#justin bateman

[gael-garcia]

SAG-AFTRA deal on AI is looking terrible, actually 😬

#SAG Actors, I want to make you aware of some of the language in the #AI portion of the tentative SAG agreement.

Though SAG leadership made much effort to protect members in AI, there are many issues you should look at. I have saved the most serious issue for the end. 1/

If a “digital double” is made of you during a film, they must get your consent and inform you of their intentions for its use, EXCEPT "when the photography or sound track remains substantially as scripted, performed and/or recorded.”2/

This is going to be left up to the studios/streamers’ interpretation. And so, any subtlety regarding how you chose to look or move for the character during the shoot could potentially be changed. Your hair, your clothes, your make-up, etc. 3/

Also, your physical placement in a scene can be changed, like your nearness or distance from another character, or even moving you from the front seat of a car "to the back seat of the car." This suggests not much agency on your part to control your character or performance. 4/

Under “(Digital Double) Use Other Than in the Motion Picture for Which the Performer Was Employed,” it says that "No additional compensation shall be required for use of an Employment-Based Digital Replica that was created in connection with employment of a performer who was… 5/

… employed under Schedule F.” It appears that if you were paid Schedule F for the first film, you don’t get paid for the sequels, where they’re just using your digital double instead of you. I suggest members get sharp clarity on this. 6/

If a “digital double” was made of you in a separate manner (on another film or privately made by you), it's referred to as an “independently created digital replica” (ICDR). There is no minimum compensation listed for studios/streamers to use an ICDR of you in… 7/

… any film they want; only consent. You will apparently need to negotiate any compensation on your own. 8/

Neither consent nor compensation is necessary to use your “digital double” if the project is "comment, criticism, scholarship, satire or parody, a docudrama, or historical or biographical work.” So, you could find yourself in a project you never consented to… 9/

…doing things you never were informed of, for no compensation at all. This is the “First Amendment” argument the #GAI tech companies are fond of trotting out. 10/

Another consent exemption is granted to "adjusting lip and/or other facial or body movement and/or the voice of the performer to a foreign language, or for purposes of changes to dialogue or photography necessary for license or sale to a particular market. 11/

The substitution of swear words is not new, but that your “body movements” would be changed suggests you’ll be used like a type of rag doll in post-production. 12/

There are still a few concerns with the Background Performers’ details, but there’s one that stands out as especially sad. "If the Producer uses a background actor’s Background Actor Digital Replica in the role of a principal performer, the background actor shall be paid… 13/

…the minimum rate for a performer… had (they) performed those scene(s) in person.” So, if an extra is “bumped up” to a principal cast member, they never get to experience that position on a set. But you get a check after the fact. 14/

And the most serious issue of them all is the inclusion in the agreement of “Synthetic Performers,” or “AI Objects,” resembling humans. This gives the studios/streamers a green-light to use human-looking AI Objects instead of hiring a human actor. 15/

It’s one thing to use GAI to make a King Kong or a flying serpent (though this displaces many VFX/CGI artists), it is another thing to have an AI Object play a human character instead of a real actor. To me, this inclusion is an anathema to a union contract at all. 16/

This is akin to SAG giving a thumbs-up for studios/streamers using non-union actors. This would be like the @Teamsters putting in their contract that it’s A-OK for the employer to utilize self-driving trucks instead of them. 17/

@Teamsters I find it baffling that a union representing human actors would give approval of those same actors being replaced by an AI Object. And don’t forget, those AI Objects are a mash-up of all actors' past performances, adding insult to injury. 18/

@Teamsters Bottomline, we are in for a very unpleasant era for actors and crew. The use of “digital doubles” alone will reduce the number of available jobs, because bigger name actors will have the opportunity to double or triple-book themselves on multiple projects at once. 19/

@Teamsters The use of these “digital doubles” will most likely preclude the need of a set or the use of many @IATSE crew and @Teamster drivers. 20/

@Teamsters @IATSE @Teamster Audition odds will change. Winning an audition could become very difficult, because you will not just be competing with the available actors who are your type, but you will now compete with every actor, dead or alive, who has made their “digital double” available for rent … 21/

@Teamsters @IATSE @Teamster … in a range of ages to suit the character. You also will be in competition with an infinite number of AI Objects that the studios/streamers can freely use. And a whole cast of AI Objects instead of human actors eliminates the need for a set or any crew at all. 22/

@Teamsters @IATSE @Teamster You are a complex & remarkable human. Don’t let the CEOs convince you otherwise. Seek out filmmakers & showrunners who value your basic worth & committed to human workers on their projects. These are the ones who will make work that matters. We’re going to be OK. Just hold on. /

#sag aftra #sag aftra strike #ai #sag aftra deal #sag aftra contract #text #post #justin bateman #wtf yall. board too eager to say yes i was wondering why their vote was 86% #who voted against

[ilikeit-art]

#mosaic art #land art #creative #justin bateman #pepplepicassos

[fidjiefidjie]

