Hi Paul,
I think it has something to do with staff writers/producers have it in their contracts/deal memos to be credited at the beginning of the show.
The credits placement have been standardized over the years -- it is the work of the writers and producer's unions do protect these rights. Credits are considered as being valuable as salaries for the show...in some cases it is the most important cause it can promote ones career and value in the industry. It is funny how serious it is taken in Hollywood.
It seems that sitcoms and some police dramas that have a large staff of writers are credited as producers...and placement is also negotiated by the writers and their agents.
There is an obligation from the production company to credit the above the line and many of the key personnel for
below the line....unfortunately not everyone is credited or guaranteed credit in the lower positions...otherwise it would probably take a good 15 minutes to credit everyone that worked on the show.
Johnie Tidwell, Jr
"Animated Lifestyle in a Cartoon Culture"
cartoonmogul.com entertainment
Hi Johnie,
Could you shed some light on this subject for me. In american TV show
the credits seem to go on for about 7 to 8 minutes into the show,
sometimes even past the first commercial break, is this due to
crediting by laws or space on the final crawl issues? I have always
wanted to know why, even parodied them, it seems that sometimes the
credits are in twice, once at the start and once at the end.
Paul
On 3 Jan 2006, at 09:34, johnie tidwell wrote:
> Hi Stephanie,
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> I can only tell you how the terminology is used with some of the
> people I have worked with...I think it may vary a little in different
> mediums/industries.Â
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> Opening credits is the standard term in reference to the credit
> listing of actors and above the line (producers, director, writers,
> music by credits) which is usually followed by the "Title" of the
> movie. An "opening title sequence" is another term that is used to
> describe your example... the title & opening credits is
> sometimes labeled as an Opening title sequence. The Title sequence is
> more appropriate term if the is a lot of motion design graphics or
> animation interwoven with your credits...like most of your Hollywood
> films.
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> End credits or end crawl (the rolling credits at the end of the tv
> show or movie) is at the end of the short film or animation.
> Â
> Not to sure about the logo at the end of the commercial/tv shows..but
> I have heard the term ID bumper, ID and tag used on many
> occasions...depends in what industry you are working in.
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> Intros and outros are terms more specfic to broadcast news or tv
> entertainment news show --where a talent does voice over or
> appears on-camera before and after the video. In this case the
> on-camera talent introduces the segment at the beginning of the video
> segment and closes on-camera the segment at the end.
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> Johnie Tidwell Jr.
> "Animated Lifestyle in a Cartoon Culture"
> cartoonmogul.com entertainment
> www.cartoonmogul.com
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> Stephanie Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>> It's kind of a weird question but:
>>
>> When you have a title at the front of the movie, it's a title, or
>> opening credits, right? Is it also called an intro? (an example might
>> be Josh Leo's opening animation-with-sound at the beginning of his
>> posts)
>>
>> When you have a short video or animation at the end of the post,
>> what's it called? What about when doesn't have credits in it? (an
>> example of this might be the beer/CC logo sequence at the end of my
>> vlog posts, or-- more commercially-- the "Grr Arg" from Mutant Enemy
>> at the end of Joss Whedon TV shows) Is that a closing sequence? End
>> credits? End titles?
>>
>> I've been calling them intros and outros, but I know the second one is
>> made-up, I'm just hoping it was made-up by someone industry-famous and
>> not just by my twisted little mind.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the help!
>>
>> --Stephanie
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