John Attig wrote:
In the case of motion pictures, the extensive nature of the
collaboration involved makes it extremely difficult to identify ANY
role as that of creator -- which is probably why the practice of
identifying such works solely by their preferred titles, without
including the name of a creator, makes sense.
I think there needs to be flexibility in how a moving image work is
treated. There is no doubt in my mind that some moving image works have
creators and should be identified by the creator. Consider the case of an
amateur student work that is written, directed, filmed, and acted in by
only one person. Or the numerous works in YouTube created by a single
person putting a video camera in front of themselves and making something
for the rest of us to see. While these types of resources might not often
be cataloged by a library or even a film archive, there's very little
doubt in my mind that sometimes a creator is involved in the creation of a
moving image work.
Adam Schiff
