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| Registered: May 18, 2007 |  Posts: 389 |
| | Posted: | | | | I came upon this designation "Written for Television By" and wondered if it would be Writer or Screenwriter.
I'm leaning towards writer since it has the word written in it but I could be wrong. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | If the credit were "Written for the Screen By", we would use 'Screenwriter'. I think the same would apply here.
'Writer' should be reserved for "Written By". | | | 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: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
If the credit were "Written for the Screen By", we would use 'Screenwriter'. I think the same would apply here.
'Writer' should be reserved for "Written By". And once again the martian guy has pointed it out so that all that's left for me to say is: agreed. | | | 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 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would not mind entering "Written for Television By" as either "writer" or "screenwriter". But if you go strictly according to the rules, both do not qualify because "Written for Television By" is not literally in the table. Another reason to change the rules. Maybe Invelos should allow role name variants and functional equivalents. |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,878 |
| | Posted: | | | | Written for Television would be the same as Teleplay, which is already listed for Screenwriter. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Danae Cassandra: Quote:
Written for Television would be the same as Teleplay, which is already listed for Screenwriter. Indeed it is.  | | | 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 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Quoting Danae Cassandra:
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Written for Television would be the same as Teleplay, which is already listed for Screenwriter.
Indeed it is. And so it's not any "functional equivalent." | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kdh1949: Quote:
Quoting TheMadMartian:
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Quoting Danae Cassandra:
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Written for Television would be the same as Teleplay, which is already listed for Screenwriter.
Indeed it is.
And so it's not any "functional equivalent." But it is a role name variant which is not covered by the rules. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
But it is a role name variant which is not covered by the rules. True, but it could be considered a "direct translation". | | | 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: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Quoting RHo:
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But it is a role name variant which is not covered by the rules.
True, but it could be considered a "direct translation". Yes, but I would prefer if the rules would be modified to clarify that role name variants and functional equivalent roles are officially allowed and not sneaked in through the loop hole as a direct translation. |
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