Talk:Motion picture credits

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Hello. I was thinking that it should seriously be considered to get into more detail in this article. It does not say anything about music credits for example. Or how exactly music credits have to be so that no copyrights get violated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.83.128.243 (talk • contribs)

[edit] with guy as guy rare

ok, why does the popular 10 year long series Stargate SG-1 say "with" this person (MICHAEL SHANKS) "as" that character (Daniel Jackson) in the opening credits for 10 years, when no other person gets this treatment? Is there something of relevance in this discrepancy worth adding to this article? I mean, I understand why the longtime star Richard Dean Anderson was in the biggest letters and first, but why say "as this particular character" in smaller letters for only one person and none of the 4 or 6 or whatever number of other main stars in the intro? It's probably all simply because he's the youngest and newest to acting, maybe he requested it, or wasn't popular enough yet and "needed" this "help". ok, someone help me turn this into a helpful contribution. because I don't know what to do with it. Nastajus 05:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How do they get there

Ok, I'm sure modern credits are probably created using computers, but motion pictures have been around longer than computers and (as far as I know) have always had credits. So, how did the credits get there? I think some information on the methods used to create the credits, both modern and historically, would be suitable here.

Mckechnie (talk) 22:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Marty