Social Network Analysis of Collaborative Composition in Film Scoring via the IMDb
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Social Network Analysis of Collaborative Composition in Film Scoring via the IMDb
Peter BroadwellCLIR Postdoctoral Fellow
UCLA Library
“Traditional” scoring department organization
Head composer
Arrangementand production Orchestrator Editors &
copyists
Recording engineers
Recording Live musiciansConductor(may be composer)
Ghost writers
Director
Cue writing
Short score
Fullscore
Parts
Spotting,temp track
Delegates cuesif short on time
Fullscore
TO DUB
Remote Control scoring department organizationDirector(HZ) MIDI
mockups Feedback, Questionable temp tracksHead composer
Delegates or takes over
Arrangementand production Orchestrators/editors
MIDI mockups
Recording Live musiciansConductor
Notated partsFullscore
Recording, mixing engineers
Synthmix
Cue specialistsConsulting composers
Cue writingDelegatescues
Assistants/gofers
Synthengineers
Sample designers
Programmers
Sound design
IMDb as a “big data” source: reliable enough?
IMDb as a “big data” source: reliable enough?
Composers per film (credited and uncredited)
1938: AFM prohibits tracking
1942: AFM recording strike (“Petrillo Ban”)
1944: First contract between AFM and studios
Music department members per film
19271929
19311933
19351937
19391941
19431945
19471949
19511953
19551957
19591961
19631965
19671969
19711973
19751977
19791981
19831985
19871989
19911993
19951997
19992001
20032005
20072009
20110
5
10
15
20
25
Mus
ic de
part
men
t mem
bers
Producers per film
19271929
19311933
19351937
19391941
19431945
19471949
19511953
19551957
19591961
19631965
19671969
19711973
19751977
19791981
19831985
19871989
19911993
19951997
19992001
20032005
20072009
20110
2
4
6
8
10
12
Prod
ucer
s
Paramount
Warner Bros
20th-Century Fox
MGM
Republic
Paramount
Warner Bros
20th-Century Fox
MGM
Republic
Period # nodes(people)
average partners per person
average collabora-tions perperson
modularity:0 = well-connected1 = many small, isolated groups
maximum distance across network
average degrees of separation
1930-1960Golden Agecomposers & orchestrators
1,375 5.677 18.278 .543 13 4.163
1960-1988Post-studiocomposers only
5,664 1.445 1.692 .953 22 7.743
1989-2012Remote Controlcomposers only
11,912 2.0 2.243 .939 17 6.1469
Social network statistics for film scoring “eras”
Social Network Analysis of Collaborative
Composition in Film Scoring via the IMDb
Peter BroadwellCLIR Postdoctoral Fellow
UCLA Library