i will ask about the free culture lisence, can you give me a link to a
specific example? I assume it only refers to the footage filmed at sudo.
as for feeling bad about it, he will be paying money which sudoroom will
get, and i will also ask for a pallet of lenovo laptops (they don't have
to be brand new or in the box) and whatever other bribes. besides feeling
bad are you objecting in a way that i need to say no? or standing aside?
considering he'll be using "3 to 8 seconds" of footage and giving us
around $400 i think it's a good deal.
and i was going to hack that giant robot anyway.
-jake
On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Marc Juul wrote:
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.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
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
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