The Proposed Query System

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The Proposed Query System

We propose a database system with a query engine implementing a complex text track, which goes beyond the simple Track Model [3]. This database will be able to store the text track containing the dialogs, direction information and other pertinent things related to the movie script, linked to proper places in the chain of frames. With this implementation, it will be possible for the user to write various queries based on the text track, and either view the results in textual format (if the result is part of the script text) or in visual format (e.g., a part of the movie being played).

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