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Sure, but why not in other industries? I assume at some point this became an issue that was resolved by having comprehensive credits, what was the problem it was seeking to solve?
Just a guess, but in other industries, permanent contracts are the norm, you join an employer with some long term perspective, spend multiple years there, so on your CV there is less than 10 employers, short gigs would mean something went wrong
In movies/theatre/concert there is a lot of short term contract. You're hired to make sure no one enter a set when filming in a street or to do the electrical installation for a concert. That's 3 days of work and done, even people who stay for the full movie/tour have a job for 6-12 month rather than 6-12 years. Which makes it harder to keep track of all you did.
Sure you have art worker with regular contract, and regular worker who stack short term contract but the standard way of working are differents (which has also impact on unemployment regulations)
Video games do it as well. Painters, photographers. It's mostly just companies that take credit for all their workers work and just write "Vizio" on the front of the product.
I also assume if someone was in the industry and was looking for someone to do make-up in their next film, they can say man the make-up was great in movieA, check who did their makeup and see if they are available
At a bare minimum it's a way for the studios to make workers feel more satisfied without paying them any more money. So why wouldn't they do it?
It pads out the runtime, making theaters take longer to get the next showing in. That is the reason why everyone doesn't get a credit. That said studios still seem to squeeze a few credits on screen that are not required.