Reference Guide for Credits

Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Ahhh.... got you. So... how long are your credits?
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I'm going to invoke my fifth amendment rights on that question..

I know that when viewing starts I'm going to get a lot of flak for the length of the credits, but I don't care. These people all donated their time and their skills to this production, and as long as I have anything to say about it, they're going to get screen credit.

I didn't credit myself over and over as in "Written by John LaBonney," "Directed by John LaBonney," "Edited by John LaBonney," "Storyboards by John LaBonney," etc. etc. etc. But for a six-minute short, the credits do run long.
 
John LaBonney said:
I'm going to invoke my fifth amendment rights on that question..

I know that when viewing starts I'm going to get a lot of flak for the length of the credits, but I don't care. These people all donated their time and their skills to this production, and as long as I have anything to say about it, they're going to get screen credit.

I didn't credit myself over and over as in "Written by John LaBonney," "Directed by John LaBonney," "Edited by John LaBonney," "Storyboards by John LaBonney," etc. etc. etc. But for a six-minute short, the credits do run long.
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Understood. Maybe just throw some of them in before the movie starts... a Film by John LaBonney. That might help.

Cheers,

Mike
 
ConspiracyPenguin said:
Thanks, Zak. One question though: since I came up with most of the story, should my name be under "Story By" as well?
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i see, so he didn't have the full story yet. But he did provide the source material for your script. If he only wrote a scene and you did everything else, it would be...

Based on a XXXXXXX by Robbie Comeau (where XXXXX is "novel", "screenplay", "scene", "play", "notion", "article", etc.[/b]

Written by Nick Lane

you're not supposed to use "Written by" when there is source material of a "story" nature. but because there was only a scene, you can use "Written by".
 
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Zak...Thank you! I've always wondered if there was any rhyme or reason involved. This is a keeper. Thank you again!
 
Zak Forsman said:
i see, so he didn't have the full story yet. But he did provide the source material for your script. If he only wrote a scene and you did everything else, it would be...

based on a XXXXXXX by Robbie Comeau (where XXXXX is "novel", "screenplay", "scene", "play", "notion", "article", etc.[/b]

Written by Nick Lane
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If Robbie only came up with <20% of the story is it correct to give him full story rights?
Or should it be...

Based on a XXXXXXXXX by Robbie Comeau and Nick Lane.

Written by Nick Lane.

Just curious. Thanks again for this, great insight.

Mike
 
well, he's not getting story credit in that scenario. "based on" credits his scene as source material. they can stick any word they want in place of XXXXXX -- be it "Scene", or "Material" or "Notion". and "Written by" covers Nick for story by and screenplay by. if Nick didn't use "Written by" is would go as follows...

Based on a scene by Robbie Comeau

Screen Story by Nick Lane

Screenplay by Nick Lane

What this tells us is that Robbie's scene is the source material. Nick developed a new story based off it. which makes it a "Screen Story by" credit rather than a "Story by" credit. but Nick can collapse that credit into his "Screenplay by" credit by using the all encompassing "Written by" because his story differs significantly from Robbie's source material.

from WGA --
SCREEN STORY BY: Credit for story authorship in the form "Screen Story by" is appropriate when the screenplay is based upon source material and a story, as those terms are defined above, and the story is substantially new or different from the source material.
 
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Zak Forsman said:
well, he's not getting story credit in that scenario. "based on" credits his scene as source material. they can stick any word they want in place of XXXXXX -- be it "Scene", or "Material" or "Notion". and "Written by" covers Nick for story by and screenplay by. if Nick didn't use "Written by" is would go as follows...

Based on a scene by Robbie Comeau

Screen Story by Nick Lane

Screenplay by Nick Lane
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Perfect! That makes sense.

Thanks again. Very useful information.

Mike
 
In a documentary film what would you call someone that made contact with people to be interviewed? He was the go to guy to get people interested
in the project and being a part of the interview process, but rarely scheduled anyone. Any ideas?
 
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