History Main / ClosingCredits

These appear at the end of [[OmnipresentTropes practically every program or film]], listing all or most of the personnel and their roles in the production: actors, writers, camera operators, etc. For AnimatedShows, this includes character designers and background artists. This is a relatively new phenomenon in cinema; watch any film made before about 1950 and all the credits (a shorter list than we get today) will be at the start, with just a 'The End' and a studio credit after the last scene. Closing credits takes viewers behind-the-scenes of how the movie/TV Show/animated program is made from start to finish. It's basically "The Making Of..." in a few minutes in movies or in TV Shows, both Live-Action and Animated, 30 seconds or, more or less, a short lecture to show filmmaker wannabes how making a production works.

-->-- '''Harry''', ''Film/KissKissBangBang''

-->''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff "You're still here? It's over! Go home! Go!"]]''

[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff "You're still here? It's over! Go home! Go!"]]

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There are a variety of ways to play with closing credits: A CreditsGag is a joke inserted into the otherwise usual credits, and CreativeClosingCredits for cases where the presentation of the credits themselves is its own work of art.

Public television stations (such as Creator/{{PBS}}) that rely on sponsorship from outside organisations are bound by thorough and detailed regulations about how long a given sponsor's name can be shown, which sponsors are specifically thanked (and in which order), how much running time the entire sequence can occupy, and even ''when'' they're thanked in the titles (typically, regulations require that the 'ViewersLikeYou' titlecard is the last to be shown).

These appear at the end of [[OmnipresentTropes practically every program or film]], listing all or most of the personnel and their roles in the production: actors, writers, camera operators, etc. For AnimatedShows, this includes character designers and background artists. This is a relatively new phenomenon in cinema; watch any film made before about 1950 and all the credits (a shorter list than we get today) will be at the start, with just a 'The End' and a studio credit after the last scene. Closing credits takes viewers behind-the-scenes of how the movie/TV Show/animated program is made from start to finish. It's basically "The Making Of..." in a few minutes in movies or in TV Shows both Live-Action and Animated, 30 seconds or less.

These appear at the end of [[OmnipresentTropes practically every program or film]], listing all or most of the personnel and their roles in the production: actors, writers, camera operators, etc. For AnimatedShows, this includes character designers and background artists. This is a relatively new phenomenon in cinema; watch any film made before about 1950 and all the credits (a shorter list than we get today) will be at the start, with just a 'The End' and a studio credit after the last scene. Closing credits takes viewers behind-the-scenes of how the movie/TV Show/animated program is made from start to finish. It's basically "The Making Of..." in a few minutes or in TV Shows both Live-Action and Animated, 30 seconds or less.

These appear at the end of [[OmnipresentTropes practically every program or film]], listing all or most of the personnel and their roles in the production: actors, writers, camera operators, etc. For AnimatedShows, this includes character designers and background artists. This is a relatively new phenomenon in cinema; watch any film made before about 1950 and all the credits (a shorter list than we get today) will be at the start, with just a 'The End' and a studio credit after the last scene. Closing credits takes viewers behind-the-scenes of how the show/TV Show/animated program is made from start to finish. It's basically "The Making Of..." in a few minutes or in TV Shows both Live-Action and Animated, 30 seconds or less.

These appear at the end of [[OmnipresentTropes practically every program or film]], listing all or most of the personnel and their roles in the production: actors, writers, camera operators, etc. For AnimatedShows, this includes character designers and background artists. This is a relatively new phenomenon in cinema; watch any film made before about 1950 and all the credits (a shorter list than we get today) will be at the start, with just a 'The End' and a studio credit after the last scene.

Some actors have a clause written into their contract that they may have their name appear anywhere they wish in the credits; this is said to have saved ''Gilligan's Island''. Bob Denver reportedly heard that half the cast were being [[AndTheRest stuffed into the closing credits]] (rather than the opening titles) and told the producers to either move his co-stars to the opening titles or put ''him'' in the end credits with his co-stars. The studio, fearing that they'd lose Denver's comedic 'star power' and wind up with a dud, hastily complied.

->''That's it. Please stay for the end credits. If you're wondering who the "Best Boy" is, it's someone's nephew.''
-->'''Harry''', ''Film/KissKissBangBang''

Increasingly, UK networks are making demands on what formats credits can be in - Creator/{{ITV}}, at one point, deemed that the same name could not appear twice, leading to interesting credits like "Written and produced and directed by".

Some actors have a clause written into their contract that they may have their name appear anywhere they wish in the credits; this is said to have saved ''Gilligan's Island''. Bob Denver reportedly heard that half the cast were being stuffed into the closing credits (rather than the opening titles) and told the producers to either move his co-stars to the opening titles or put ''him'' in the end credits with his co-stars. The studio, fearing that they'd lose Denver's comedic 'star power' and wind up with a dud, hastily complied.

Actors may be credited alphabetically (to eliminate disputes between actors), by order of appearance, or in the same order as the opening credits. Some actors may contractually choose where their names appear. Directors that were dissatisfied with the film (for any reason) could, at one time, have themselves credited under the fictional name of 'Alan Smithee'; recent reports, however, indicate that this is falling out of fashion, possibly due to a ''real'' Alan Smithee arriving on the scene.

->''That's it. Please stay for the end credits. If you're wondering who the "Best Boy" is, [[{{Nepotism}} it's someone's nephew.]]''

-> '''Fozzie''': Kermit, does anyone actually read this stuff?
-> '''Kermit''': Sure! They all have families.
--> -- ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper''[[note]]This was actually during the ''opening'' credits.[[/note]]

--> -- ''TheGreatMuppetCaper''

Increasingly, UK networks are making demands on what formats credits can be in - {{ITV}}, at one point, deemed that the same name could not appear twice, leading to interesting credits like "Written and produced and directed by".