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Figure8.3
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Configurationanddescriptionofthetopicalstructure-firstpart
First, the analyst will identify the “outlines” of the subject to be analyzed: in the
audiovisual text being analyzed, is the subject devoted only to objects with heritage
status (e.g. such-and-such a piece of cinematic documentation, such-and-such a
sound recording…) or just to heritage institutions (this-or-that museum, this-or-that
archive, etc.) or does it, on the other hand, deal with both aspects at once (e.g. such-
and-such a collection of cinematic recordings in this museum; such-and-such a body
of sound recordings in that archive, etc.).
Then, the analyst will examine the topical structure available for analyzing that
genre of audiovisual content and selecting the conceptual terms to be drawn upon to
configure the topical structure of his subject. Finally, he will describe the subject in
his audiovisual text using the (re-)configured topical structure.
