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Encyclopedia > Credit (creative arts)

In general, the term credit in the artistic or intellectual sense refers to an acknowledgement of those who contributed to a work, whether through ideas or in a more direct sense.

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Credit in the arts

In the creative arts, credits are an acknowledgement of those that participated in the production. They are often shown at the end of movies and on CD jackets. In film, video, television, theater, etc. credits means the list of actors and behind-the-scenes staff that contributed to the production. A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included: Art / Visual arts Architecture Crafts Dance Drawing Film Literature Music Painting Photography Pottery Sculpture Theater Unlike art, design focuses less on the aesthetics of a thing and more on the functionality of... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Look up Video in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Credit in writing

Non-fiction

In non-fiction writing, especially academic works, it is generally considered important to give credit to sources of information and ideas. Failure to do so often gives rise to charges of plagiarism, and "piracy" of intellectual rights such as the right to receive a royalty for having written. In this sense the financial and individual meanings are linked. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty; it is a matter of deceit: fooling a reader into believing that certain written material is original when it is not. ... Intellectual rights (from the French droits intellectuels) is a term sometimes used to refer to the legal protection afforded to owners of intellectual capital. ... Legal Disclaimer: this page contains legal information for reference and education, but it is not legal advice–the application of law to an individuals specific circumstances. ... Individual capital comprises inalienable or personal traits of persons, tied to their bodies and available only through their own free will, such as skill, creativity, enterprise, courage, capacity for moral example, non-communicable wisdom, invention or empathy, non-transferable personal trust and leadership. ...


Academic papers generally contain a lengthy section of footnotes or citations. Such detailed crediting of sources provides readers with an opportunity to discover more about the cited material. It also provides a check against misquotation, as it's easy for an attributed quote to be checked when the reference is available. All of this is thought to improve integrity of the instructional capital conveyed, which may be quite fragile, and easy to misinterpret or to misapply. Scientific citation is the process by which conclusions of previous scientists are used to justify experimental procedures, apparatus, goals or theses. ... Look up integrity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Instructional capital is a term used in educational administration, to reflect capital resulting from investment in producing learning materials. ...


In fiction

In fiction writing, authors are generally expected to give credit to those who contributed significantly to a work. Sometimes authors who do not want credit for their work directly may choose to use a pen name. A ghostwriter gives all or some of the credit for his or her writing to someone else. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... A ghostwriter is a writer who writes under someone elses name, with their consent. ...


In computing

In computer software licenses, attribution of credit is sometimes a condition of licensing. For example, original versions of the BSD license controversially required credit to be provided in the advertisement for software that used licensed code, but only if features or use of the licensed software was mentioned in the advertisement. A screenshot of computer software in action. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The BSD license is a permissive license and is one of the most widely used free software licenses. ...


Software documentation is sometimes licensed under similar terms. For example, the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) used by Wikipedia requires that acknowledgments to authors be preserved. Software Documentation or Source Code Documentation is written text that accompanies computer software. ... GNU logo (similar in appearance to a gnu) The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free content, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU project. ... Wikipedia (IPA: , or ) is a multilingual Web-based free-content encyclopedia. ...


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Credit (creative arts) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (395 words)
In the creative arts, credits are an acknowledgement of those that participated in the production.
A ghostwriter gives all or some of the credit for his or her writing to someone else.
For example, original versions of the BSD license controversially required credit to be provided in the advertisement for software that used licensed code, but only if features or use of the licensed software was mentioned in the advertisement.
The New School - Certificates (2328 words)
Creative arts therapists integrate the modalities of music, drama, the visual arts and movement into the practice of psychotherapy in a variety of clinical settings.
The program is a nine-course sequence for those who desire to integrate arts therapies and mind/body healing techniques into their already existing clinical work or to prepare for a career in the creative arts therapies.
This intensive course, which is of interest to creative arts and mental health practitioners, performers, and educators, integrates concepts and techniques from music, art, movement, and drama therapy.
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