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2) The ASW Segmentation Workshop now comprises a tool enabling us to cut an
audiovisual text: the Interview tool which was originally developed by INA and then
adapted to the technical needs of cutting audiovisual texts as part of the
ARA
Program*
. In the coming months, the
Interview
tool may be replaced by better-
performing tools facilitating “multilayered” cutting as well and the segmentation of
static images. The Segmentation Workshop environment has a set of technical and
explanatory documents addressed to any person or institution wishing to use it.
DescriptionWorkshop
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1) The
ASW Description Workshop
is the working environment enabling the
analyst to proceed to an analysis of an audiovisual text in its entirety or to one of its
parts. It is part of the
ASWStudio*
.
2) The Description Workshop is composed of three main functional parts: i) a
first part reserved for the
meta-description*
itself (i.e. the presentation of the
analysis and its objectives); ii) a part reserved for the
description of the audiovisual
object in its globality
; iii) a part reserved for the
description of the specific
segments*
oftheaudiovisualtext
previously identified by the analyst.
3) Parts (ii) and (iii) of the analysis of the audiovisual text in its entirety and a
given specific segment from an audiovisual text are again broken down into a series
of more functional parts enabling the analyst to carry out a systematic description of
his object.
4) The work of analysis of an audiovisual text is carried out as a series of
interactive forms*
. Each interactive form represents a
model of description*
. A
model of description is formed from the
ASW metalinguistic resources*
. Hence,
we distinguish a library of interactive forms dedicated to the meta-description (i.e.
the explanation of an analysis, its content, its objectives, etc.), a library of interactive
forms dedicated to the analysis of a video, an audiovisual text in its entirety and a
library of interactive forms dedicated to the analysis of a specific segment forming
part of an audiovisual text.
5) The interactive forms may be adapted to the specific needs of a given analyst,
or a given group of analysts since each form represents a
model of description*
which was created from the
ASW metalinguistic resources*
. However, the
adaptation of an interactive form sometimes requires a greater effort as regards
adaptation and even re-definition of the
models of description*
or the
ASW
metalinguistic*
resources which are necessary in order to elaborate a
model of
description*
. This work of adaptation or re-definition of models of description is
carried out using the
ASWModelingWorkshop*
.
