[Freebase-discuss] /film/film Color and Format

[Thad Guidry]

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Kirrily Robert <skud at google.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Gordon Mackenzie <gmackenz at google.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Film is something we've really done very well in coverage, of any
>> domain in Freebase, and is highly visible/sensitive. So changes should
>> be discussed and tested locally. We could conceivably add a new
>> property for the film. Or we could make film format color-sensitive
>> (B&W 8 mm, Color 16 mm, Technicolor 35 mm, Color Todd-AO, etc.), just
>> a thought.
>>
>
> How about having a new enumerated property?
> K.
>
> --
> Kirrily Robert
> skud at google.com
> http://freebase.com/

Yes, /film has been done quite well overall.  I completely agree,
Gordon & Kirrily.

An additional Enumerated property could work for now, I think.  hmmm.
And we could move those films that have the Black & White Genre to
that new enumerated property.

Later, the enumerated property could be discussed for fully converting
into a formal strategy for /film_format, once we work out the
technical details to abstract and capture what is needed.
(Like the research I have gathered for evolving HD and 3D formats in
cinematography in general & vendors such as Sony.  So that could be
useful later this year or even next, if we do decide to formalize &
convert it)

Ok, I'm +1 for just an enumerated property for now, so that I have a
placeholder for the data I currently have in Refine, which entails
"color", "b&w", and "colorized".

(it's getting to the point now, that I'm needing to pre-plan my
pre-plan for Refine uploads ! (and data scraping strategies)... lol,
but it's all for the "love of the game")

I'm good for a few months away for /film anyway at the current moment,
since I'm still working on finalizing Ports, Foundries, & Lighthouse
data.  But it would be nice to have the property there when the time
comes for my upload.  So whatever can help with that would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
-Thad
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/thad_guidry