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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Good day, Sirs,
for me personally it's not always easy to decide when it's expected to follow the Rules or when it's expected to ignore the Rules.
If the crew credits are devided into
Main Unit
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Second Unit - Nova Scotia
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United Kingdom
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should all three credited Directors of Photography be entered, only the first, the first and the second or the first and the third?
Why?
Love, bbbbb | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,726 |
| | Posted: | | | | "Unit Photographers" are specifically listed in the "Incorrect Roles" column of the crew credits table in the rules. As such, I would only enter the main one. | | | | Last edited: by T!M |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | One. The Main Unit.
The Rules specifically exclude unit DPs/Cinematographers which is generally translated as anything but the Main person(s). | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thank you, Sirs. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Oh, I have scrolled down the credits and there appeared still more unit crew members.
It is right then to enter every other unit crew Role but Unit Director and Unit Photographer? | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Generally then convention is to only use Main crew and avoid sub-Unit crew. ("if you can't use Unit for some Roles, why use it for any").
Adding unit crew will generally get you some No votes. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tweeter: Quote:
Generally then convention is to only use Main crew and avoid sub-Unit crew. ("if you can't use Unit for some Roles, why use it for any").
Adding unit crew will generally get you some No votes. But on which basis? It would have been much easier to generally forbid unit crew. But the rules explicitly forbid only Unit Directors and Unit Photographers. It very much looks like this has been done on purpose. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] | | | | Last edited: by bbbbb |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote:
It would have been much easier to generally forbid unit crew. Yes it would. Discussions to rules changes regarding this are ongoing right now. (The link is to the Contribution Rules forum - you need only ask to get access) Quote:
But the rules explicitly forbid only Unit Directors and Unit Photographers. That is correct, currently. Quote:
It very much looks like this has been done on purpose. There are no facts to back up that assertion. Equally valid is the assertion that forbidding other types of Unit crew was omitted accidentally. Because the Rules are of two minds about Unit crew the convention has developed to not add them. Ask yourself: why would you want (of what value is) the Unit Production Sound Mixer when you can't add the Unit Director or DP? | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | We list NO unit people of any kind, at this time.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr Pavlov: Quote:
We list NO unit people of any kind, at this time.
Skip While that may be the general consensus, they aren't forbidden by the rules at this time. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | That was the intent, Forget. ***editted******
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video | | | | Last edited: by Forum Moderator |
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