Film and television annotation guide
Understand shot changes, character identity, actions and narrative inference.
Annotator · Original teaching guide
What to learn and do
Identify shot changes, then record people, actions and identity evidence separately. Narrative interpretation and visible actions are different layers and must not be conflated.
Original teaching example
Original scenario: someone reaches out in one shot; the next shows only an object falling. Without direct visual evidence, do not assert that the person deliberately threw it.
Counterexample and correction
Counterexample: turning “an object falls” into “the person deliberately smashes it.” Correction: keep the visible event and mark actor and intent as undetermined.
When evidence is uncertain
If narrative inference is permitted, use that layer’s labels and evidence rules rather than mixing it into visible-action records.
Next step
Explain in your own words which judgment is supported and which remains uncertain, then continue to practice. Practice requires registration or sign-in. Reading this introduction is not course completion, assessment success or professional certification.
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