Introducing: New Credit Categories and Professions

Wow, this is very good news! Well done! Too much was put in the Additional Crew list (the fourth biggest of all while misc. crew should be one of the smallest: https://www.imdb.com/pressroom/stats/), so this is a big step forward. I do hope that in the future, more languages will be able to be added to the Voice actor - Dubbing section, but this a promising start. Also, hopefully other functions (like a dubbing director) will someday find a place on IMDb as well. Some minor issue about the new guide (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/new-credit-categories/GVX4ZP2JX4W5QWAN#): -About Choreography: Why are some Dancers still placed in the Additional Crew section? I fail to see the logic in that, but maybe I'm missing something here. -About Color Department: I think it would be a good idea to mention what to do when the credits of a certain title use the British English word colour instead of the American English color. -About Intimacy Coordination: I would've grouped that with the Health and Safety Department. Also, "Stunt Intimacy Coordinator)" should be "Stunt Intimacy Coordinator". -About Publicity: "piblic image" should be "public image". -About Voice actor - Dubbing: It's not listed that only a few languages can be used. I think they should be added here. Also, "example roless" should be "example roles". And something regarding the dubbing credits guide (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/adding-filmography-credits/GAB5B33MBLEG73CT?ref_=helpsrall#addvoice): -It's not mentioned here what should be done with dubbers from other languages than the ones listed here. They were always directed to the other works section of someone's name page with no place on a title's page. Or are they now perhaps allowed in the Additional Crew list?? I see that you've already reacted to quite some posts over there, but I still think you should also post this on the Data Issues & Policy Discussions forum as this'll be very important information for contributors.

Sounds good, but let me know if Japanese and Cantonese will be in the Voice Actor - Dubbing credit section cause I have some stuff that I would like to edit with that please.

Just discovered this by chance adding a few titles and I'm really pleasantly surprised, even hyped by this (considering that it was in the works for very nearly a decade now). Promptly updated cast guidelines are much better, too! My only question is whether there is an ongoing move from older categories to new categories (such as Editorial to Color)? Or manual moves are welcome too? Because I can at least sort out my own filmography, because I think I have almost everything newly added, apart from Legal and Intimacy Coordination. :)

🙏 Please add Ukrainian language to the Voice Actors - Dubbing.

On title full credits pages I think it would make sense to list Property Department immediately below Art Department and Color Department immediately below Editorial Department rather than just putting all the new categories near the bottom of the page.

Interesting! Anything y'all come up with to move roles away from "Additional Crew" is good in my opinion. While we're on the subject, is there any chance y'all would ever provide a "Move" function in addition to Add, Correct, and Delete, which would simply move a credit from one department to another?

I like it, hopefully moving credits around with internal migration will fix lots of wrong department errors on the site, I wish it'd come last week I just moved a load of credits from wrong departments.to the right ones haha. I can only see this being a positive and I'm sure improving over time. Also thanks for improving the search pages and increasing the limit on company name additions to 70 characters this week too.

Since the Production Department section has been created I've requested to move my credits that are still featured under Additional Crew over to Production Department section, but even if my request looks "approved" in my contribution page, I can see that the credits are still under Additional Crew and they haven't moved. Please can you correct this? Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/contribution-issue-251105172620472000/690c62ac297bb2308a78cafc Title : Contribution issue (#251105-172620-472000)

🤔💭 Since they are hired by Publicity Departments, or Producers, but not Cinematographers, should Still Photographers and On-Set Photographers be listed in the implemented Publicity Department? 🤓☝️ Anyway, the above matter should be explained in the Help Guide.

Do all "digital intermediate" credits belong under Color Department? The new department guidelines mention that "Digital Intermediate Colorist" belongs there, but the "role" dropdown in the form also lists several other digital intermediate roles.

First of all, thank you IMDB for incorporating the category of voice actor - dubbing, but there are more people involved in this world like dubbing translators, dubbing directors, etc... I see that these are not a category itself, but are accepted as Additional Crew. ADR Performer (use Additional Crew) ADR Director (use Additional Crew) ADR Engineer (use Sound Department) Audio Description Engineer (use Sound Department) Audio Description Voice Actor (use Additional Crew) Dubbing Engineer (use Sound Department) Loop Group Artist (use Additional Crew) Why dubbing translator cannot be added inside "Voice Actor Dubbing" or "Additional Crew" when we have a credit at the end just like the dubbing actors? Without a translator, the dubbing actor doesn't have a script to voice. Any explanation would be so helpful, thanks! Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/dubbing-translator-can-be-incorporated-in-the-category-of-voice-actor-dubbing/690cdac5c3bdc92eb7adb12a Title : Dubbing Translator can be incorporated in the category of Voice Actor Dubbing?

The role of 'Set Production Assistant' is the junior-most role in the Assistant Directors department (at least it is here in New Zealand), however with the new Credit Categories this has automatically been moved to Production Department. Now I have to go through all my credits and submit individual corrections and proof for every single credit to get them moved back to 'Second Unit Director or Assistant Director'. What gives? Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/junior-assistant-director-positions-reclassified-incorrectly-with-new-credit-categories/690dbdd25ab02c7eb91e0bd6 Title : Junior Assistant Director positions reclassified incorrectly with new Credit Categories

This is great news! But I have a question about the migration, as I just completed adding about 860 credits for a voice dubbing actor in German, and he is listed under the "Additional crew" - and only saw on November 5th that this new section was added. How does the migration work - does it work with a specific "Role" tagged? Or should I be making the changes manually myself? It would be great to know. Thanks in advance!

Isn't it potentially confusing that the examples of roles in all the new guidelines are written in mixed case ("Assistant Choreographer", "ADR Performer") while the update form suggests they should usually be submitted in lowercase?

Some of the existing crew guidelines should be updated, including those for Art Department (regarding props), Assistant Directors (production assistant, production intern?), Editorial Department (color timer) and Production Managers (assistant production manager). In the update form, Tips for Production Managers submissions also use "assistant production manager" as an example.