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BSaunders
Posted: August 9th, 2016, 10:03pm Report to Moderator
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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.

Cheers

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NW3
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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?
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DustinBowcot
Posted: August 10th, 2016, 1:19am Report to Moderator
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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.
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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
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BSaunders
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Quoted from DustinBowcot
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.

Thaaaaat's the answer I'm looking for.

It's a go. Cheers mate
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DustinBowcot
Posted: August 10th, 2016, 1:31am Report to Moderator
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Here's the man in action... the best of Bo Selecta. Some of you may not recognise the famous face on show as this is British.



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Quoted from BSaunders

They don't say a word. No one mentions their names. It's just to hide the identity of the guys behind the mask


That's the missing information. Good to go.
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But there's a difference imo. Dustin's example looks like satire here. Satire can always go further.

If someone with a real celebrity copy-face-mask gets a bullet or something you damn sure could get in troubles imo



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Quoted from PrussianMosby


If someone with a real celebrity copy-face-mask gets a bullet or something you damn sure could get in troubles imo


What for?
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NW3
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For the wider debate, this thread could run to many pages of opinion with no straight answer as in the OP. BSaunders wanted to know:


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if I could I get in trouble (from anyone) for making 2 characters wear face masks of celebrities?

Cheers

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.

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Quoted from DustinBowcot

What for?


Haha. Yes...



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DustinBowcot
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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.
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Splitting Image, DC Follies, Celebrity Death Match are all TV shows that created entire characters (puppets) that look like celebrities.


My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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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.  


That rug really tied the room together.
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DustinBowcot
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I don't think anyone ever expects a lookalike to be taken seriously. You can't use a celebrity's exact face, but you can use a lookalike just fine.
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