Conference 7.286::digital

    When you are hired, you sign a release for use of your picture...
    Check with personnel about it.
    
    /s/ Jim Williams

    The Concern is related to bringing cameras onto DEC property so that
    you can walk into the development labs and take photos of the as yet
    unreleased Vax 99000. The security folks in the facility in question
    should be able to advise...
    
    I have seen film crews at several DEC facilities including here at ZKO
    (where we do have things that we cannot tell you about...)
    
    q
    

    You have to apply for a Camera Pass from Security. If you want to chat
    with someone who has a Camera Pass, contact Judy Temple or Marvin
    MacIntyre (they're in ELF).
    
    Mike

I suggest that you also ask permission of everyone who you film.

Personally, I would prefer not to have my face shown on a screen
in the bowels of the DOD regardless of context.

:?

-anon-

    Also check with Corporate Public Relations.
    
    They have the ultimate say on what is filmed where. 
    
    A few years, CNN news wanted to come to our little sales office and
    film DEC employees hard at work, and PR said no way.
    
    -Suzette

    re .4
    
    I think most people in the DOD would prefer not to look at you, too....
    
    :-)
    
    q
    

Digital has an internal filming group.  They should be able to help you
with filming and getting answers to your questions.

This past year a group I belong to created a video to show with a guest speaker.
The video was filmed both here in HLO (Hudson) and MLO (Mill).  The group I'm
affiliated with worked through the HLO Media support organization they arranged
everything for us concerning the DEC filming group.

The quality might not be Hollywood but its 100% better than what I can do with
my camcorder.

Janet

>Digital has an internal filming group.

Wasn't this part of Media Services, and now disbanded?

    Would like whoever is dealing with this DoD movie to contact me off
    line (FASDER::AHERB) so I can determine if my DoD might benefit from
    the effort.
    
    Thanks...

    I'm not sure exactly what I personally am committed to through signing
    my employees agreement. But I can tell you if I was ever used in a film
    that was used to further the aims of the DOD I'd be mighty unhappy, I'd
    do all I legally could do to ensure that I wasn't in the film. The
    above is because of my political views. I would be very upset if I had
    to choose between my political views and my job. I sincerely hope that
    even if you are not obligated to that you ask and obtain the permission of
    each and every person who appears in your film.
    
    Dave

    Selling *to* DoD & *selling* DoD are two different things. Selling to
    DoD is big business. I don't want to start a soapbox but the "D" stands
    for Defense.

re          <<< Note 1559.9 by FASDER::AHERB "Al is the *first* name" >>>
    
    line (FASDER::AHERB) so I can determine if my DoD might benefit from
                                                ^
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                There is more than one. Heaven help us..... :-)
    
    q
    

    Re .-1
    
    It is not my views, or the reasons for them, that are the important issue
    here. But I know I would not give my permission for me to appear in
    this film. I applaud you in having the open mindedness to give each and
    every person who you want to be in this film the choice to refuse and for
    you to respect their views.
    
    Dave

    In my opinion, one has to be very careful in posing for such films.
    About 4 years ago I used to work in another corporation . During the
    lunch break, some of our group members gathered around the table and
    were talking about politics etc.. Suddenly a film crew appeared on the
    scene. The PR person who was accompanying the crew asked us to continue
    talking and he wanted some footage of employees. He also said don't
    worry about what you are talking..He just wanted some footage withno
    sound. We  continued talking about everything such as weekend plans, 
    elections etc.. To our shock, few months later, a video was circulated 
    internally in the entire corporation and the whole conversation was shown 
    in its entirety and used as an example as to "What one should not do 
    during the working hours.It took us a while to remove the footage from 
    the video.
     
    Moral of the story : Once the footage is filmed, typically the producer
    can tell any story around it ( good or bad ) and typically by the time
    the error is corrected, several copies are already distributed...
    
    For example, let us say , a local TV station wants to produce a show
    about computers and takes some footage from DEC. We may get some
    positive PR out of this.. But after few months, let us say, there is a 
    major computer error some where else, like a space shuttle or defence
    project or in a bank and it is possible, the TV station will dig up some 
    old footage on computers and use it as part of the story. It could always 
    be possible that the error was made using a IBM computer, but the TV 
    station shows some old footage on VAX.

    .2>ZKO (where we do have things that we cannot tell you about...)
    
	Like what?   :^)    

    .15 is a winner.  If Corp. Relations were active in the conference,
    this is what they'd say:
    
    Regardless of what they say, the footage would become "stock footage",
    and whenever they needed footage to show a computer virus, computer
    screw up, etc., this is the footage they'd use.
    
    Thanks, but no thanks.

    re .16
    
    I'm sure he would tell you about the advances in [CENSOR ON] ***** **
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    But of course, these *are* the major strategies of the next few years. 
    Cheers,
    
    --- Gavin :-]