Talk:Post-credits scene

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[edit] Purpose of the article

I created this article because filmmakers are more and more often placing scenes at the end of credits and it deserves a certain amount of attention. I would appreciate it if people with more information than I would A) include background information on the production and frequency of these scenes and B) provide further examples. Kimpire 07:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shrek 2 and other Mid-credit scenes

Should there be a Mid-credits scene article, then? Turidoth 00:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

  • shrug* Go ahead. :) Kimpire 04:15, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Don't think so. A mid-credits scene is essentially the same concept as a post-credits scene. They both occur after the main body of the film is over. Placing the scene earlier in the credits simply means that more people are likely to be in the theatre to see it. -- Supermorff 17:00, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
But some films use "mid-credit scenes" as blooper reels, or alternate scenes, etc. (like every Jackie Chan film he's produced, has a blooper reel showing every injury incurred during filming, as when he breaks limbs, and such) 132.205.44.128 04:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
That's not a scene. That's a blooper reels that happens to be run during the credits. Still, it might be worth mentioning that the practice occurs and then link to blooper. -- Supermorff 14:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
The Bullseye scene in Daredevil is mid-credits.
Yes, but the concept is the same as if it were at the end. Would it help the situation if we clarified in the opening paragraph that we mean "a short clip that occurs after or during the closing credits of a movie"? -- Supermorff 19:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film industry term?

If there is a film industry term for this practice that we can reliably source, it would make sense to move this article to that title to avoid issues like "post-credits" vs. "mid-credits". I can start off with "stinger", which I know from MST3K, with the following sources:

The problem is that the use of "stinger" in these works is unexplained, as far as I recall. What we really need is some kind of film industry encyclopedia reference. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Continuing with "stinger", I found the following in Dictionary of Marketing by Jane Imber and Betsy-Ann Toffler (2000; eBook ISBN 0764180134, print ISBN 0764112147), p. 522:
sting: distinctive background music used to add emphasis to an important moment in a motion picture or television program; also called stinger.
Another reference, from NTC's Mass Media Dictionary by R. Terry Ellmore (1991; eBook ISBN 0071405356, print ISBN 0844231851), p. 572:
sting: An emphatic, sudden musical chord or phrase used to accentuate or emphasize a dramatic moment, serve as a bridge, and so on. Also called a stab and stinger.
There would seem to be a connection to the end-scene use, but it's not yet explicit enough. I'll keep looking. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Superman... tagline

Say... didn't just about every James Bond film end with "Bond Will Be Back", or "Bond Will Be Back in From Russia With Love" or somesuch? 132.205.44.128 04:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List

Now that the category's been deleted, is there any way to access an old version of it? It'd be useful for the purpose of putting the list in here. Kimpire 11:04, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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