400-22
461
Pantomime content. (cont'd)
such style and embodied in some tangible form, however, may be registered. Tableaux employing less than a minimum amount of action are not registrable as pantomimes. See section 433 above.
462
Distinction between pantomime and choreography. In general, pantomime movement is more restricted than dance although, within its narrower scope, pantomime employs more gestures of the arms and facial expressions. Also, pantomime is usually more representational than choreography, in that it imitates or is a caricature of some event or situation. Pantomime movement is synchronized with music less often than is choreography. In fact, pantomimes are often performed without music, and any accompanying sound is dictated by the situation being portrayed. Most often, however, pantomimes are performed without sound or measured rhythm.
463
Embodiment of pantomimes. Unlike choreography, pantomimes are not usually fixed using a specific form of symbolic notation. Conceivably, however, the same systems could be used for notating pantomimes as for dance. To register a work as a pantomime, the movements must be described in sufficient detail to enable the work to be performed from such description, or an actual performance must be captured on some form of film or videotape. Subject to this requirement, any form of copy or a narrative
description on a phonorecord will suffice.[Numbers 464 through 469 are reserved.]
470
Audiovisual works. Audiovisual works are works that consist of a series of related images which are intrinsically intended to be shown by the use of machines or devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, together with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the works are embodied. 17 U.S.C. 101.
[1984]
