<html><head></head><body>I think you've got youthful looks ;-)<br>
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Pile of laptops would be pretty nice - I'm sure they have a pallet of x220 machines somewhere they're just dying to get rid of...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On August 24, 2014 6:33:17 PM PDT, Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">this guy wants to film me for 7 seconds for a commercial for a lenovo <br />tablet. He will pay like $400 or so, which i will donate to sudoroom.<br /><br />he will bring a release which will need to be signed by John (the owner)<br /><br />i told him to send me the release so i can show it to John, so we know <br />ASAP whether that will be an issue (of course it shouldn't be)<br /><br />does anyone know what Johns' schedule is, or if I can get his phone number <br />so I can coordinate with him about the release?<br /><br />i figure it's a sign that this guy wants to film me hacking robot, and i <br />was planning on hacking robot anyway, and i'm about to get it to work.<br /><br />thanks,<br />-jake<br /><br />PS i know, it would be nice if Lenovo would just give us a pile of <br />laptops, i will ask believe me.<br /><br />-jake<br /><br />---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:03:14 -0700<br />From: John Tomma<br />Subject:
filming roboticist<br /><br /><br />Hi Jake,<br /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />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 /><br />It should be a pretty cool spot - I've got filmmakers in Malaysia, Bulgaria, Canada, and LA all working on it.<br /><br />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 /><br />Looking forward to hearing from you!<br /><br />Thanks!<br />John<br /><br /><br />--<br />Extraneous Noise<br /><a href="http://www.exnoise.com">http://www.exnoise.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br />--<br />Extraneous Noise<br /><a href="http://www.exnoise.com">http://www.exnoise.com</a><br /></pre><p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;
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