Roll the Credits! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 10, 2016, 01:06:28 pm
content: Tonight, I have witnessed the evolution of Credits for movies and TV shows enter a new era.....In the early years of film, the credits held the names of, perhaps a total of a dozen people. As the years passed, these credits evolved into a roll call of anybody and everybody who even walked onto the lot. I have seen some movies where the action finishes 7 minutes before the scheduled end of the program ... and then watched as those 7 minutes are filled with literally hundreds of names scrolling up the screen.To cope with this imposition in a time challenged environment, I have seen several techniques used...- The first is is cut the credits altogether, but I suspect there might be an issue with that - because of the other approaches used.- Then we have the "Picture by Picture" windowing option, where the credits shrink to part of the screen (and audio faded back), while other station announcements are presented on the rest of the screen.- Another option is the splitting of the audio track (running at normal speed) from the video track which is run at double speed.- One other extreme example is done at the end of TBBT, where there are just a few frames - and the only way you could ever read them is by single stepping through a recording. These guys are fun.HOWEVER, the one that caught me halfway betweenandwas this - at the end of the two-part TV show "Brock"I'll let you click on the thumbnail for the 'reveal'.What comes next?

author: continuo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2016, 02:38:27 pm
content: Well, at first I read "teenplay.com.au", that caught my attention. My mistake, it's tenplay. Bummer

author: lowimpedance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2016, 10:39:41 pm
content: Why am I not surprised, but like who is really going to make time anyway to look ?.At least in cinemas some movies leave a teaser right at the end to make you sit through, (assuming you liked the flick).As for the commercial stations I must admit I haven't noticed this since I gave up watching them before they killed of all of my brain cells.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 10, 2016, 11:01:49 pm
content: Credit where credit is due in my view, I actually enjoyed reading them back in the day particularly on some quality locally made films and documentaries.This may help get you through, it does me.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2016, 01:54:06 am
content: Quote from: continuo on October 10, 2016, 02:38:27 pmYes, well.....The programme was on our Channel 10...

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2016, 02:03:51 am
content: Quote from: lowimpedance on October 10, 2016, 10:39:41 pmYes, I do like some of the things they do during the credits ... sometimes even adding an extra scene that leads you to the next movie in the franchise.QuoteI can understand this sentiment. I find I don't 'miss' anything on TV if I don't watch it.Which brings me to another observation about the 'new age' of digital TV here in Sydney...In the 'olden days' when we only had 5 channels, it was a matter of "Oh, yes, I remember seeing that movie."NOW, with all the digital channels, the thought is often a case of "Oh, yes, I rememberwhenI saw that movie."

author: Bryan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2016, 10:37:27 am
content: Funny, but many years ago famous actors would fight, demand their name be forefront in the credits, and it even used to be part of their contract.