[ARCHIVED] SCP-087 film adaptation

SCP-087 film adaptation

spikebrennan 17 Sep 2012 14:48

I received some PMs from a user named "MrFranzman". I'll post the exchange here without commentary:

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Mr. Franzman posts on September 15:

Greetings,

At the suggestion of Dr Gears I am sending out this message to inform everyone of the plan to create a short film adaptation of SCP-087. Currently I am working with a screenwriter, Dr Gears, and the original author to ensure that this adaptation is as true to the source as possible. If any of you senior staff have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to voice them.

-Ryan Franzman

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I reply to him on September 16:

Please explain your plan to deal with the requirements of the creative commons license regarding derivative works. If you reply to me, I can post your response on the senior staff message board.

Take your time and think this through. I am a lawyer; you should consider consulting with one before spending a significant amount of time on the project.

I don't mean to sound negative; I just want to make sure that you understand that the license requirements are important and they need to be complied with.

I'd also suggest approaching the original author of SCP-087.

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MrFranzman responds on September 16:

In response to any concerns over licensing, I have spoken with the original author who has given me her permission to go ahead with this project. Any sources I may cite from the general website will also be properly attributed after expressed permission from the original author.

Any distribution of this project will happen through the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

I would also like to clarify that throughout this production I intend to keep both Dr Gears and the original author involved so that I can maintain an image of transparency and cooperation with the SCP Foundation.

If this message leaves any grey area please let me know and I will correct it at once.

-Ryan Franzman

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

Sorts 17 Sep 2012 15:03

I was messaged too, I pointed him to our license as well. He must have sent out a lot of PMs.

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

RhettSarlin 17 Sep 2012 15:08

I want to confirm with Zaeyde that he talked to her, but if he did then so long as he does what he said he will do I can't see any reason to object, or really even feel like we need to involve ourselves in it outside of keeping a watchful eye.

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

Drewbear 17 Sep 2012 15:14

I agree that we need to make sure that this guy actually has been in contact with both Zaeyde and Gears. I'm somewhat suspicious of that, especially since Gears hasn't posted anything about this film on here.

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Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

thedeadlymoose 17 Sep 2012 19:32

I'm honestly not very suspicious of it. Gears responds to PMs within a week or two, usually (I keep him abreast of certain important site issues, so I know). And this guy knows Zaeyde is a 'she' - most people assume Zaeyde is male, simply because she wrote the second most popular piece on this site (a poor metric, to be sure, but one that lots of people do use). And Zaeyde's signed on recently so I know she's activeish.

I'm no expert, but in my non-expert opinion I think his message sounds fine.

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

RhettSarlin 17 Sep 2012 20:49

There's no hurry on it in any case. We have plenty of time to get ahold of the people in question, this isn't a short process.

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

Kain Pathos Crow 18 Sep 2012 22:23

I wonder, what kind of film adaption.

Something on Youtube, or…?

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

Adam Smascher 18 Sep 2012 22:33

I advise checking with Gears and Zaeyde to make sure it's legit, but this guy sounds like he understands the licensing at the very least, which is more than can be said for most. Cautiously optimistic to see if anything actually comes of it.

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

Dr Gears 19 Sep 2012 21:59

As far as I know, this has Zaeyde's blessing. I have not heard from Zaeyde directly, but Franzman has asserted that he is working with Zaeyde. He contacted me about this, and i instructed him to contact Zaeyde first, before any extra action was taken. He did so, and it appears to be ok on the author end.

I'm not sure what I myself can add to the project, but i at the very least add my voice of "ooh, cool idea" to the general assembly. Being that this is ok with both the author and "producer" end of things, I think it should be alright.

We'll wait and see if anything comes of this, in the end. we have very good ideas for projects and such…it's just getting them done that's an issue.

Re: SCP-087 film adaptation

DrEverettMann 20 Sep 2012 04:31

Sounds like they're doing everything right so far. Here's hoping it goes well.