INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Variety performance cue records for AI review
A cue can still use an earlier timestamp after an act is reordered.
NAICS 711190 · Other Performing Arts Companies
A cue can still use an earlier timestamp after an act is reordered. The Library of Congress documents access and rights for historical variety stage materials. A company can write an original practice cue sheet and test how a model matches it to a take. Library of Congress variety stage rights and access
Create a fictional act with three cues, change their order and record a new version. Pair one cue with an approved prop image or dummy timeline. Ask which cue belongs to each version and where attribution is missing. Keep technical stage and safety decisions outside the task.
Use no actual performance recordings, proprietary acts, performer information, licensed music or stage access details without permission. Use original props and dummy times.
Describe a cue alignment sample
Original Fiund exercise
Reordered acts need cue identity, not just an old timestamp
An original practice act uses three paper-prop cues on a dummy timeline. No real performance, protected act, music or stage-control instruction is included.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| VA1 | Act version A | Cue Red at second 2, Blue at 5, Green at 8. |
| VA2 | Recorded practice version B | Cue order Blue at 2, Red at 5, Green at 8. Reviewer confirms the version-B timeline. |
| VA3 | Copied cue note | Says Red at second 2 and names version A. Unlabeled prop photo shows a red card but no take or time reference. |
Question for the model
Which time supports Red in version B, and can the old note or unlinked prop image establish Red at B second 2?
Show the reference answer and checks
VA2 explicitly places Red at second 5 in reviewed version B. VA3's second-2 note belongs to version A and is not a B correction. The red-card photo identifies an appearance without a take or timing link. Report the version-specific cue order rather than retaining old timestamps after reordering or using an unlinked prop image as a timed event.
- Copying a cue's old timestamp into a reordered act.
- Assigning a prop photograph to a take and instant without a source relationship.
Fields to preserve
- Act version and cue identity
- Separates the event label from its position.
- Reviewed event time
- Makes the reordered timeline inspectable.
- Image-to-take reference
- Shows whether visual evidence can support a timed cue.
Test another case
Create version C with the same cue times as B but a different first cue label. Require cue-identity matching rather than time-only correspondence.
Use original dummy times and props. Exclude proprietary acts, actual recordings, performers, licensed music and stage access details.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.