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There& #39;s a persistent problem that I& #39;ve been encountering throughout the homestretch of editing for VH, and I guess I& #39;m ranting about it now: the idea of information ownership/hoarding.
About 50% of my issues in making this next episode happen are largely because of this.
About 50% of my issues in making this next episode happen are largely because of this.
Here& #39;s an example: I& #39;m running a Google image search for Shogun Warriors print ads/catalog pages. I find this page with a really awesome spread that I could use for the video, but then I spot the website logo slapped onto it. And this is the only place I can find this image...
Mind you, this is a mild case, and I could easily Photoshop it out. But then there& #39;s extreme cases like these rare French ads/catalog pages that also have URLs slapped onto them. I used one for the banner of the upcoming episode and regrettably had to do some cropping.
Again, these are the only instances of these pages online, and my only other option is to spend ridiculous amounts of money on tracking down the print catalog for clean/hi-res versions.
Also props to the only other source for one of the pages offering no info whatsoever.
Also props to the only other source for one of the pages offering no info whatsoever.
It gets worse when you get into video. The big problem with retro commercials is when you have people try to rip from other people to make monetized collections. I get it, you did the transfer work, and there are some channels which I respect in that regard...
It& #39;s one thing if it& #39;s a small inoffensive logo. It& #39;s another thing when one of the only instances of a commercial has a big horrible emblem obscuring part of the screen. My least favorite instance was a site saying they were selling said commercials on a DVD as justification.
Also frustrating was that said website also claimed they remastered their transfers.
On the left is what it originally looked like. On the right is me literally just altering RGB levels in 2-3 moves.
I cannot express in words how angry I was at this realization.
On the left is what it originally looked like. On the right is me literally just altering RGB levels in 2-3 moves.
I cannot express in words how angry I was at this realization.
And then after spending hours looking up various pieces of footage, I learned of collectors with holy grails they refuse to share for archiving...yet they brag about them all the same.
THAT is the cherry on top of this problematic sundae.
THAT is the cherry on top of this problematic sundae.
Here& #39;s the takeaway from this rant:
My work on this episode could have been 10x easier if fans gave up this idea of branding and/or withholding information for online nerd cred. It hurts archiving efforts and turns research into a Gordian knot.
My work on this episode could have been 10x easier if fans gave up this idea of branding and/or withholding information for online nerd cred. It hurts archiving efforts and turns research into a Gordian knot.
A really good example of how this hurts is the features of the ZAMBOT 3 BD set where they featured old toy commercial.
The problem is that the CMs are literally fan bootlegs that look like this. And I& #39;m pretty sure someone out there is holding out on us w/ better quality.
The problem is that the CMs are literally fan bootlegs that look like this. And I& #39;m pretty sure someone out there is holding out on us w/ better quality.
