From: "Greg Balint" Received: from mail-qc0-f175.google.com ([209.85.216.175] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5523045 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:22:42 +0200 Received: by mail-qc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id i8so7805347qcq.34 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:22:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=cNsgkEQRG88ZPwlBGzveqe8c6o3SfI4fRPx8N2SIdeE=; b=jD7ln+HBAZGd+N2ys7ItZUEoNkYjrwfDgbkXvccY3X0ulZFIsCRk4grxn/Y89790r0 AU0R0W0s4+9MQ0ExW29Jdl2eUu+ED8pL1z2tVhVQYlu2ekq4AO4Ms8ob1c33+kJZCoMB w7bfYZeBUCPQnwxtJqBYqey8evYHmLtVXeIRUoVjZX7VoZQRfysZmDpvelqAQyld3fi+ hKVCBDqXU4xE7tqMcbtdJ8IdDJ2sySFCly8jnDj4nLPB7jTcaQINapv+mb3crzsgLj68 0xMcWJQbezGlRbkCdRDJRNwa8qL38NM3u9/27nVqaw5/+lqKpeiqzhEZNelVLSWaB05K A/4A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.26.69 with SMTP id 63mr23257162qgu.1.1404998561409; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.47.193 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.47.193 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 06:22:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:22:41 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Redecorating an Office To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c12dee29b3df04fdd6b8c5 --001a11c12dee29b3df04fdd6b8c5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I had something very similar happen on a movie VFX project. The images on the walls and a few other things on tables and stuff weren't approved. For wall art, just go find something random on morguefile.com or flickr under creative commons on the advanced search. Look up "still life" and then run a few PS filters on em to make them look like wall art. Other stuff you could just remove or add new items overlaying. Remove windows or columns by cloning other pieces of walls over them and stuff. They can't prove it's a location if the windows aren't even there in the architecture. Maybe even roto out shots and replace with CC licensed shots of a different office blurred out to simulate rack focus? Ultimately, this should probably be on the clients side of changes to make. If they shot on the wrong location, they should have idea of what needs to be changed to make it right for them. Ask if picture changes and curtain color changes are enough. Sounds like it wouldn't be though. ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ On Jul 10, 2014 8:58 AM, "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" wrote: > Hello all, > > I have an interesting few shots for this movie that I've been doing VFX > on. They used an office for a shot and afterward realized that they never > received the approval for the location. So now, they are asking me to > basically change it up to make it look different. Now, the shots contain > multiple angles to deal with and I am thinking of things like changing out > the existing pictures on the walls and maybe some curtain color changes, > etc. I have a couple questions that maybe some experienced folks here > might be able to help me with: > > 1. What really constitutes enough change on a location to call it "legal" > I guess? > > 2. In one picture, I just used a Van Gogh (Starry Night) as a > replacement. I chose that because of the age and figured that is public > domain. Any knowledge on that? > > 3. Any advice from the group here on how to proceed? > > Appreciate all. > > Eric > > > -- > *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* > *Hidden in the Woods | VFX* > *The Night Visitor | VFX* > *443.206.1347 <443.206.1347>* > > *www.kirkproductions.com > kirkproductions@gmail.com > * > *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/ > * > > --001a11c12dee29b3df04fdd6b8c5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I had something very similar happen on a movie VFX project. = The images on the walls and a few other things on tables and stuff weren= 9;t approved.

For wall art, just go find something random on morguefile.com or flickr under creative commons on= the advanced search. Look up "still life" and then run a few PS = filters on em to make them look like wall art.

Other stuff you could just remove or add new items overlayin= g.

Remove windows or columns by cloning other pieces of walls o= ver them and stuff. They can't prove it's a location if the windows= aren't even there in the architecture.

Maybe even roto out shots and replace with CC licensed shots= of a different office blurred out to simulate rack focus?

Ultimately, this should probably be on the clients side of c= hanges to make. If they shot on the wrong location, they should have idea o= f what needs to be changed to make it right for them.=C2=A0 Ask if picture = changes and curtain color changes are enough. Sounds like it wouldn't b= e though.

///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
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On Jul 10, 2014 8:58 AM, "Mr. Eric D. Kirk&= quot; <AE-List@media-motion.t= v> wrote:
Hello all,
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I have an inter= esting few shots for this movie=C2=A0that I've been doing VFX on.=C2=A0= They used an office for a shot and afterward realized that they never rece= ived the approval for the location.=C2=A0 So now, they are asking me to bas= ically change it up to make it look different.=C2=A0 Now, the shots contain= multiple angles to deal with and I am thinking of things like changing out= the existing pictures on the walls and maybe some curtain color changes, e= tc.=C2=A0 I have a couple questions that maybe some experienced folks here = might be able to help me with:
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1.=C2=A0 What really constitutes enough change on a l= ocation to call it "legal" I guess?
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2.= =C2=A0 In one picture, I just used a Van Gogh (Starry Night) as a replaceme= nt.=C2=A0 I chose that because of the age and figured that is public domain= .=C2=A0 Any knowledge on that?
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3.=C2=A0 Any advice from the group here on how to pro= ceed?
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Appreciate all.
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Eric


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