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I'm on a roll today so here comes another wish for improvement.

The choice 'Historical drama' has been included in the genre. Can't this be disconnected? In other words, converted to the genre 'History' History is not only linked to drama, but can occur in any genre. Especially with documentaries, biography, costume drama or films about the war. This should actually also be the case with 'costume drama'. In itself, a costume film is not exclusive to drama either.

(There will be a few more wishes in separate messages to treat them separately.)
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Is it an idea to include the genre 'Stand-up' in addition to the genre 'Cabaret/cabaret'? These certainly contain aspects of cabaret, but are in themselves essentially different in design. Or is it preferable to use Comedy/humorous film here? Of course, it's not always a movie here either. Removing that word would allow the concept of 'comedy/humour' to be used more broadly.

These are just ideas but I'd like to hear what the administrators think about this.
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Another addition to costume(drama)/costume(film). So here I also make the mistake of adding the word 'film'. Of course, it could also be a TV series. I can't come up with a neutral word how to interpret this as a genre Maybe 'Costume (drama/film/etc.)'

Maybe another user has a good idea about this.
Thanks in advance for thinking along.
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November 20, 2022 12:22
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Wikipedia also has something about Film genre , which might also be useful for us. Maybe work with a sub-genre.
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That could indeed be a solution. Also for genres such as Animation or TV series, which in itself is more of a designation, but should always go together with a genre.

In addition to genres, IMDB also uses Plot Keywords and shape additions. Take a look at The Sopranos, for example. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/reference/
Behind the genres is a separate color 'TV Series'. That is not the case with the genres 'Crime' and 'Drama'. Apart from that there are Keywords such as 'Mafia, Gangster, Mob, etc. (no fewer than 205 Plot Keywords). Interesting discussion how far you want to go with this on LatDodo. Nice for the administrators to discuss.
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I brought this up years ago but never did anything about it. Some things listed here under genres are sub genres. With drama, for example, you also have true events, bible, disasters, romance.

And would still like to see extra fields for e.g. the director of photography and special effects.
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Romance you have drama and comedy.
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I would really like to see added:
- Book adaptation
- True happened
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July 13, 2023 13:57
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Genres have been added.
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Collectioneur Thank you very much!
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Would you like to make true happened true. True happened has to do with a place, true happened is a real story...
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It's great that you have a keen sense of the Dutch language, it has been adapted.
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At least now you know that if it happened there, it could have happened there too.....
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Why is there still no subgenre field? BV drama is the main genre and, among other things, true events is a subgenre.
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I would also add true as an "additional genre" and not a subgenre. After all, it is a true drama
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I want to recall an old post about the separation of the "Historical Drama" selection into History and Drama. The latter already exists. I still can't mention History separately for documentaries or other genres. It's also a separate genre at IMDB. Could this be looked at again? If for some reason it is not possible to separate this, can the History genre be added? After all, drama also exists as a separate genre.
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Genres remain a difficult matter. What exactly is drama?
In principle, that is a play/film in which something dramatic happens, or is this thought too simple?
Then almost all films would fall under this genre.
We can very easily change "Historical drama" to "History", but what problem does that solve?

A sub-genre solution can only work well if the (main) genres are clearly defined and then the sub-genres are also defined.
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July 27, 2023 09:38
but what problem does that solve?
Maybe you could also add Historical Comedy? ( #1044731 or #4756585 ).
Or Historical Documentary ( #5320077 ).

But History (like Romance) is actually more of a Theme than a Genre.
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July 27, 2023 10:17

but what problem does that solve?
Maybe you could also add Historical Comedy? ( #1044731 or #4756585 ).
Or Historical Documentary ( #5320077 ).

That solves the problem that history is not specifically linked to drama. Drama is a genre in its own right. History too. It is quite possible to have an extensive discussion about what constitutes a genre and what constitutes a theme. But that's not the point now. IMDB uses Genres and Plot Keywords. Last Dodo could do that too, but that is not the case for the time being.
So separating "Historical Drama" in History and Drama resolves the fact that you can choose both genres/themes separately in combination with other genres/themes. Seeking alignment with IMDB's logic doesn't seem so stupid to me. Why should it be different here? Take a look at my recent entry #9867303 According to IMDB the genres: Documentary (actually a theme), biography, crime, history and War.
It would be nice if these separate genres/themes could be introduced within LD. In most cases, this is the case, except for "Historical Drama" because two genres have been merged here. Loose is more convenient instead of including all possible combinations. Like the above examples of History of the World and Memories of 1972 where comedy/documentary and history go together. If history can be selected separately, you can, as it were, make the combination yourself by selecting all separate genres/themes. I really don't know how to explain this more clearly.
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We understand what you mean, but you don't understand that this doesn't solve anything for you.
Suppose that History would be a separate genre and that you selected History on the left side of Genre.
Then you cannot make a deeper selection on Drama, war or the like
You can currently only select one Genre.
So either what stripspeldjes suggests to create multiple Historical genres or start working with Sub-genres or wait for the selection/filter system to be improved so you can also make multiple selections.
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Collectioneur I understand that one. But selecting or searching is a different 'problem' than dealing with genres/themes as purely as possible. I therefore maintain the position that disconnecting solves a lot in itself. Certainly not everything, but it is already much better than now. Because I can't choose the genre "history" separately, while it would be desirable in various cases. Well I'm not about the choices. I only note that there is currently no possibility to choose history as a stand-alone genre/theme and thus combine it with other genres other than drama. Selecting "Historical drama" in a documentary, for example, would be strange.

I will come up with a separate theme/genre as a new point of discussion.
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Here he comes. How about "Nature". Selectable as plt keyword in IMDB and not as genre/theme. Could this be an addition to the many nature (documentaries) that are included in the catalog. So I'll stop now because I don't want to bother you too much. And in due course is a big compliment for all the work you put into this. I appreciate that.
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I therefore maintain the position that disconnecting solves a lot in itself. Certainly not everything, but it is already much better than now. Because I can't choose the genre "history" separately, while it would be desirable in various cases. Well I'm not about the choices. I just note that there is currently no option

I want to follow you in that. Since I assume that the more extensive filter / selection options will eventually come, I will add History as a genre. I'll leave the current "Historical drama" as it is first, because it has to be taken apart manually. All help is welcome.
I will change the name to "Historical drama - No longer use, will be split up".

I will also add "Nature" as a genre.
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Collectioneur That's a very nice improvement. For which I thank you. I will also occasionally split some items. I'll start with the items that are also in my collection. I'll stick to the genres as listed on IMDB in the split.
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I still have one. Costume drama. Wouldn't that be better changed to "costume film". Even then this genre/theme can be used in combination with all other genres/themes.
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