Here is the situation...
I came up with a story idea.
I tell my friend this story idea, who the people are, what happens, how it happens, why it happens, and how the situation resolves. It's the blueprint for the short.
Next, I ask her if she'd like to write it.
She does.
She's done the actual dialogue, set it in workable (for me) locations, and a tonne of scene-setting details. (Forget what that's called, too)
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What does she get credited as?
I would think it's more than just "Screenplay by..." as all she had to work with was my 100%-verbal descriptions. She did a lot more work than just transposing some completed prose story into a screenplay format.
Any ideas on what is appropriate for a situation like this? "Technically" appropriate, that is. This is more of a curiousity question, than anything.
As it is, I am giving her shared "Written by..." credit.
Maybe *I* don't earn the "Written by..." shared part?
Opinions, if you please.
I came up with a story idea.
I tell my friend this story idea, who the people are, what happens, how it happens, why it happens, and how the situation resolves. It's the blueprint for the short.
Next, I ask her if she'd like to write it.
She does.
She's done the actual dialogue, set it in workable (for me) locations, and a tonne of scene-setting details. (Forget what that's called, too)
_______
What does she get credited as?
I would think it's more than just "Screenplay by..." as all she had to work with was my 100%-verbal descriptions. She did a lot more work than just transposing some completed prose story into a screenplay format.
Any ideas on what is appropriate for a situation like this? "Technically" appropriate, that is. This is more of a curiousity question, than anything.
As it is, I am giving her shared "Written by..." credit.
Maybe *I* don't earn the "Written by..." shared part?
Opinions, if you please.