1B. Title proper (Title and Statement of Responsibility)
The title proper is the chief name of any moving image material and is the primary access point to the material. For archival moving image material, the title proper is the original release title in the country of origin. The country of origin is defined as that of the principal offices of the production company by whom the work was made. The title proper includes an alternative title by excludes parallel titles and other title information (see parallel title , and other title information ).
Transcribe the original release title in the country of origin exactly as to wording, order, and spelling, but not necessarily as to punctuation and capitalization. See Anglo American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed., Appendix A - Capitalization for capitalization usage. Give accentuation and other diacritical marks that are present in sources of information. For transcribing titles for television series , newsreels , educational and technical series intended to be viewed consecutively, and theatrical serials , see 1B1 .
An alternative title is part of the title proper that consists of two parts, each of which is a title; the parts are joined by the word or or its equivalent in a foreign language. Title cross references (title added entries) are usually made for the second title. Follow the first part of the title and the word or (or equivalent) with commas and capitalize the first word (and the second if the first word is and article) of the alternative title.
If the title on the film includes a statement of responsibility or the name of the distributor, a cast member, author, scenarist, etc., do not transcribe it as part of the title proper, regardless of linguistic construction, unless research indicates that the title does indeed include the possessive. In doubtful cases, do not include the possessive statement of responsibility as part of the title proper. In most cases the statement of responsibility or name was not intended to be part of the original release title, but was included for publicity purposes.
1B2. Optional rule - Television news
See also:
1. Title and Statement of Responsibility
