Abbreviations
Abbreviations for publications apply in particular to fiction films made during 1896 – 1996, the period covered by The Irish Filmography, though many of the Irish-originating publications cover all periods and formats.
Publications, Organisations and Countries
AC | American Cinematographer |
AFI | Catalog The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures MPST Produced in the United States (five volumes) |
AKJ | Australian Kinematograph Journal |
AMB | American Mutoscope & Biograph Co AU/Aus Australia |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BBC NI | British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland, Belfast |
BFI | British Film Institute |
Bio | The Bioscope |
BNFC | British National Film Catalogue |
BNFVC | British National Film & Video Council, London |
Box | Box Office |
CAN | Canada |
CE | Cork Examiner |
CL | City Limits |
COI | Central Office of Information, London |
DC | Daily Cinema |
DEM | Dublin Evening Mail |
DFR | Daily Film Renter |
DV | Daily Variety |
DW | Daily Worker |
Edison Cat | Edison Manufacturing Co Catalog |
EE | Evening Echo (Cork) |
EH | Evening Herald (Dublin) |
EP | Evening Press (Dublin) |
ET | Evening Telegraph (Dublin) |
ETR | Exhibitor's Trade Review |
Exh | The Exhibitor |
F&F | Films and Filming |
FBN | Film Base News (Dublin) |
FD | Film Daily |
FI | Film Ireland |
FJ | Freeman's Journal (Dublin) |
FMR | Father Matthew Record |
FQ | Film Quarterly |
FR/Fr | France |
FT | Financial Times |
FW | Film Weekly |
GB | Great Britain |
GEH | George Eastman House, Rochester, New York |
GER/Ger | Germany |
Gifford | Denis Gifford, The British Film Catalogue 1895-1970 (1973) |
HF | Hollywood Filmograph |
HR | Hollywood Reporter |
ID | In Dublin |
IFA | Irish Film Archive |
II | The Irish Independent |
IL | Irish Limelight |
IP | The Irish Press |
Iph | International Photographer |
IR/Irl | Ireland |
IT | The Irish Times |
ITN | Independent Television News, London |
IWM | Imperial War Museum, London |
JFD | Jewish Film Directory |
KW | The Kinematograph Weekly |
LAEx | Los Angeles Examiner |
LAHE | Los Angeles Herald Express |
LAT | Los Angeles Times |
LC | Library of Congress |
LFA | Limerick Film Archive |
Lubin Cat | Lubin Catalog |
MFB | Monthly Film Bulletin |
MOMA | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
MPD | Motion Picture Daily |
MPG | The Motion Picture Guide |
MPH | Motion Picture Herald |
MP Int | Moving Pictures International |
MPSI | Motion Picture Studio Insider |
MPN | The Motion Picture News |
MPST | Motion Picture Story Magazine |
MPW | The Moving Picture World |
NBC | National Broadcasting Corporation, USA |
NFTVA | National Film and Television Archive, London |
NFSA | National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra |
NIFTVC | Northern Ireland Film & TV Commission, Belfast |
NL | Holland |
NME | New Musical Express |
NYC | New York Clipper |
NYDM | The New York Dramatic Mirror |
NYHT | New York Herald Tribune |
NYR | New York Review |
NYT | New York Tribune |
NZ | New Zealand |
PFA | Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley |
PRONI | Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast |
RTÉ | Radio Telefis Éireann |
SBP | Sunday Business Post (Dublin) |
SI | Sunday Independent (Dublin) |
SP | Sunday Press (Dublin) |
SR | The Sunday Review (Dublin) |
S&S | Sight and Sound |
ST | Sunday Tribune (Dublin) |
TC | Today’s Cinema |
TCA | The Cinema |
TG4 | TG4 |
TO | Time Out |
TV3 | TV3 |
UCLA | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
UFTM | Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, NI, Northern Ireland |
UK | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
