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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
Yes!!! Modified open credits.... I don't think we even have to go that far, just make the custom role field contributable so we can see exactly what people are credited as. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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Yes!!! Modified open credits....
I don't think we even have to go that far, just make the custom role field contributable so we can see exactly what people are credited as. That don't work... because if you have it as it is now... and just make custom role contributable... you still need to know what role to put it under. It should just be only a straight text field. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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Yes!!! Modified open credits....
I don't think we even have to go that far, just make the custom role field contributable so we can see exactly what people are credited as. I prefer this as well and have suggested it more than once.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
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Yes!!! Modified open credits....
I don't think we even have to go that far, just make the custom role field contributable so we can see exactly what people are credited as.
I prefer this as well and have suggested it more than once. For people like me that don't understand any of what I am looking at in the crew chart and just throw my hands in the air and say the hell with it... how does just making the custom roles contributable help? I still need to know which role to attach that custom role to! So all that would do is keep it the same for me. My not being able to contribute crew credits. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,851 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
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just make the custom role field contributable so we can see exactly what people are credited as.
I prefer this as well and have suggested it more than once. I agree as well. We'd have (for the crew at least) self documenting contributions. --------------- |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | So would we remain the existing divisions and just add the custom role Maybe like Joe Schmuck Production Sound Mixer (Sound Mixer) John Doe Visual Effects(Special Effects Supervisor) or something like this? That would cut down considerably on my crew notes on my contributions...  | | | | Last edited: by CharlieM |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
For people like me that don't understand any of what I am looking at in the crew chart and just throw my hands in the air and say the hell with it... how does just making the custom roles contributable help? I still need to know which role to attach that custom role to! So all that would do is keep it the same for me. My not being able to contribute crew credits. I understand that, I personally hate doing VFX credits, but how would an open text field help? Would you simply enter everyone in the credits? Because I would really not like that - I like the limits we have. As Scotthm says, at least with custom roles you can enter credits you're not sure about and voters will see exactly what they're credited with and be able to vote accordingly without you having to try and justify your choice. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | No... not everyone. You can still have the sections as we do now...
- Direction
- Writing
- Production
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Music
- Sound
- Art
but then from there just a text field. And you add just those crew members that fit in those categories... with the role as credited in the credits. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
No... not everyone. You can still have the sections as we do now...
- Direction
- Writing
- Production
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Music
- Sound
- Art
but then from there just a text field. And you add just those crew members that fit in those categories... with the role as credited in the credits. But don't those categories pretty much cover everyone who works on a film? |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
No... not everyone. You can still have the sections as we do now...
- Direction
- Writing
- Production
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Music
- Sound
- Art
but then from there just a text field. And you add just those crew members that fit in those categories... with the role as credited in the credits. To be honest, this would be nice, although could get lengthy. I do not think it would work, as there are many people that do not enter the custom roles, and only use the radio buttons. Me personally, I enter in what is says on the screen into my local, and fit what I can into the narrowly defined categories that we have. Then I will contribute the changes. But what gets contributed, doesn't even begin to look like what is in my DB. Charlie |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
I do not think it would work, as there are many people that do not enter the custom roles, and only use the radio buttons. Slightly off-topic but that is something I would really not want to see - making the contribution of custom roles compulsory. If they are made contributable I would very much like to see a contribution without custom roles classed as a "partial contribution" and allowed as is. There are some of us who do like the custom roles, but I don't want to see anyone who doesn't excluded from contributing. Edit: I just want to clarify, I don't think that's what Charlie was suggesting, his post just reminded me of it. | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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No... not everyone. You can still have the sections as we do now...
- Direction
- Writing
- Production
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Music
- Sound
- Art
but then from there just a text field. And you add just those crew members that fit in those categories... with the role as credited in the credits.
But don't those categories pretty much cover everyone who works on a film? Only the important ones. There is still WAY more to the credits that wouldn't fit | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
No... not everyone. You can still have the sections as we do now...
- Direction
- Writing
- Production
- Cinematography
- Film Editing
- Music
- Sound
- Art
but then from there just a text field. And you add just those crew members that fit in those categories... with the role as credited in the credits. Big time, Pete. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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I do not think it would work, as there are many people that do not enter the custom roles, and only use the radio buttons.
Slightly off-topic but that is something I would really not want to see - making the contribution of custom roles compulsory. If they are made contributable I would very much like to see a contribution without custom roles classed as a "partial contribution" and allowed as is. There are some of us who do like the custom roles, but I don't want to see anyone who doesn't excluded from contributing.
Edit: I just want to clarify, I don't think that's what Charlie was suggesting, his post just reminded me of it. as is now.. people are excluded from contributing | | | | Pete | | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Only the important ones. There is still WAY more to the credits that wouldn't fit I have to disagree with that. All the VFX guys under Art? All production office staff under Production? Camera and lighting crew under Cinematography? Off the top of my head the only crew I can think of we would exclude are stunts, catering and transport. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | The way I see it... each person that contributes to the profile would be able to add as little or as much as they please within those categories. And in my honest opinion... that is MUCH better then we have now. | | | | Pete |
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