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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 863 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a short question, does Adaptation by result in a credit? And if yes, which credit would it be.
The credit is like this:
Screen Play By: Philip MacDonald
Adaptation by: Frank Parrot and Charles Brackett
From a story by F. Britten Austin
Thanks for the help.
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | In would not include it as a credit  cheers Donnie | | | | www.tvmaze.com |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,878 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wouldn't include it either.
I have, however, seen people recommend that you could put it in OMB if you were to put it anywhere. But I think this is an improper use of OMB so I don't include credits like these. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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| Registered: August 4, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Danae Cassandra: Quote:
I wouldn't include it either.
I have, however, seen people recommend that you could put it in OMB if you were to put it anywhere. But I think this is an improper use of OMB so I don't include credits like these. An adaptation, by definition, can't be original material. I wouldn't include it either. | | | | Updated List of Accepted Birth Years |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 863 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks, i already thought so but just wanted to see if i was correct. I've submitted this disc without the adaptation credit.
Thanks again for your input
Paul |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | I keep stuff like this local because it doesn't fit any of the roles we credit, but to have a screen credit means someone invovled thought it important enough. |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | | Glad to read this since there are still people who think Adaptation is the same as a Screenplay. |
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| Registered: June 22, 2007 | | Posts: 89 |
| | Posted: | | | | In the above case it means that the story by F. Britten Austin has been adapted by Frank Parrot and Charles Brackett. Normally this process alters a just readable story into a book that serves all the needs of a film. This adaptation, which may differ extremely from the story it accrued from, eventually needs proper dialogue and timing and filming descriptions, in this case done by Philip MacDonald, the screenwriter.
That all leads to the conclusion that these "adaptors" are as important as the screenwriter himself. Anyway, "Adaptation" is not covered by the rules at the moment, and it does not fit in any of the other writing categories, so it should not be contributed. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 681 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting schaumi: Quote:
In the above case it means that the story by F. Britten Austin has been adapted by Frank Parrot and Charles Brackett. Normally this process alters a just readable story into a book that serves all the needs of a film. This adaptation, which may differ extremely from the story it accrued from, eventually needs proper dialogue and timing and filming descriptions, in this case done by Philip MacDonald, the screenwriter.
That all leads to the conclusion that these "adaptors" are as important as the screenwriter himself. Anyway, "Adaptation" is not covered by the rules at the moment, and it does not fit in any of the other writing categories, so it should not be contributed. Thanks for this very clear explanation. What these adaptors actually do has always been a bit vague for me. Perhaps a rule change is in order at some point in future, and these people had their own credit. I'd welcome one. | | | Mika
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