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RaymondLin

Chalky said:

RaymondLin said:

A lot of moaners here, JesusH Christ, it’s the credits, it’s put at the end of the movie, nobody force you to read it, at that point you are free to leave or eject the disk.

you say nobody gives a toss, but some people obviously give enough of a toss to post about it so....who’s laughing?

And what harm is it doing to you or anyone? Next thing you’ll be moaning about there are such things as texts on the internet because they take up important bandwidth for porn.

Relax, moan less, have a cup of tea instead.

Er, nobody forced you to read this thread. But you still did and commented against it.

Ironic.

I am not the one who object people doing an honest day’s work and getting credits for it.

axisus

Despite the amount of people getting upset here, I still think that it's an entirely legitimate thing to question. And I will repeat as many seem to have missed my subsequent post, I am one of the few people who goes to the cinema and ENJOYS sitting through the credits EVERY SINGLE TIME. Anyone who is throwing insults at me is missing the whole point of my OP, basically just a devils advocate post. Still, everyone is entitled to respond how they see fit.

dano

axisus said:

Despite the amount of people getting upset here, I still think that it's an entirely legitimate thing to question. And I will repeat as many seem to have missed my subsequent post, I am one of the few people who goes to the cinema and ENJOYS sitting through the credits EVERY SINGLE TIME. Anyone who is throwing insults at me is missing the whole point of my OP, basically just a devils advocate post. Still, everyone is entitled to respond how they see fit.

You'e just hoping for a post credits scene !

EricTheWeary

Funkfingers said:

axisus said:

No one has ever got a job by saying "Fire up a copy of Avatar, Fast forward all the way to the end, slow down until you get to the very start of the end credits, now fast forward 3 mins 32 seconds and you will see my name third row along scrolling up for about 2 seconds"

In 2009, a friend of mine was an extra in beach battle scene during the Russell Crowe Robin Hood film. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/7222312/Robin-Hood-filmed-on-National-Trust-land.html Eighteen Eighteen months later, he was offered further film extra work. IIRC, he declined.

That two seconds, in a very small point sized typeface, at the end of the film, is hardly the gateway to a career in cinema but it will be something nice that he can tell his children.

My niece was in the end credits for a series of Most Haunted. She doesn’t seem that bothered about it, verging on the embarrassed for a job that was primarily fetching cups of coffee. 

Still,at least she wasn’t on the credits for Altogether Now. 

Chalky

axisus said:

Despite the amount of people getting upset here, I still think that it's an entirely legitimate thing to question. And I will repeat as many seem to have missed my subsequent post, I am one of the few people who goes to the cinema and ENJOYS sitting through the credits EVERY SINGLE TIME. Anyone who is throwing insults at me is missing the whole point of my OP, basically just a devils advocate post. Still, everyone is entitled to respond how they see fit.

You don't need to explain. You asked a simple question and some folks think you were wrong to do so. Perhaps these influential folks can publish a list of questions that you are permitted to ask?

usedtobe

Can’t believe how upset some people are getting..

Philly_Q

axisus said:

Despite the amount of people getting upset here, I still think that it's an entirely legitimate thing to question. And I will repeat as many seem to have missed my subsequent post, I am one of the few people who goes to the cinema and ENJOYS sitting through the credits EVERY SINGLE TIME. Anyone who is throwing insults at me is missing the whole point of my OP, basically just a devils advocate post. Still, everyone is entitled to respond how they see fit.

Well yes, you did succeed in thoroughly confusing me with your own thread.  The phrase devil's advocate had sprung to mind, glad you've confirmed it.

GavU

1: Screen Actors Guild Rules
2: Stops people claiming they were involved with a production when they were not.
3: Writers Guild Rules
4: Producers Guild Rules
5: Directors Guild rules - see the disputes with George Lucas
6: Equity rules

https://www.equity.org.uk/documents/credit-where-its-due/credit-where-it-s-due.pdf

Film staff used to be employed by the studios and people were not credited. Now they are outside contractors and freelancers and want credit for their portfolio and résumé .

Ravenous

Some of these digital and compositing people spend months hunched over a computer digitally removing wires from stunt or model shots, adjusting light to the director's whim, or whatever else is required.

Frankly I don't see a problem with these people getting a named credit. I admit 5-10 minute credits in a 100-minute movie looks a bit funny, but that's just how movies are these days...

In the 80s certain younger directors got union trouble for putting credits at the end of the movie, where they used to be at the start... times change, deal with it.