Matt,
It's great to see all of this data being made available.
In terms of suggestions for the future, the first I would suggest is
that some unique identifier needs to be given to a film. It could just
be the IMDB URL or something like that, but once you have this, then
when one of the films that has just been released eventually finds its
way into the RSS feed for 'films on TV', we can then match it with the
original review. I don't know if you've ever noticed, but in Time Out,
for example, a film has a 'review', and that review is used not just
when the film has just been released, but is also used if the film
appears on TV years later, is released on DVD, appears in a film
festival...it's even used in their annual printed film encyclopedia.
The same could be done here, provided it's always possible to get back
from the film to a review.
Also, you could say that the information about the film, such as
actors and directors, doesn't belong in the review, but in some entry
for the film itself. Taking this approach would give even more
flexibility. For example, if the data for the film was one thing and
the review another, there would be no reason why the feed couldn't
have multiple reviews of the same film. At the moment Mark Kermode's
review of The Last King of Scotland is currently available as a
podcast on the BBC site, and a link to that in the same feed would be
excellent! (There is an RSS feed that contains a reference to this
podcast, but as far as I can tell, it has no relationship to the feeds
just announced.)
Regards,
Mark
On 16/01/07, Matt Chadburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Due in part to the new BBC Movies Interactive TV service that launched today
we've had the opportunity to tidy up and document the output of a few
systems that create the bbc.co.uk/movies site ...
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/movies/syndication/1/docs/
The service includes a few handy RSS feeds ...
* Weekly Cinema Reviews - Films out in UK cinemas this week.
* Coming Soon - Films out in UK cinemas in the next few weeks.
* Further Ahead - Approximate release dates for Films out in the next year
Along with various parts of the site in various flavours of XML ...
* Film Reviews - Official BBC Movies review. Contains cast, crew etc.
* User Rating - Star based user ratings.
* User Comments - User submitted mini-reviews and opinions.
* What's On - Films showing on the BBC this week
Would love to hear from anyone with interesting ideas on what they might do
with the information or any pointers on improvements we might make.
And for Red Button (DSat, Freeview, DCable) fans ...
With BBC Movies, you can watch video interviews, reviews, special features
and trailers. Plus, you can access cinema listings for your area, win
prizes, add your own reviews, and generally keep up to date on all things
movies. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/bbci/
Thanks,
Matt - Interactive Drama Entertainment
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