DISQUS

Well, it seems that we forget, that even a garbage man gets credit for driving the truck, and and producer or associate producer credit, should be given for the smallest of efforts, even a pimp gets his just acknowledgments, and gets paid well for his introductions.

I am not making lite of the dilution of producing, by just being there, but most of these contacts would not have been made, had a new and enthusiastic production coordinator or associate producer not been able to make contact with a money source, thereby getting the bones to one day, maybe become a fully fledged producer or executive producer.

Banks give money to productions - in exchange for participation in the back end and producers points, and that seems to be alright for producer's credits & points, and they are after all - financiers and investors, just like a exec. producer would be; and if we stop the "pimping" of products, then we cause the flow of funds to help productions, to dry up and that money can be the difference of a day of shooting or not, and any help on a production is always appreciated.

Let's give credit where credit is due, and get on with the next project, and pay some bills - I also think this is part of a normal process to regulate credits in a reasonable fashion, and therefore if there is a need and a slot for a producer credit, and it is going to make a difference in the production quality by getting more money into the production, then if we need 20 producers in the pot, in order to facilitate a film, then who are we to say what is a dilution of producing credit is too much or detrimental to the residual income of the producing team?

After all, the producing team decided it was necessary and ordinary in the scope of the production, and viable to the production in order to get the job done.

After all, we should remember how tuff it was to get into the business in the first place, and we all still fight to hang on to our jobs by our past credits, contacts and worthiness to the production and its team, even if we are a lonely production coordinator or an inturn to the business.

That's my take on this discussion.