USA | United States of America |
UTV | Ulster Television, Belfast |
UUC | University of Ulster, Coleraine |
Var | Variety |
VarB | Variety Bulletin |
WCFTR | Wisconsin Centre for Film and Theatre Research |
Wids | Wid’s Film Daily |
WPA | WPA Film Library, USA |
ABBREVIATIONS General Terms and Production Credits
a. | assistant |
accnt. | accountant |
accom, .m. | accommodation manager |
accomp. | accompaniment |
ad. | advertisement |
adapt. | adaptation by |
addtl. | additional |
adv. | advisor |
aka | also known as/alternative title |
anim. | animation |
arrg.(music) | arranged by |
art d. | art director |
assoc. | associate |
b. | date of birth |
b&w | black and white |
boom op. | boom operator |
Br. | Brother (religious) |
bus. m. | business manager |
ca. | circa |
c. op. | camera operator |
c. | cameraperson |
capt. | captain |
cast. | casting |
cat. | catalog/catalogue |
choreo. | choreography by |
cnstl. | consultant |
cnstr. m. | construction manager |
Co. | Company/County |
col. | colour |
Col. | Colonel |
cont. | continuity |
co-ord. | co-ordinator |
co-p. | co-producer |
Corp. | Corporation |
cost. | costume designer |
d. | director |
dec. | decorator |
dept. | department |
dial. d. | dialogue director |
distr. | distributor |
dop. | director of photography |
Dr. | Doctor |
dsgn. | designer |
dub. ed. | (sound) dubbing editor |
dub. mix | (sound) dubbing mixer |
ed.film | editor |
elec. | electrician |
engr. | engineer |
exec. p. | executive producer |
Fr. | Father (religious) |
ft. | feet |
hair. | hairdresser |
int. dec. | interior decorator |
Jr. | Junior |
Lieut. | Lieutenant |
light, c. | lighting cameraperson |
line p. | line producer |
loc. m. | location manager |
lyr. | lyrics written by |
m. | music composed by |
m. c. | music conductor |
m. cnstl. | music consultant |
make-up | make-up artist |
mech. | mechanic |
m.d. | musical director |
mins. | minutes |
mm. | millimetre |
m.p. | music performed by |
m. prod. | music production |
m.rd. | music recorded by |
mfg. | manufacturing |
narr. | narrated by |
neg. | negative |
No. | number |
orch.c. | orchestra conductor |
orig. | original |
p.a. | production assistant |
p.accnt. | production accountant |
p.assoc. | production associate |
p.super. | production supervisor |
p.c. | production company |
p.cnstl. | production consultant |
p.d. | production designer |
p. | producer |
perf.by. | performed by |
ph. | photographer |
p.buyer. | production buyer |
p.m. | production manager |
p.sec. | production secretary |
p.super. | production supervisor |
p.cntrl. | production controller |
post-prod. | post-production |
post-sync. | post-synchronisation |
pres. | presented by |
prod.numbers | production numbers |
prog. | programme |
publ. | publicity |
rec. | recording |
Rel. | release date |
Rev. | Reverend |
rd.d. | recording director |
re-rd. | re-recording |
repro. | reproduction |
s. | sound recordist |
sc. | screenplay or scenario writer |
sc.cnstr. | script construction |
sc.co-ord. | script co-ordinator |
sc.dev. | script development |
s.dsgn. | sound designer |
s.effs.ed. | sound effects editor |
set snstr. | set construction |
set dec. | set decorator/set dresser |
set.dsgn. | set design |
s.ed. | sound editor |
s.effs. | sound effects |
s.mix. | sound mixer |
sp.adv. | special advisor |
sp.effs. | special effects |
Sr. | Senior/Sister (religious) |
super | supervisor |
suppl. | supplement |
tec.adv. | technical advisor |
tec.d. | technical director |
trad. | traditional |
trans. | translator |
TX | television transmission date |
unit.m. | unit manager |
(V) | film viewed by the editor |
Vol. | volume |
ward. | wardrobe |