Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.) (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Monaco, J. Who's who in American film now ... 1987.

LC database, March 30, 1989.

Katz, E. Film encyc., 1994 (Credits: a list of the names of the principals involved in the production of a motion picture with their functions, e.g. the stars, the featured players, the director ... appears as titles, usually at the beginning or end of a film; [article on Titles] in modern films, titles appear most often in the form of the opening and closing credits ... known as "credit titles"; a list of films in which an actor, a director, or some other individual has been involved)

Reed, R.M. Encyc. of television, cable, and video, 1991.

94-186803: Girard de Mourgues, N. Le générique de film, 1994.

Here are entered works on the lists appearing on screen before or after a motion picture or television program that give the names of the actors, directors, etc. Works on lists of projects in which actors, directors, etc., were involved are entered under the heading for the class of persons with subdivision Credits, e.g. Motion picture actors and actresses--Credits. Works on the identifying words or phrases used as names of motion pictures are entered under Titles of motion pictures. Technical works on the creation or addition of credit titles, subtitles, or other printed captions for motion pictures or television are entered under Motion pictures--Titling or Television programs--Titling.

Notes under Motion pictures--Titling; Television programs--Titling; Titles of motion pictures