Re: [sudo-discuss] filming a lenovo commercial at sudoroom

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. he will bring a release which will need to be signed by John (the owner) 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) does anyone know what Johns' schedule is, or if I can get his phone number so I can coordinate with him about the release? 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. thanks, -jake PS i know, it would be nice if Lenovo would just give us a pile of laptops, i will ask believe me. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:03:14 -0700 From: John Tomma Subject: filming roboticist Hi Jake, 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. 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. 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 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 Malaysia....). 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 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. 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 perhaps you work with someone younger who would enjoy being a part of it. If someone looks early 30s that probably would be OK. 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. 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 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 location release. 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 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 plans. It should be a pretty cool spot - I've got filmmakers in Malaysia, Bulgaria, Canada, and LA all working on it. 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. Looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks! John -- Extraneous Noise http://www.exnoise.com -- Extraneous Noise http://www.exnoise.com ------------------------------ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss