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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008
Presents usually identifies the producer's company.
EVIL TIM
presents
A funkychinaman Film
Evil Tim is the producer, though sometimes it is used in the hierachy of higher to lower level production companies.
EVIL TIM
presents
A StanTheMan production of
A funkychinaman Film
Evil Tim is the top level company, usually involved in the distribution and financing. StanTheMan is usually the producer or the actual production company that shoots the project, and lastly Funkychinaman is the director.
"In Association with" can be seen two ways, a real alliance with another production company who took over half the work, or a 'gimme' vanity credit given to a producer's company that is a reward for acquiring funding or promoting the film.
A slight digression here:
Associate producer is a common 'vanity credit' given to people as a freebie for helping the production in some way. IN the MOVIE industry, it is almost a meaningless title, however in the TV industry, many times it is a real credit, since TV crews tended to make Assoc Producers actually WORK for their meals  |
Thanks, I had actually given up on getting an answer.
I asked because I use this info when determining "______ Produced/Filmed" categories for a page. Do you think we should take into account the countries of the "Presents" and "in Association with" companies?