A lot of time when watching a movie, you’ll see a series of credits like this at the start:
FilmCo and MovieGold presents: A FilmCo and MovieGold Studios production: <interlude with names of starring actors> A MovieGold Film: MovieTitle!
What does all that mean? Is it just advertising to hammer home the names of production studios in the audiences mind, or is there an actual distinction between the meaning of “presents”, “production”, etc.?
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It’s mostly a vanity thing as well as a money thing.
They’re usually the production companies of the producer(s) and director(s); the director(s) will often have a producer credit as well — allowing them to score another slice of that sweet gross.
So if “A and B present a B film,” “B” is the director’s production company, but (s)he’s also listed as one of the producers, while “A” would be the executive producer’s production company.
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