End result looked good, but lying for clickbait isn't cool even if you admit it in a blog post way after the fact.
Which is the lie? Can art lie? Spinal Tap is not a documentary...
read the second conclusion in the article, there's a difference
The Netflix Logo with Yarn was a lie
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#12End result looked good, but lying for clickbait isn't cool even if you admit it in a blog post way after the fact.
Fargo opens with "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred."
The disclaimer that this is not, in fact, the case, is in small print in the closing credits.
What's the difference?
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#13It's not a problem to take shortcuts when making something for the screen; in most cases that should be encouraged.
But this project wasn't about making a Netflix logo animation; it was about using a fun, low-tech method for achieving a similar result. The whole point of the project was the method, not the result.
So if he had taken shortcuts when making the original Netflix logo animation, there would be absolutely nothing wrong with that. But claiming that he used a specific, unconventional approach to do this (focusing on how he did it, not what he did), then lying about that for clicks... that's pretty disgraceful in my opinion.
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#14Confession: My sixth-grade solar oven science fair project (that took third place) cooked bacon about as well as a well-positioned hand mirror. I used a microwave for the final bacon pictures.
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#15End result looked good, but lying for clickbait isn't cool even if you admit it in a blog post way after the fact.
Fargo opens with "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred." The disclaimer that this is not, in fact, the case, is in small print in the closing credits. What's the difference?
second conclusion in the article gets into that-
the viewer of this video is expected to Never find out it was a lie. The video is much less charming once you know its digital. I feel cheated.
Audience expectation of a behind the scenes vid: 100% truthful if maybe edited to look more fun
Audience expectation of a movie: less so, tho tbh the Fargo one might be crossing a line
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#16As the mantra went in film school, a zillion years ago, before we had clicks to fake things for: The most creative people do the best job of hiding the source of their creativity. Like it or not, stuff like this has been the norm in the art world since forever.
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#17One thing this blog post is missing is the words "I'm sorry" or "I feel bad about this." I suspect he doesn't feel bad about it at all and revealing the deception is now just for more clicks and attention.
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#18End result looked good, but lying for clickbait isn't cool even if you admit it in a blog post way after the fact.
Fargo opens with "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred." The disclaimer that this is not, in fact, the case, is in small print in the closing credits. What's the difference?
On the other extreme, do you care if a video presenting itself as authentic is fully staged or not? Does it matter if a video you watched was fully AI generated but is claiming not to be?
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#19End result looked good, but lying for clickbait isn't cool even if you admit it in a blog post way after the fact.
My gut tells me lying for clicks “isn’t cool” because I might feel bad if I was one of the clickers. But is it formally unethical?
Lying for profit seems obviously unethical because there’s an exchange of currency for a service. So if I contracted you to make a stop motion thing and you faked it with animation I’d be rightfully pissed.
But lying for entertainment? Haven’t we been doing that for millennia? Pro Wrestling, Hollywood, History, Makeup, Mythology, etc…
If you have given me nothing and I give you a lie, who is harmed? I may have broken your trust, and you may not like it, but that’s just that. Or is attention the new currency?
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#20One thing this blog post is missing is the words "I'm sorry" or "I feel bad about this." I suspect he doesn't feel bad about it at all and revealing the deception is now just for more clicks and attention.
Was anyone hurt? Does anyone care? The original post was fun, and this is even funnier.