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So, for screenwriters and movie lovers alike, those are the clear cut explanations of those sometimes confusing onscreen screenwriting credits you see as the lights go down and the opening credits begin to appear.
Most have it down to a science, mind you, but it doesn’t hurt screenwriters to do their part just in case discrepancies arise. While the guild’s arbitration process-as well as the studio’s submission process for onscreen credits-is there to recognize the importance of each writers’ contribution to the screen, the screenwriter must always keep a keen eye out. In the end, it is up to the screenwriter to make sure that their screenwriting credit is administered fairly. Read ScreenCraft’s What Are Your Protected Rights as a Screenwriter? for more on that! Then compare and contrast with further drafts you have access to from additional writers attached to the project, or what you see within the finished product. Lesson learned for screenwriters? Be sure that when you are on assignment, you are keeping excellent records of what material you are given, the different drafts you write, the changes requested, and the changes you make. In turn, there are cases where just one section of the script-first act, second act, third act, major sequences, etc.-is so substantial that it has changed the screenplay as a whole. There are cases where all of the dialogue has been changed, but the actual scenes and characters are the same. Needless to say, it takes professionals to determine such differences between drafts.
A writer must register the pseudonym with the Guild by sending a written notice to the Membership Department with the writer’s Social Security number, if any.A writer must exercise this right within five business days after final determination of writing credits.According to the The Minimum Basic Agreement of the Guild, any writer who is entitled to credit on the screen and who has been paid, or is guaranteed payment of, less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for writing services or literary materials relating to the particular motion picture shall have the right to be accorded credit on the screen, in advertising or otherwise, in a reasonable pseudonymous name.If you are a screenwriter that was hired for a rewrite, but the final shooting draft of the script uses 32% or less of what you contributed after other writers were brought in, you won’t be eligible for a screen credit-even if some of your dialogue, scenes, sequences, and character names are used.
That percentage is very important for screenwriting credit. That’s usually the result of arbitration when there are a handful of writers-three individual screenwriters or a combination of individual screenwriters and writing teams (writing teams count as on credit)-that have contributed to 33 percent or more of the screenplay. Screen credit for a screenplay cannot be shared by more than two writers, with exception to certain cases where names of three writers or the names of writers constituting two writing teams may be used. This is the most widely used screenwriting credit today. “Adapted by” has been used, but only as a result of arbitration when a writer has contributed to the direction of a screenplay without having qualified for “Screenplay by” credit. The Guild tries to limit the number of credits as much as they can. This is another credit that you won’t see much these days.
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