Sometimes credited instances like that go to Assistant Director/Second Unit Director, but at times formulation puzzles me.
A recent (in terms of me adding the title) example I'm trying to make sense of is how Alfred Hitchcock is credited in Ukrainian series "Blyustiteli poroka" which is dedicated to 100 years of his. Credit in the first two episodes for example (apart from a separate dedication which goes to "Special Thanks") looks like that (sorry for quality, apart from very irregular and scarce reruns and a VHS release so rare it's nearly impossible to track the tapes in the wild series had never seen a proper release, so I keep recordings for research purposes):
Credit translated from Russian as "Motion picture uses excerpts from the movies of Alfred Hitchcock". I was puzzled where I should put that and tried to adapt it in IMDb listings as "uses footage from the movies by" (another way to translate it, a bit simpler and better-looking for IMDb listings), but so far it was not approved so I'm not sure that it is a right decision.
Other option I can think of is "director: excerpts" in either "Assistant/2nd Unit Director" or "Miscellaneous Crew" section, but I would love to know what IMDb staff thinks about that.
A recent (in terms of me adding the title) example I'm trying to make sense of is how Alfred Hitchcock is credited in Ukrainian series "Blyustiteli poroka" which is dedicated to 100 years of his. Credit in the first two episodes for example (apart from a separate dedication which goes to "Special Thanks") looks like that (sorry for quality, apart from very irregular and scarce reruns and a VHS release so rare it's nearly impossible to track the tapes in the wild series had never seen a proper release, so I keep recordings for research purposes):
Credit translated from Russian as "Motion picture uses excerpts from the movies of Alfred Hitchcock". I was puzzled where I should put that and tried to adapt it in IMDb listings as "uses footage from the movies by" (another way to translate it, a bit simpler and better-looking for IMDb listings), but so far it was not approved so I'm not sure that it is a right decision.
Other option I can think of is "director: excerpts" in either "Assistant/2nd Unit Director" or "Miscellaneous Crew" section, but I would love to know what IMDb staff thinks about that.
Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion
Posted 2 years ago
Adrian, Champion
Michelle, Official Rep
Hi Nikolay -
This dedication should be listed in the "Thanks" section, so as you mentioned there are separate dedications to Alfred Hitchcock, in this instance there should be one "Thanks" credit listed with the dedications separated by a "/". Cheers!
This dedication should be listed in the "Thanks" section, so as you mentioned there are separate dedications to Alfred Hitchcock, in this instance there should be one "Thanks" credit listed with the dedications separated by a "/". Cheers!
The clarification you've provided is appreciated, Michelle.
Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion
Great thanks for clarification, Michelle! Will update the episodes accordingly.
Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion
Update: so now "uses footage from the movies by" came through as miscellaneous crew on one episode accidentally and as special thanks on another. Should I move it all to special thanks?
Will, Official Rep
Hi Nikolay,
Yes that seems like a sensible solution and is at least consistent across the series listing.
Regards,
Will
Yes that seems like a sensible solution and is at least consistent across the series listing.
Regards,
Will
Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion
Great thanks, Will! Proceeding with the move.
Nikolay Yeriomin (Mykola Yeromin), Champion
Soviet and Post-Soviet credits are all over the place in that matter: until mid-2000's concepts of copyright were only gasped partially. In this case episodes list Hitchcock in the credits for direction of the movies, but not studios or distributors; some soundtracks are credited, while some are not...