The role of audiovisual production researcher in the treatment of audiovisual documentation

The roles in the treatment of audiovisual documentation have a great variety of denominations. Among the most common are Production Researcher, TV Researcher, Film Researcher, Program Researcher and Video Librarian. Although the names vary, the functions are limited to the processing, storage, custody and dissemination of audiovisual collections. The definition of a new role that in addition to carrying out the activities of the previous ones, participates in the audiovisual production process, will overcome the limitations presented by the audiovisual documentary filmmaker. The objectives of the study were: 1) identify the traditional roles of the information professional in the treatment of audiovisual documentation, 2) to base the Audiovisual Production Researcher as a new role in the treatment of audiovisual documentation. The present study classifies as descriptive with theoretical contribution. The analytical-synthetic, historical-logical, inductive-deductive, systemic-structural and classical documentary analysis methods were used to obtain results. The role of Audiovisual Production Researcher is defined as a professional with an active role in the development of audiovisuals. Participates in the conception of the idea (planning phase), writing the script and uses metadata or descriptors in the conception of the idea; Guaranteed greater organization for the subsequent work of realization and processing.