Uses of umbrella titles Umbrella title

1 uses of umbrella titles

1.1 academia
1.2 scientific conferences , discussions
1.3 employment
1.4 politics , law
1.5 entertainment , literature

1.5.1 music , dance
1.5.2 television
1.5.3 motion pictures , literature

uses of umbrella titles
academia

nonspecific fields of study identified umbrella titles such physics , physical education , , medicine , distinguish them specialized fields of study such exercise physiology.

scientific conferences , discussions

many scientific , academic conferences use umbrella titles unifying themes activities scheduled in course of conference.

employment

umbrella titles in common use involve either general job descriptions of group of workers similar responsibilities (like teacher ) or rank (military or nonmilitary).

politics , law

collections of organizations common legal or legislative interest united under umbrella title purposes of lobbying or participating in lawsuit.

entertainment , literature

umbrella titles used in music, literature, television, , theater. uses of umbrella titles vary in arts, greater spectrum of use in other fields of study.

music , dance

umbrella titles used demarcate music field general trends or styles: classical music, jazz, rock music, hip hop, rhythm , blues , other labels each cover more specialized musical styles. similar structure can found in field of dance.

prior sale of long playing record in 1950, albums containing several 78 revolutions-per-minute records sold under umbrella titles (a collection of recordings oklahoma, example). can argued titles of long-playing records , compact discs umbrella titles—and several such recordings common theme have umbrella title (such chip davis day parts series) well.

television

while can argued every title of televised series, used designate time period rather actual programming (like nbc monday night @ movies) umbrella, term more appropriately applied names of anthology series, series combine provide common theme (such 3 components of 90 bristol court), wheel series, , other series under common heading (such crimetime after primetime , 4 in one).

while common practice in 1950s , 1960s series alternate or otherwise share time slot in american broadcast network television (for example, jack benny show shared time slot with, first private secretary , george gobel show), umbrella titles not used united states networks until 1964, when nbc presented 3 half-hour programs on monday nights programming block centered @ southern california apartment complex, 90 bristol court.

while 1964 programming experiment did not succeed (two of series cancelled; third lasted broadcast season not renewed 1965-1966 season), nbc not dissuaded further programming experimentation. within decade, network experimented wheel series, first 4 in 1 , bold ones, nbc mystery movie. afterwards additional wheel series presented american broadcast networks, varying degrees of success.

in united kingdom, umbrella titles used in varying degrees in programming well. long-running doctor used umbrella titles on several levels, first individual named episodes under umbrella of title of overall story (the first 4 episodes commonly called unearthly child though none of them showed title of story); after naming of individual episodes ceased, umbrella titles used collect stories common enemy or theme (daleks stories, cybermen stories, unit stories, , season-long key time , trial of time lord ).

motion pictures , literature

the use of umbrella titles in motion pictures parallels use in literature. movie trilogies such lord of rings , 3 colors trilogy (a.k.a. red, white, , blue trilogy ) commonly called umbrella titles, case literary cousins (such john dos passos u.s.a.). umbrella titles used cover longer sequences of motion pictures or novels (such james bond , star wars films , marcel proust s multi-volume remembrance of things past). umbrella titles used collect motion pictures common stars ( marx brothers movies ) or common characters ( dirty harry movies ), case novels or comics ( perry mason novels , example). in literature, umbrella title used collection of stories common locality, such wessex novels of thomas hardy.