So there I was, in the office minding my own business when suddenly the head of the department bursts through the door.
"Hey! Do you wanna be on TV?" he asked us all. Nobody had any massive objections so a documentary team rolled on in and set up shop. One guy ran around with a camera, another with a big furry microphone, and a third just kind of stood in the background. I think he was probably there to look menacing. It was very weird just trying to get on with my work and having some 'media types' around jamming cameras into my face and taking pictures of the paper I was writing on. The documentary they were filming is about astrophysics (unsurprisingly), and should air on the BBC at some point in the future. I think the purpose of visiting our office was to film some kind of continuity shots, where they use short clips of scientists hard at work (!) and dub over an interesting monologue from some other (actually important) scientist.
I really hope they use the tape of me poking at a graph with a pen and gesturing wildly at my supervisor, or hell, using any of it would do. When the documentary crew left a nice young girl came in and asked us to sign contracts to allow the footage to be used on TV. Here is mine:
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This thing is just mental! It is much more comprehensive than any other form I have ever signed. Just look at the language, it is really good! I have irrevocably signed away the rights to this footage throughout the entire universe for all time in all media, even if it hasn't been invented yet. I can be used in any sort of advertising and additionally no longer have any 'moral rights'. Luckily I don't know what this really means and so am happy enough to sign my soul away for a chance to be on telly.
late edit: I have just ordered some signed prints of two of the Perry Bible Fellowship comics. I plan on framing them really nicely and keeping them out for the world to see
"Hey! Do you wanna be on TV?" he asked us all. Nobody had any massive objections so a documentary team rolled on in and set up shop. One guy ran around with a camera, another with a big furry microphone, and a third just kind of stood in the background. I think he was probably there to look menacing. It was very weird just trying to get on with my work and having some 'media types' around jamming cameras into my face and taking pictures of the paper I was writing on. The documentary they were filming is about astrophysics (unsurprisingly), and should air on the BBC at some point in the future. I think the purpose of visiting our office was to film some kind of continuity shots, where they use short clips of scientists hard at work (!) and dub over an interesting monologue from some other (actually important) scientist.
I really hope they use the tape of me poking at a graph with a pen and gesturing wildly at my supervisor, or hell, using any of it would do. When the documentary crew left a nice young girl came in and asked us to sign contracts to allow the footage to be used on TV. Here is mine:
clicky for readable version
This thing is just mental! It is much more comprehensive than any other form I have ever signed. Just look at the language, it is really good! I have irrevocably signed away the rights to this footage throughout the entire universe for all time in all media, even if it hasn't been invented yet. I can be used in any sort of advertising and additionally no longer have any 'moral rights'. Luckily I don't know what this really means and so am happy enough to sign my soul away for a chance to be on telly.
late edit: I have just ordered some signed prints of two of the Perry Bible Fellowship comics. I plan on framing them really nicely and keeping them out for the world to see
