Film-maker Matthew Fulks says two-thirds of the pop star’s album promo was based on his short film seen by one of her collaboratorsA filmmaker has issued a lawsuit against Beyoncé,claiming the trailer for her visual album Lemonade copied images from a short film he had made.
Matthew Fulks says his film Palinoia had been seen by a member of Beyoncé’s team, and that a number of scenes appeared to have been recreated in the Lemonade trailer. “The number of aesthetic decisions included in Plaintiff’s Palinoia Work that are parroted in Defendants’ Lemonade Trailer demonstrates that the Lemonade Trailer is considerably similar to the Palinoia Work, and ” the complaint says. “The misappropriated content includes both the specific elements that the Plaintiff chose to comprise the Palinoia Work and the coordination and arrangement of those specific elements.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com