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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Today's audit brings me this crediting.
All on the same frame, same size fonts:
"Written by X and Y
Adapted for the Screen by Z"
Current profile has X and Y with "written by" and Z with 'screenplay".
Does everyone agree with current credits, or should adapted by be another or local credit? |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would agree to both.
It seems like the Story was written by X and Y.
For Screen it was "overworked" by Z. |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Virus has the most likely explanation. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | A "Written By" credit means those folks wrote both the Story and the Screenplay.
Therefore, I'd give the "Adapted for the Screen By" an OMB credit. | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | OMB doesn't make sense. He was adapting from something. What's the title? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree with hal. This sounds like a credit you would use when adapting a play, or musical, to the big screen. One person would rewrite the original story so that it would flow better on screen. The writers would then base their scrip on the adaptation.
Just a guess, and it would be nice to know what title this is. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Agreed Hal, IF it is to be credited at all. Which I am not certain it should be ...now.
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Interesting opinions.
I always thought "Adapted by" has a different meaning to "Adapted from" |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 906 |
| | Posted: | | | | In my opinion, adapted by is not even close to what the intention of OMB is. I would leave it out. | | | 
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,878 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm with reybr on thinking it is not OMB at all. For that matter, I didn't think we tracked any kind of 'adapted' credit. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
A "Written By" credit means those folks wrote both the Story and the Screenplay.
Therefore, I'd give the "Adapted for the Screen By" an OMB credit. I am confused. It doesn't say this in the rules. Was there something that said this in a forum? I think that X and Y wrote the story and should get a "Written by" credit. This was a story that was probably directly pitched to the studio. As far as "Y" - "screenwriter" would probably be correct. He wrote the script used for the production. Although an argument could be made for not including "Y" since it is not a credit we directly track. | | | | Last edited: by CharlieM |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
A "Written By" credit means those folks wrote both the Story and the Screenplay.
Therefore, I'd give the "Adapted for the Screen By" an OMB credit. Isn't that a contradiction in itself? If the folks that got the "Written By" credit wrote the story, how can there be an "Original Material By"? EDIT: The interpretation I read from this credit would be: "Written By" translates (in this case) to OMB "Adapted for Screen" translates to "Screenwriter" But since this is an interpretation I would stick to the safe side and enter "Written By" as I find it and leave the "Adapted" out | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
Quoting hal9g:
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A "Written By" credit means those folks wrote both the Story and the Screenplay.
Therefore, I'd give the "Adapted for the Screen By" an OMB credit.
I am confused. It doesn't say this in the rules. Was there something that said this in a forum? It's the program itself that tells us so. If you attach the "Writer", the bracketed explanation is "Written directly for the screen" (or equivalent (I'm using the localized German version)) | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
EDIT: The interpretation I read from this credit would be:
"Written By" translates (in this case) to OMB
"Adapted for Screen" translates to "Screenwriter"
But since this is an interpretation I would stick to the safe side and enter "Written By" as I find it and leave the "Adapted" out I know it is just your interpretation but, just so there is no confusion, a credit of 'Written by' is always entered as writer. The only question in this case is whether or not we enter the adapted credit...without knowing the title, I can only guess. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes, what title are we talking about here? So far, I've heard nothing to incline me to think the current version is wrong. | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
EDIT: The interpretation I read from this credit would be:
"Written By" translates (in this case) to OMB
"Adapted for Screen" translates to "Screenwriter"
"Written By" is never an OMB credit. They wrote the story and the screenplay specifically for this movie. You need to read up on this. Technically, OMB would not be correct for "Adapted By", since the movie was not based on something from another media. I tend to agree that it should be left out. There is no way to tell from the credit itself, exactly what this person's contribution was. | | | | Hal |
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