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4. just as important a class of models is devoted, more particularly, to the
audiovisual mise en scène of the content
conveyed by an audiovisual corpus (these
are models facilitating the systematic analysis of the visual and acoustic shots,
which are presented in greater detail in [DEP 11a]);
5. a class of models is reserved for the
contextual adaptation
of an audiovisual
corpus, its preparation for use in specific contexts envisaged by a project of analysis
(these are models which enable the analyst to suggest specific uses, provide
explanatory references, produce bi- or multi-lingual versions, and so on; see
[SAK 11]).
Of these different classes of models of description, some may be considered
relatively common to any work of analysis - no matter what the nature of the
analysis, and indeed no matter what the type of audiovisual text being analyzed.
In particular, these are models which relate to the description of the visual or
sound shots and those which serve to annotate an audiovisual text so as to enrich it
with references and comments for example, and demonstrate the interest it holds for
a specific use context. “Relatively common” means that these models can be
adapted to the particular requirements of a particular type of analytical task but, all
told, these modifications relate only to the level of sophistication required of the
analysis.
However, there is a category of models which depends entirely on the domain of
knowledge which is documented by the corpus of audiovisual texts being analyzed -
this is the category of thematic models which enable the analyst to describe the
particular content (the subject(s), the purpose, the message, etc.) of an audiovisual
text, a corpus of audiovisual texts or even a specific part of an audiovisual text.
These models are essential and indispensable for the description and interpretation
of an archive's
universe of discourse*
. It is unsurprising, therefore, if we state that
they constitute the “core” of our research and experimentation - the rest of this topic
will bear witness to this.
