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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorCharlieM
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this may have been asked before, but here it goes

In the credits, you go by the main movie credits, then always near the end they will have something like;

Visual effect by {company}
visual effect superviser {name}
  etc

Special effect by {company}
  individual credit
  individual credit

etc

Do we credit the appropriate rolls within the individual companies in the credit list?
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I did a poll in the Contribution Rules Committee forum asking the following question.


To allow certain employees of Visual Effects Companies to be credited


Results so far:

Yes, but ONLY for those that are currently allowed by the rules (6)
No, nobody who is credited under a Visual Effects header should be allowed (2)
No, I would like to eliminate the Visual Effects category all together (3)
Don't Care (2)
Other (1)

Seems that those that took part in the poll do want those credited under a visual effects company to be included as long as they are currently allowed by the rules.

So for your first example, I would say yes since the role is clearly listed in the current rules.

But the second example is more questionable.
If all it is is a list of names under a company header I would say no because it's unclear exactly what they did on the film. They could be anything from supervisors, animators, technicians and the like. Since they aren't credited with a specified role I would leave them out.

However I have seen a few credits that reads something like "Visual Effects by Don Smith & Larry Chair of Smith Chair Effects". For that kind of credit I would include them since the credit reads "Visual Effects by".
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I've been including the names under headers only if they have a title like "producer", "director" or "supervisor". Now if it's a header and a list of names without job titles, then they all get left out.
It's a nice blend between the rules and common sense.
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Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions.
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Quoting CharlieM:
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Do we credit the appropriate rolls within the individual companies in the credit list?


As bigdaddy indicates, people have been entering them when they match a profiler credit.  I see no problem with it.
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I have always and will continue to vote NO to any Company credit in a crew area.

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