" Isabella " 2024

Land-Art 🪨👌de ©Justin Bateman

(🎵 Suite pour violoncelle No 1 en G major)

👋 Bel après-midi

#art #justin bateman #land art #isabella #cailloux #galets #artwork #portrait #art et talent #violoncello #bach #bel après-midi #fidjie fidjie

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Pebble art ou l'Art de galets

Œuvre de l’artiste britannique Justin Bateman entièrement réalisée avec des galets. Un visage en mosaïque éphémère destiné à s’effacer dès que la mer reprendra ses droits… 1 octobre 2022

#pebble art #galets #plage #justin bateman

[prettyfamous]

Will Arnett, Justin Bateman, Sean Hayes & Justin Theroux | Vanity Fair Oscars Party | Mark Seliger | March 2024

#will arnett #justin bateman #sean hayes #justin theroux #mark seliger

[speakfeed]

Justin Bateman

#justin bateman #mosaic #nature

[imitacionalarte]

Las piedras son sus pixeles |

Pebbles are his pixels

#imitación al arte #life imitates art #portraits #justin bateman #pebble #piedras

[venicepearl]

Artwork by Justin Bateman

#Justin Bateman #mosaic #art #arte #photo #photography

[isaluciole]

Justin Bateman , Pebble painter

Refugee No 2 Beach Study 2021, was created in Thailand to raise awareness on violence in Myanmar.

Justin Bateman’s art is ephemeral, much like the colourful sand mandalas painstakingly crafted by Tibetan Buddhist monks and ritually dismantled once completed.

His stone mosaics, which he creates out of pebbles he finds only exist for the time of their creation before they are destroyed by being scattered back at their original location or eroded by the weather.

He records his land artworks only by taking photos with his smartphone, which he then shares on social media. He prefers presenting his work on Instagram rather than in a brick-and-mortar gallery as the pebbles act like pixels.

#Justin Bateman #pebble painter #buddhism #ephemeral #art

[2t2r]

Des mosaïques de célèbres peintures en galets colorés par Justin Bateman

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/des-mosaiques-de-celebres-peintures-en-galets-colores-par-justin-bateman/

Des mosaïques de célèbres peintures en galets colorés par Justin Bateman

#arrangement #caillou #composition #ephemere #galet #Justin Bateman #land art #mosaïque #peinture #pierre #plage #reproduction #art

[thefirsthogokage]

Once again, I hope SAG strikes too

We could lose acting, filmmaking, television as we know it.

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UPDATE: THEY MIGHT!

Update: They've voted to authorize a strike!

(I debated adding this to the original post or not, since it's mostly being reblogged by people reblogging from someone that isn't me. But @animeengineer was kind enough to grab the link below, so I'm putting it in the original post)

I saw a tweet somewhere that said (and I'm so sorry I don't have the link to it or remember who wrote it):

I think 47+% of SAG members voted, and nearly 98% of the ones who voted, voted yes.

In comparison, I think the last time they voted in favor of a contract, around 25% of SAG members responded, and of those that did, about 75% voted yes.

Another Update: They're doing it! SAG-AFTRA is joining the WGA on the picket lines, and not just in solidarity!

This isn't the Official from SAG-AFTRA, but they are voting this morning and if they don't strike, that goes against what all the members and the board and such have authorized.

[Image ID: A tweet from Discussing Film (@discussingfilm) from July 13th, 2023 that reads:

SAG-AFTRA is officially going on strike.

This is the first time both the actors & writers are on strike in over 60 years. /End ID]

Game on, AMPTP. Game. On.

#justine bateman #jen tidwell #sag #sag aftra #wga #wga strong #wga strike #actors #acting

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Land Artist Justin Piers Bateman

#justin bateman #art #stone

[tuttle-did-it]

Justine Bateman on the Actor's Strike and AI

Completely relevant to all of Justine's points, Tom Hanks has issued warning about an AI version of him promoting a dental plan without his consent. His image is being used against his consent. This is unacceptable.

James Dean's image is being used in a new film, which I find horrific

Disney is using Robin William's voice through AI for a new film, which his daughter Zelda has explicitly asked them not to.

This is absolutely grotesque and must be stopped.

Articles linked above.

#justine bateman #Actor's strike #sag aftra #sag strike #actor's guild #ai image #ai #image used without consent #robin williams #tom hanks #zelda williams #james dean

[blueribbonbaby]

This is scary 😧

#this is scary #sag aftra #sag strike #a.i. #sag aftra strong #justine bateman #actors strike #fran drescher #actors #sag union #sag deal #wga strike #writers strike

[80sheaven]

80s Sitcom Family Ties - Justine Bateman (Mallory Keaton) and Michael J. Fox (Alex P. Keaton).

#family ties #michael j fox #justine bateman #80s sitcom #80s celebrities #80s tv shows

[aquitainequeen]

Justine Bateman discussing SAG AFTRA's preparations to combat AI upon returning to negotiations with the AMPTP.

#sag aftra strike #sag aftra strong #ai MUST be regulated #justine bateman #support the actors #they deserve as good a deal as the writers!!!