The Murmur
What was it?
Not as clean as the glass,
but the voice that fogged it.
So gauzy I failed to catch her murmur beneath the sweep I no longer possessed,
worn threadbare by years of revelry.
I clocked it only
by the contour of passing lips,
surely saying a thing or two,
of the balminess out on the street.
But it was alright.
I didn't even grab my coat.
Regardless, my English is very good but I want this to come off well and have an enjoyable, artistic approach.:)
The Murmur
What was it?
Not as clean as the glass,
but the voice that fogged it.
So gauzy I failed to catch
her murmur seeping beneath
the sweep I no longer possessed,
worn threadbare by years of revelry.
I clocked it only
by the contour of passing lips,
surely saying a thing or two,
of the balminess out on the street.
But it was alright.
I didn’t even grab my coat.
In post-production for a music promo with a somewhat big European musician. Awaiting client feedback and am probably a couple weeks to a month out from release. My 1st AC just took all of the footage that he shot on my b-cam, made his own edit of a music video featuring this client, and posted it to public instagram, tagging everyone, and putting himself as the main creative lead in his own release of a project that he's an AC on. Not only that, but it also looks like shit. He’s not work-for-hire. We work on a lot of projects together, and I either need to fire him or let him off with a warning. Idk how he got the footage, but he did. He basically edited a shitty music video out of the footage he shot on my b-cam and is making it seem as though he’s the one directing a music video for this client, which is not the case. And this client would never approve of promotional material this shitty. He’s a nice guy who committed copyright infringement and stole footage from my project to edit and make his own. He's someone whom I considered a friend, but I also find this to be a form of opportunistic betrayal. It makes me feel like shit because this really big project for this pretty big client has been completely ruined. Most people know this person for seeming incredibly kind and soft spoken however, he's irrationally acting out of self-interest. I think he literally took the card and uploaded the footage onto his personal device and went on from there. I didn’t lose the project, but he definitely tried to hijack the narrative before it even premiered. He used footage he doesn’t own, from a project not released, tied to a client who didn’t consent. That’s not “creative enthusiasm,” that’s reckless. And it's incredibly embarrassing for me. This person, for the while that I've known him, has alway seemed incredibly kind and had never heard of manipulative behavior from him. I guess I'm going to fire him but I feel like an absolute idiot that this happened when we vet our crew extensively.
Edit: I called him immediately, and he took down the post, but the damage has been done.