View Full Version : Unwanted Person in video
IncMedia
01-15-2005, 02:51 PM
What do I do if someone changed their mind on being in a music video. After it is finished. Is that my problem or the record labels problem?
Barry_Green
01-15-2005, 04:51 PM
If they signed a release, it's their problem.
If they didn't sign a release, it's *all* of your problems.
It's up to an entertainment attorney to sort it out.
Amahp
01-15-2005, 06:32 PM
Can't you just blur or mosaic their face?
kappa22
01-16-2005, 12:32 AM
That'd be interesting... one person in the whole video blurred out...
I'm not up on the legal agreements and all that jazz, so I won't try to sound like I am...
DVX100Shooter
01-17-2005, 08:33 PM
I am sure there is a way to edit the person out without hurting the scene. I guess it would be similiar to how they edit action scenes like in the Matrix, where they remove the cables that are attached to the actors for scenes that have them flying around all over the place. I am not sure what kind of software they use to do that or even how they do it.
BLUESPIDER
01-19-2005, 10:17 PM
you can replace them with Jar Jar binks..
DVX100Shooter
01-22-2005, 12:01 AM
whats that?
DCERVENKA
01-26-2005, 04:40 PM
@DVX100Shooter: Jar Jar from Stars Wars...
http://www.myt-shirts.com/tshirtsweb/images/jarjar-s.jpg
HorseFilms
01-28-2005, 12:07 PM
I had this happen once. We had to digitally remove the person from the video. Thankfully, she wasn't in it that much and didn't move around a lot.
bLueButterfLy
01-29-2005, 08:45 PM
if you can post a frame grab, maybe we can figure out how a way to deal with it.
BLUESPIDER
01-29-2005, 11:06 PM
I had this happen once. We had to digitally remove the person from the video. Thankfully, she wasn't in it that much and didn't move around a lot.
dang, was she ugly or something? :)
DVX100Shooter
01-30-2005, 01:22 PM
How is it done? How do you digitally remove someone or an object from a scene? I hear directors on DVD's say this all the time but they never say how they do it. Do you need special software to do it?
WaveRiderXIX
01-31-2005, 01:20 AM
... let me tell you. It's not easy... and it's not cheap.
Well.. you might be able to find a guy who knows what he's doing.. pay him pretty well, have him find a team under him... then post at some special effects training school looking for a rotoscope intern depending how complex the shot is. You'll be surprised how many students would do stuff like that for "experience".
I would say try to blur the face vagely if possible. put a deep shadow for lighting etc... Otherwise if it's an absolute must they have to be removed... then you're gonna have to roll up the sleeves.
HorseFilms
01-31-2005, 04:27 PM
dang, was she ugly or something? :)
Yes. However that wasn't the issue. It was for a business and the woman in question had been recently fired, so they wanted her out of the video.
Tell your client what it will cost to have that person removed from the video and then see how serious they are about not wanting to see her. *
Bischofftep
02-10-2005, 07:28 AM
As for software that can do this, the heavy hitter here would be Imagineer Systems' "Mokey" package:
http://www.imagineersystems.com
Below that you can find any number of good post-production suites from After Effects, Combustion to dedicated workstations like Flame, Flint, Inferno, etc. (I don't claim to know much about the Discreet product line above Combustion, but Combustion I do know. *grin*).
It isn't easy, but it's do-able. Depending on how much happens in front of the actress and behind the actress that you need to keep you could be in for a struggle.
If you're interested in having someone look at it for purposes of doing the roto work, drop me a line.