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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | How do we credit "Created by" in TV-series? Any ideas or viewpoints on this?
I would credit them as "Original characters", but it somehow seems out of place... | | | Berak
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ideally, Ken will include it a Created by Credit in the Future. We have to wait and see. As you noted it can be a sticky wicket, I would USUALLY include it in OCB but there are ocassions, such as Series Developed for Television by, when that would not be appropriate.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | Created by is one of those that could really go either way "Original Characters By" or "Original Material By".
Examples would be a TV series in the US that was baised on UK TV series, where the US crew credited themselves as Created by. What did the US crew really contribute? I would find it difficult to give them Original Material By since really all they did was adapt the show for US audience.
But, if you have an original TV series that wasn't basied from another medium Movie or TV Series and you see created by then this would lead you to think it was Original Material by. Since they may have developed the entire series.
Like Skip says Ideally we should have a Created by credit for writing. | | | Are you local?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | "Original Characters By" is good enough for "created by" IMO. We don't need more crew roles in this case. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Rho:
You need to do some actual work in this area, there are plenty of times when its not appropriate and does not add any clarity.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 465 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't use "Created by" credits at all in my TV profile contributions. IMHO this does not belong to any of the current categories and I will leave it out until Ken provides an updated for this in the future. | | | | Michael |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
"Original Characters By" is good enough for "created by" IMO. We don't need more crew roles in this case. How would you handle this type of credit "Some Name" UK Original Series Created by John Smith "Some US Series Name" Created by John Doe Story by John Doe Screenplay by Jane Doe | | | Are you local?
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Tracer: Quote:
Quoting RHo:
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"Original Characters By" is good enough for "created by" IMO. We don't need more crew roles in this case.
How would you handle this type of credit
"Some Name" UK Original Series Created by John Smith
I would give this one "original characters" Quote:
"Some US Series Name" Created by John Doe
This one "original material" Quote:
Story by John Doe
This one "writer" Quote:
Screenplay by Jane Doe And "screenwriter" But that's just me  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sorry but, Story by should always be Original Material by.
But, just to illustrate you gave the UK Created by = Original Characters and the US Created by = Original Material. This goes to show that Created by isn't clear cut as it seems or we would like it to be. | | | Are you local?
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Tracer: Quote:
Sorry but, Story by should always be Original Material by.
But, just to illustrate you gave the UK Created by = Original Characters and the US Created by = Original Material. This goes to show that Created by isn't clear cut as it seems or we would like it to be. I think when it comes to TV series "Story by" is a bit of a grey area. The story has still been written especially for the screen, it's just not a screenplay - that's why I chose "written by". But you're right, there's a number of ways they can be credited and none of them will be completely right or wrong! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
Quoting Tracer:
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Sorry but, Story by should always be Original Material by.
But, just to illustrate you gave the UK Created by = Original Characters and the US Created by = Original Material. This goes to show that Created by isn't clear cut as it seems or we would like it to be.
I think when it comes to TV series "Story by" is a bit of a grey area. The story has still been written especially for the screen, it's just not a screenplay - that's why I chose "written by".
But you're right, there's a number of ways they can be credited and none of them will be completely right or wrong! Finally somebody gets it, the definitions for Profiler are NEVER going to satisfy EVERYONE, but they are the definitions that we use. Users are always free to do whatever they wish in their local database, but if it departs from Profiler standards it remains LOCAL. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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