GENRE AND SUBJECT HEADINGS USED FOR FEATURE FILMS & TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN COLLEGE PARK’S CATALOG
All dramatic/fictional narrative films have one of two subject headings:
Feature films (if 40 minutes or longer).
Short films (shorter than 40 minutes).
[Call number will be PN1997.A2-Z, for films produced in 2000 of earlier, or PN1997.2.A2-Z for films produced 2001-. For collections of feature or short films the call number will be PN1997.A1A-Z.]
All televised dramatic/fictional narrative works will have at least of these:
Made-for-TV movies. [Call numbers will be PN1992.8.F5A-Z]
Television mini-series. [Call numbers will be PN1992.8.F5A-Z]
Television plays. [Gets same class number as the text of the play if Television plays is the first 655]
Television programs. [Call number will be PN1992.77.[cutter for TV series name]A-Z if Television programs is the first 655.]
Television musicals. [Not usually used as first 655, so it gets one of the aforementioned call numbers]
Television specials [Not usually used as first 655, so it gets one of the aforementioned call numbers]
They may also have additional genre heading(s):
[Call number will be PN1997.A2-Z, for films produced in 2000 of earlier, or PN1997.2.A2-Z for filmsproduced 2001-. For collections of feature or short films the call number will be PN1997.A1A-Z. Exceptions are noted below.]
Adventure films.
Animated films. [Call number will be PN1997.5.A-Z]
Animated television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Baseball films.
Basketball films.
Beach party films.
Bible films.
Biographical films.
Biographical television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Blaxploitation films.
Boxing films.
Children’s films
Christmas films.
Comedy films.
Comedy television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Cop shows.
Detective and mystery films.
Detective and mystery television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Documentary-style films.
Epic films.
Erotic films.
Experimental films. [Call number will be PN1995.9.E96A-Z if it is the first 655.]
Exploitation films.
Fantasy films.
Fantasy television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Film noir.
Football films.
Hockey films.
Juvenile delinquency films.
Gangster films.
Historical films.
Horror films.
Jungle films.
Martial arts films.
Motorcycle films.
Mummy films.
Music videos.
Musical films.
Newsreels.
Police films.
Populist films.
Prison films.
Puppet films.
Puppet television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Race films.
Religious films.
Road films.
Rock films.
Romantic comedy films.
Samurai films.
Science fiction films.
Science fiction television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Screwball comedy films.
Silent films.
Slasher films.
Spaghetti Westerns.
Sport films.
Spy films.
Swashbuckler films.
Superhero films.
Television musicals. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
War films.
War television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Werewolf films.
Western films.
Western television programs. [Call number will be one of the Television call numbers from above.]
Vampire films.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
They may also have a heading for a specific character or concept:
[Call number will be PN1997.A2-Z, for films produced in 2000 of earlier, or PN1997.2.A2-Z for filmsproduced 2001-. For collections of feature or short films the call number will be PN1997.A1A-Z.
Bowery Boys films.
Carry On films.
Charlie Chan films.
Cisco Kid films.
Doctor Mabuse films
Don Juan films
Dracula films.
Frankenstein films.
Godfather films.
Godzilla films.
Hopalong Cassidy films.
James Bond films.
King Kong films.
Lone Ranger films.
Niskavuori films.
Nightmare on Elm Street films.
Our Gang films.
Planet of the Apes films.
Sherlock Holmes films.
Star Trek films.
Star Wars films.
Tarzan films.
Three Stooges films.
Trapalhões films.
Zorro films.
They may also have subject heading(s) qualified by “Drama,” although this practice was only implemented circa 2002:
[Call number will be one of the Television or Film call numbers from above.]
Capital punishment – United States – Drama.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 – Drama.
Lesbian teenagers – Drama.
Murder – Japan – Drama.
Muslim families – Drama.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) – Drama.
