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That's true, but it's so easy to grab actual code with a permissive license that I don't think either this or the "we have time time constraints" explanation gi

by Jun8 13y ago

That's true, but it's so easy to grab actual code with a permissive license that I don't think either this or the "we have time time constraints" explanation given in the OP can explain this.

krapp 13y ago
That still assumes there is someone in the decision making chain who cares that much about it. It's important to you, and it would be annoying to me to see something like HTML being passed off as an encrypted intercept or alien transmission or something. But realistically it's almost always a brief sequence with "stuff" on a screen, and it's probably part of a scene which can (as the article mentions) be changed or canceled at a moment's notice, and you're meant to be looking at the actor(s) anyway. If it's being handled by an effects team, they're probably prioritizing other things which get more screen time. I think this is a key line: >The stuff that ends up looking the most legitimate, he says, is the stuff that needs to be the most legitimate. except I would translate this as "the things which aren't meant to be noticed don't have to make sense."
- the_watcher 13y ago
  > That still assumes there is someone in the decision making chain who cares that much about it. Could be a good thing if you can get enough attention that someone in the decision making chain even has to think about it. You'll become the go-to source for an industry with low standards and no incentive to try out your competitors so long as your rates remain reasonable. The guy who started this Tumblr is actually pretty well-positioned to offer a little white-label service to generate this stuff. Or, they just walk over to the desk of the nearest friendly developer and ask him to do it in 10 seconds.
  - krapp 13y ago
    I think the best clients to focus on would be the visual effects artists themselves. It might be better done as a software package or library rather than a service.

by Jun8 13y ago

That's true, but it's so easy to grab actual code with a permissive license that I don't think either this or the "we have time time constraints" explanation given in the OP can explain this.

krapp 13y ago

That still assumes there is someone in the decision making chain who cares that much about it. It's important to you, and it would be annoying to me to see something like HTML being passed off as an encrypted intercept or alien transmission or something. But realistically it's almost always a brief sequence with "stuff" on a screen, and it's probably part of a scene which can (as the article mentions) be changed or canceled at a moment's notice, and you're meant to be looking at the actor(s) anyway. If it's being handled by an effects team, they're probably prioritizing other things which get more screen time. I think this is a key line: >The stuff that ends up looking the most legitimate, he says, is the stuff that needs to be the most legitimate. except I would translate this as "the things which aren't meant to be noticed don't have to make sense."

the_watcher 13y ago
> That still assumes there is someone in the decision making chain who cares that much about it. Could be a good thing if you can get enough attention that someone in the decision making chain even has to think about it. You'll become the go-to source for an industry with low standards and no incentive to try out your competitors so long as your rates remain reasonable. The guy who started this Tumblr is actually pretty well-positioned to offer a little white-label service to generate this stuff. Or, they just walk over to the desk of the nearest friendly developer and ask him to do it in 10 seconds.
- krapp 13y ago
  I think the best clients to focus on would be the visual effects artists themselves. It might be better done as a software package or library rather than a service.