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Film Commissioner ---> Location Management
A few years back, I helped advise on the formerly miscellaneous crew job positions that needed to be migrated into the new location management category, but I noticed today that we missed a major one. Could you please assist now with moving "film commissioner" (and all of its iterations, such as "film commission assistant", and anything else that starts with "film office", such as "film office coordinator" or "film office assistant") from what is now called additional crew into location management? All of these job positions are fully part of the location management department, so much so that they even help set up and attend our location scouting. Thank you!
Michelle
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4 years ago
Hi stst415 -
I confirmed with our editors that "film commissioner" credits should still be listed under the "Additional Crew" section on the site, as such, these should not be moved to the "Location Management" section.
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Michelle
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4 years ago
Hi stst415 -
Thanks for your feedback on the current credit policy for "film commissioner" credits.
As our staff actively review Idea threads when considering changes to credit policies, I have modified the status of this thread to "Idea" so other users can vote on categorizing these credit types as "Location Management" vs "Additional Crew".
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RexD
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3 years ago
Just to say, as someone who has worked in both the locations department as crew, and as part of a film commission, that I think Michelle is right on this one.
As crew, I would have been baffled to see a film commission(er) or film office employees listed under the locations department, and have never seen them credited as such on-screen.
As part of a film commission, I would equally be baffled by a locations department credit. We aren't crew, and would not consider ourselves to be "working directly under" the supervising location manager either. Working directly with, perhaps, but not exclusively - we are often also engaged by producers, production executives, line producers etc. long before anyone from the locations department has come on board.
Some parts of the discussion above also indicate confusion about the distinction(s) between film commissions, film commissioners, and film offices.
As part of a film commission, we expect only to be able to add credits to our commission page where we receive an on-screen thanks, special thanks, or similar.
There is a separate argument to be had about people/organisations in the wider sphere of this area of production who are less conscientious, and simply grant themselves a credit for any production they've had contact with, regardless of whether they receive an on-screen credit. This is usually particularly obvious when they are listed as receiving a "special thanks" from productions that are still filming. We see you!
TL;DR: film commissions, film commissioners, film offices etc. are not part of the locations department and aren't credited this way on-screen. It is appropriate to reflect their credits, when they receive them, under thanks/special thanks/additional crew etc.
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