Open AccessThe digital resurrection of Margaret Thatcher: Creative, technological and legal dilemmas in the use of deepfakes in screen drama
Author(s) -
Dominic Lees,
Thomas Bashford-Rogers,
Marcus KeppelPalmer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
convergence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1748-7382
pISSN - 1354-8565
DOI - 10.1177/13548565211030452
Subject(s) - drama , appropriation , face (sociological concept) , sociology , media studies , law , visual arts , political science , art , social science , epistemology , philosophy
This article develops from the findings of an interdisciplinary research project that has linked film practice research with computer science and law, in an exercise that seeks to digitally resurrect Margaret Thatcher to play herself in a contemporary film drama. The article highlights the imminent spread of machine learning techniques for digital face replacement across fiction content production, with central research questions concerning the ethical and legal issues that arise from the appropriation of the facial image of a deceased person for use in drama.