Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)

Narrower term/s

• motion pictures (visual works) [NP][+]
  • children's films
  • silent films [+]
    • actualities
  • newsreels
  • compilation films
  • independent films
  • experimental films
  • short subjects
  • feature films [+]
    • B-movies
  • motion picture components [NP] [+]
    • film clips
    • outtakes
    • frames (motion picture components)
    • stock shots
    • sound tracks
    • found footage [+]
      • stock shots [NP]
    • intertitles
    • subtitles (motion picture components)
  • dailies (motion pictures)
  • trailers (motion pictures)
  • home movies
  • serials (motion pictures)
  • film remakes
  • artists' films
  • [motion pictures by print type] [+]
    • release prints (motion pictures)
    • rush prints (motion pictures)
    • work prints (motion pictures)
    • show prints (motion pictures)
  • sound films [+]
    • talking pictures
  • color films (visual works)
  • black-and-white films (visual works)
  • trick films (works)
  • sponsored films
• plays (performing arts compositions)[+]
  • mystery plays
  • passion plays
  • morality plays
  • school plays
  • comedy plays
• street cries
• interludes
• incantations[+]
  • dhāraṇīs
  • mantras
• dances (performing arts compositions)[+]
  • tap dances
  • bugaku
  • dengaku
  • palga
  • Butoh
  • minuets
  • equestrian ballets
  • round dances
  • classical dances
  • folk dances
  • social dances
  • kebe-kebe (dances)
  • ballets (dance compositions)
  • nautch
  • Native American dances [+]
    • ghost dances
    • hoop dances
    • booger dances
    • powwow dances [+]
      • intertribals
      • jingle dances
      • grass dances
      • fancy shawl dances
      • fancy dances
      • traditional dances
    • green corn dances
    • stomp dances
    • garfish dances
    • Butterfly Dance
  • hallīśaka
  • Noh [NP]
• prayers (compositions)[+]
  • canticles [NP]
  • hours (prayers)
• musical compositions[+]
  • songs (musical compositions) [+]
    • hymns [+]
      • Greek hymns (Classical Greek songs)
    • chants [+]
      • Gregorian chants
      • Ambrosian chants
      • Anglican chants
      • Armenian chants
      • Beneventan chants
      • Buddhist chants
      • Byzantine chants
      • Chaldean chants
      • Maori chants
      • Coptic chants
      • Ethiopian chants
      • Hawaiian chants
      • Hindu chants
      • Jewish chants
      • Mozarabic chants
      • Syrian chants
      • Sufi chants
      • Navajo chants
      • plainsong
      • cuicatl (song)
    • lullabies
    • dirges
    • canticles
    • ballads (songs)
    • shanties (songs)
    • psalms
    • Negro spirituals
    • epithalamia [NP]
  • cantatas (musical compositions)
  • fantasias (musical compositions)
  • symphonies (musical compositions)
  • sonatas (musical compositions)
  • airs (musical compositions)
  • operas (musical compositions) [+]
    • singspiels
    • comic operas [+]
      • burlettas
      • operas buffas
      • opéras comiques
    • intermezzos
    • operas serias
    • operettas
• speeches (compositions)[+]
  • sermons [+]
    • funeral sermons
  • lectures
  • orations [+]
    • funeral orations
  • monologues
• literary works

Anotations

Scope note:

Hierarchy for terms describing works of the performing arts or literature, comprising the conceptual composition of the work, such as a work of fiction, dance, or music. For events at which a particular work is performed, use events. For the documents on which a work is scored or written, use children of "document genres" as applicable. For genres, see children of .