The digital resurrection of Margaret Thatcher: creative, technological and legal dilemmas in the use of deepfakes in screen drama

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Lees, D. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3787-3740, Bashford-Rogers, T. and Keppel-Palmer, M. (2021) The digital resurrection of Margaret Thatcher: creative, technological and legal dilemmas in the use of deepfakes in screen drama. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 27 (4). pp. 954-973. ISSN 1354-8565 doi: 10.1177/13548565211030452 (Special Issue: 'The Digital Face and Deepfakes on Screen')

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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 pro- duction, 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.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/100668
Identification Number/DOI 10.1177/13548565211030452
Refereed Yes
Divisions Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
Uncontrolled Keywords Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, digital imaging, film practice, machine learning, post mortem rights, practice research, defamation law
Publisher Sage Publications
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