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Do any of you knowledgeable, good looking and extremely hilarious people know if I could I get in trouble (from anyone) for making 2 characters wear face masks of celebrities? In a short film?
I'm a filmmaking rookie and can't find a straight answer on google.
You won't get a straight answer because there is not enough information in the question. Will the celebrities be held up to hatred, ridicule or contempt?
You can do what you like. Plenty of shows in my country do exactly that. Keith Lemon wears masks of celebrities. In one example he dresses up as Kim Kardashian and makes out the whole family lives in a trailer. Spitting Image.
If they're in the celebrity life you're free to take the piss out of them as much as you like.
You won't get a straight answer because there is not enough information in the question. Will the celebrities be held up to hatred, ridicule or contempt?
Two men will be wearing the masks. They don't say a word. No one mentions their names. It's just to hide the identity of the guys behind the mask
You can do what you like. Plenty of shows in my country do exactly that. Keith Lemon wears masks of celebrities. In one example he dresses up as Kim Kardashian and makes out the whole family lives in a trailer. Spitting Image.
If they're in the celebrity life you're free to take the piss out of them as much as you like.
if I could I get in trouble (from anyone) for making 2 characters wear face masks of celebrities?
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As there is no intention to depict the actual celebrities, he's good to go. It sounds intriguing, I'd like to read the script. Copy-face-mask celebrities getting hit with bullets sounds good, too.
What's anyone going to do about it? The whole premise of this show is celebrities doing crazy, often very offensive, things. Just before this scene, Obama has his fingers up Sleet's arse.
I concur with anyone saying it's fine. The right of publicity I think is the main one dealing with stopping people from using someone's likeness without permission... but it doesn't apply to expressive works (movies, books, etc.)
It basically only applies if you're using a celebrities likeness for something purely commercial. Like an ad for a product. The only possible issue I could foresee is if you put up a banner advertising the movie using one of the celebrity faces on the banner. I don't know if that would be okay.