In this scenario, we need to introduce a new table to maintain the many-to-many relationship between movies and cast members. A movie can have multiple people involved (such as actors, directors, writers), and a person can be involved in multiple movies in different roles. To model this relationship effectively, we can use a junction table that connects movies, persons, and roles.
cast table :
This table defines the different roles a person can have in a movie (e.g., Director, Actor, Writer).
| id | name | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Director | 
| 2 | Actor | 
| 3 | Writer | 
person table :
This table stores the people involved in movies.
| id | name | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Scorsese | 
| 2 | Christopher Nolan | 
movie table :
This table stores information about the movies.
| id | movie name | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Inception | 
| 2 | Interstellar | 
now the relationship table comes into the picture , that contains the relation ship between the movie , person and roles in a single view.
movie_cast_relationship_table :
This junction table defines the relationship between movies, persons, and their roles (cast).
| id | movie id | person id | cast id | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 
| ... | ... | ... | ... | 
This design provides a clear and normalized way to represent the many-to-many relationship between movies and people, with specific roles defined for each connection.