On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 8:28:57 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:28 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 3:11 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> >>>> Spielberg may be an exec, but is that only for financing reasons? >>> >> >> I *would* have suggested it's just a standard credit because Spielberg is >> chairman and CEO of Amblin TV. However it does look like there are other >> Amblin shows that don't name him as an Exec Producer. >> >> But then IMDB lists 30+ individuals as having some kind of production >> credit in the course of this series... >> > > The Producers Guild is a lost cause in terms of putting a cap on > superfluous producer credits. A well run production requires at most two > producers, one to oversee the creative aspects and another to oversee the > organizational/financial aspects... sometimes one person can handle both > sides of the production, but two are really what is required. But now > actors get producer credits, as do their managers and lawyers, as do the > relatives of the head of studio, as do the catering crew. Credits are seen > as free contract negotiating ploys, but it ultimately hurts a production, > tarnishes the credibility of the actual producers, and opens up a lot of > people to civil litigation. You and I both know that Spielberg neither > knows nor cares what’s going on at a crummy little CBS procedural, but now > he’s getting dragged into it. And don’t misunderstand me, Dushku has every > right to drag him into it as his name is right there in bold text, but his > name is only there because CBS knows his name in the credits gives viewers > a false sense of value. >
> > This is a serious question, if you know the answer: Does everyone listed > as a producer receive a producer's fee, or can you hand out the title > without the cash? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
