Create a Work
Add a film or a TV show to an Archive Project. Fetch its metadata and poster from The Movie Database (TMDB), or type them in manually.
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You have a new title to archive, and you want its files together in one place. First, create a Work for it. A Work carries the metadata of the title: names, director, year, cast, synopsis and poster. These metadata let you and your team find the title later with the Works filters.
You do not have to type the metadata. Mnemonica is connected to The Movie Database (TMDB), a public database of films and TV shows. Find the title there, and Mnemonica fills in the metadata and the poster for you.
Only Managers and Operators can create a Work.
Fetch the metadata from TMDB
Open the dialog
Open the Works page. Click the add button (+) on the toolbar. The Add a new Work dialog opens.
Search for the title
Select Movie or Tv. To search by the name of a director or an actor, select Person. Type the title or the name in the search field. Press Enter.
To get the metadata in a different language, change the language selector (EN) before you search.
Select the result
Select the correct result in the list. Each result shows the poster, the release date, the country and the start of the synopsis. Click Confirm.
Check the Registry
Mnemonica fills in the Registry step: Name, Title, Original title, Directors, Production year, Episodes, Duration and Countries. Name is the name of the Work in Mnemonica and is the only required field. Change any value if necessary. Click Next.
Check the Details
Check Genres, Languages, Released date, Tags and Synopsis. Add tags of your own if you want to filter by them later. Click Next.
Check the People
Check Cast, Crew and Production companies. Click Next.
Check the Poster
Mnemonica shows the TMDB poster. To use a different image, click Upload image. To remove the poster, click Clear image. Undo restores the previous image.
Create the Work
Click Create. The new Work shows in the Works list.
Type the metadata manually
If the title is not in TMDB, or if you prefer to type the metadata yourself:
- In the Add a new Work dialog, click Add metadata manually.
- Fill in the same steps: Registry, Details, People and Poster. Only Name is required.
- Click Create.
Change the metadata later
To edit the metadata of a Work, click its options button (⋮). Choose Details. The Work settings dialog has the same steps. Make your changes and click Save on the Poster step.
Next steps
A new Work is empty. To add files, first create a Version, then add a Package to it.
About Works
A Work keeps all the files of one film or one TV show in an Archive Project: its Versions, the Packages in each Version, and their assets.
Search and filter Works
Find Works by their metadata (director, cast, genre, language, release date) and by the Packages they contain, such as DCP or IMF.