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Peter C. said:
Common sense would tell me it's one thing to film on a public street with people are walking by and quite another to film an interview of someone then use it for commercial purposes like stock footage without their written approval. Even if you don't get caught or sued or it's "legal" it's in my opinion morally dubious.
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Sure here we have a blur between me shooting stock and also getting pulled into daily news.

But have a look at this clip.. ill try the link

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail...17?adppopup=tr


Its on getty, its available as stock.. noted as '
info:
Not released. More information.. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/unreleased-imagery


Did they sign a form.. im sure not
Is this morraly dubious? I dunno.. the person wants to get thier voice/pov heard
Is the legal - I guess
Will the shooter get .. sued .. I doubt it

Now if this becomes part of an Exxon or Microsoft advert.. could they be sued?.. probalby

If she is on the news as described as 'a member of the loony fringe' or even 'an eco terrorist' or just 'a terrorist' could the news broacaster be sued*? probably.
What about if the broadcaster says she is from an organisation Donald Trump described as 'terrorists'.. now we are above my paygrade!

As I noted Im going for osmo bodycam so I will record me clearly saying 'can we chat on camera the image may appear on xxx website' It is not my intention to steal clips.

Did Harvey Oswald sign a release? Is his image on Getty?




*here we see why the writer and producer have to study more law.. because it is the publication and the description that cause the trouble. Its hard to take an illgal photo as minly photos represent 'truth' unless manipulated.
 
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Peter C. said:
Common sense would tell me it's one thing to film on a public street with people are walking by and quite another to film an interview of someone then use it for commercial purposes like stock footage without their written approval. Even if you don't get caught or sued or it's "legal" it's in my opinion morally dubious.
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I have had to sign releases when interviewed, though not for a news broadcast. You normally need something for documentaries.
 
JAMedia said:
I have had to sign releases when interviewed, though not for a news broadcast. You normally need something for documentaries.
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I doubt you had to do anything :)

It is worth checking out. But I think that..

-producers try and cover themselves.. why not it makes sense.
-producers didnt study at NCTJ so dont actually know what they actually need.

Now if you are making a 'commercial doc' like at the NEC for the Caravan Show and are voxing people on the floor, is your film 'commercial' -the client might be VW campers, of the NEC yourtube channer. I would imagine getting quite grey and a release would be advised.
 
So, I happened on this scene. With the cheap RFM on camera and me being 1.8m back from the subject and a consistent sheet of rain the audio should be not usable.

As per CP advice above I tried the AI isolater in Resolve.. Ive not played with it and cleary some 'wildtrack' is needed underneath.

I feel with more attention to sound and this tech there is some hope!

 
Pretty wild, right? It can be helpful to dial it back from 100% to say 80% reduction to keep some ambient in there. Or, lay in a sound effect track. Last time I did this was on this program that had a fair amount of ambient sound, hiss etc. I cleaned up the audio with the AI tool, then add a little tight reverb to suggest room size and looped an ambient room tone I found on Youtube throughout the program.

https://vimeo.com/905756109
 
For sure, dial back add some ambient. This was just seeing 'what it can do' - and Im impressed by 'what it can do'

In this situation I was just looking for a bit of scene.. but when he chatted I thought .. i might as well get it even though im not set for sound. This 'saves the day'

Also doc - content is king.. timbre is not.

Actually I guess even rain is not too hard to blitz, someone bashing thier pots and pans would be different so good sound gathering is still important.

thanks for the tip - dvxuser!

S
 
I was quite impressed by that to be honest - perfectly usable and the artefacts would vanish if even a little ambient sound was mixed back in. Just a few years back this would have been impossible.
 
morgan_moore said:
Actually I guess even rain is not too hard to blitz, someone bashing thier pots and pans would be different so good sound gathering is still important.
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You'd be surprised...it's really astonishing how it can parse out even loud sounds like that. I also find it amazing that on "voice isolation" mode on the iPhone I can be banging away emptying the dishwasher and talking to someone and they can't hear a thing. When it first came in as a feature I stood next to my coffee grinder and switched in and out of that mode and the person listening refused to believe that I wasn't just turning the thing on and off. Completely erased. And that's live sound.
 
CharlesPapert said:
Pretty wild, right? It can be helpful to dial it back from 100% to say 80% reduction to keep some ambient in there.[/url]
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Absolutely!!! Many years ago I did some filming and had audio from some very close mics. The whole thing sounded dead and sterile. You need to have some ambient. Especially these days when people are claiming "everything is VR/AI
 
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