<div dir="ltr">I feel bad about using sudo for a commercial for a large corporation. Even if that wasn't a problem, everything they release that was filmed in sudo room will also have to be released under a free culture license according to sudo room rules.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Jake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
this guy wants to film me for 7 seconds for a commercial for a lenovo tablet. He will pay like $400 or so, which i will donate to sudoroom.<br>
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he will bring a release which will need to be signed by John (the owner)<br>
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i told him to send me the release so i can show it to John, so we know ASAP whether that will be an issue (of course it shouldn't be)<br>
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does anyone know what Johns' schedule is, or if I can get his phone number so I can coordinate with him about the release?<br>
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i figure it's a sign that this guy wants to film me hacking robot, and i was planning on hacking robot anyway, and i'm about to get it to work.<br>
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thanks,<br>
-jake<br>
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PS i know, it would be nice if Lenovo would just give us a pile of laptops, i will ask believe me.<br>
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-jake<br>
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Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:03:14 -0700<br>
From: John Tomma<br>
Subject: filming roboticist<br>
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Hi Jake,<br>
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Paul Freeman gave me your name... he knows me by my nickname "Frisbay" - we went to college together and I recently moved out to the bay area.<br>
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Anyway, I'm a video producer and I'm working on a Lenovo web commercial in which we're hoping to feature a DIY type roboticist.<br>
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Lenovo is releasing a new tablet that has what they're calling an "infinity" screen. The commercial is basically an exploration of what infinity means. We'll be having people<br>
in different situations saying a short line about infinity (a guy parachuting out of a plane, a woman doing yoga on a surfboard, someone traveling across a suspension bridge in<br>
Malaysia....).<br>
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Filming would take about an hour or so. It would be a tiny crew, just me and 1 assistant - we'd work with existing light. In the final commercial the robot section would take<br>
up about 3-8 seconds, so it's not a lot of footage I need. Basically a shot of some work being done with electronics or hardware on a robot, and the "infinity" line.<br>
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In principle, the brand is looking for someone around 22-30 and my understanding is you're around Paul and my age. Perhaps you've got youthful looks and it would work :-) or<br>
perhaps you work with someone younger who would enjoy being a part of it. If someone looks early 30s that probably would be OK.<br>
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Since it's a web commercial, budget is tiny, but I have around $400 budgeted to pay whomever we feature and rent the location if necessary.<br>
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One potential challenge is that for legal reasons, I would need a location release signed by the owner of the building, not the lessee. If you're the owner of the location<br>
where you work, that won't be a challenge, but if not, we'd need to work that out beforehand. One workaround is to film the bits we need outside where we won't need a building<br>
location release.<br>
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The biggest challenge is the timeline. Web commercials often have crazy turnaround times. I got hired 2 days ago, and I have to submit the edited video by Thursday, so I would<br>
need to do the filming sometime tomorrow. Or if there is no other option, Tuesday late morning. I could also potentially film later today, although I'm sure you already have<br>
plans.<br>
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It should be a pretty cool spot - I've got filmmakers in Malaysia, Bulgaria, Canada, and LA all working on it.<br>
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Please let me know if you're interested. Obviously it's incredibly short notice and a small budget, so I totally understand if it isn't practical.<br>
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Looking forward to hearing from you!<br>
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Thanks!<br>
John<br>
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