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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Murder by Decree Original Screenplay John Hopkins Based on "The Ripper File" by John Loyd and Elwyn Jones | | | | -- Enry | | | | Last edited: by White Pongo, Jr. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,018 |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Screenwriter or Writer? | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 555 |
| | Posted: | | | | Original Screenplay -> Screenwriter
Based on... -> Original Material by |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd agree with Behemot! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | More agreement from me... | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,998 |
| | Posted: | | | | If someone is credited as Story By and also Screenplay By would the Story By credit get OMB or Writer. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 670 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ninehours: Quote:
If someone is credited as Story By and also Screenplay By would the Story By credit get OMB or Writer. Writer.I'll just edit myself here... If the story was published as a book, novel, stageplay or something like that, it gets OMB-credit. If the story was written specifically for the movie, it gets writer. When it says "Story by" in the credits, I would be inclined to go with "Writer"... | | | | The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. (William Gibson) | | | | Last edited: by Rander |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 555 |
| | Posted: | | | | Story by -> Original Material by
Screenplay by -> Screenwriter
The only time Writer is used is when the credit says Written by or Writer. This has been discussed extensively in earlier threads. | | | | Last edited: by Behemot |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 670 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Behemot: Quote:
Story by -> Original Material by - unless it was written specifically for the movie, according to the rules! | | | | The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. (William Gibson) |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rander: Quote:
Quoting Behemot:
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Story by -> Original Material by
- unless it was written specifically for the movie, according to the rules! Yea, I don't see that in the rules. | | | 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: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Behemot: Quote:
Story by -> Original Material by
Screenplay by -> Screenwriter
The only time Writer is used is when the credit says Written by or Writer. This has been discussed extensively in earlier threads. 100% correct! | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
Quoting Behemot:
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Story by -> Original Material by
Screenplay by -> Screenwriter
The only time Writer is used is when the credit says Written by or Writer. This has been discussed extensively in earlier threads.
100% correct! Except that we are not discussing "screenplay by" but "original screenplay by". The "only Film Credits to Include column" people should not list this crew role at all because "original screenplay by" is not listed. The "go by function" people ("notes column") would list either "screenwriter" or "writer" depending whether the story has been written originally for this screenplay. |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
The "only Film Credits to Include column" people should not list this crew role at all because "original screenplay by" is not listed.
The "go by function" people ("notes column") would list either "screenwriter" or "writer" depending whether the story has been written originally for this screenplay. The "go by your heart" people (and the "go by IMDb" people too) would also list Arthur Conan Doyle as OCB, even if he's not in the credits (at least, I could not find his name there).    Just kidding! But, seriously, I think that Rule should be rephrased so that everybody reads it the same way. Here are a few profiles in the Invelos database for that same movie:  013131-213393 US Writing: John Hopkins Writer (just that; maybe because he is in the opening credits while John Loyd and Elwyn Jones are "hidden" at the end of the end credits)  8-713045-209537 Netherlands Writing: John Hopkins OCB (just that)  5-050582-012859 Spain Writing: John Hopkins Screenwriter Elwyn Jones Original Material By John Lloyd Original Material By Arthur Conan Doyle Original Characters By 5-060049-140414 UK Writing: John Hopkins Writer John Lloyd Original Material By Elwyn Jones Original Material By I own the UK version and was wondering whether contribute a change for Hopkins from "Writer" to "Screenwriter". But the Notes in the Credits Rule make me doubtful. | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Is it still the general consensus that a writing credit in a film as only "Original Screenplay" gets a Screenwriter credit? That would seem to follow the current rules. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't know about the general consensus, but that's how I read the rules. | | | 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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