)
• For: Big data approaches, statistical analysis

🔍 Needle in Haystack

• For finding specific events/incidents
• Widest possible date ranges
• All publications weighted equally
• Maximum fuzzy matching

⚡ Speed Research

• Only highest-confidence searches
• Only top-tier publications
• Narrow date ranges
• For: Quick surveys, proof of concept

Creative Profiles

✍️ Screenwriter Focus

• Search: "screenplay by," "adaptation by," writer names
• Boost: Publications that credited writers
• Find: Script development, writer struggles

🎬 Auteur Tracking

• Director + possessive ("Hitchcock's," "Ford's")
• Search for thematic words associated with director
• Boost: Publications with director interviews

🎭 Star Studies Enhanced

• Not just star + film, but star nicknames, gossip
• Search: Star's known addresses, hangouts
• Boost: Fan magazines, gossip columns