{"id":92250,"date":"2019-10-30T08:05:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92250"},"modified":"2019-10-30T07:03:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T11:03:43","slug":"military-uniforms-in-photos-and-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=92250","title":{"rendered":"Military Uniforms in Photos and Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wes O’Donnell of Inhomelandsecurity.com writes an article called “The Truth Behind Terrible Stock Military Photos<\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n

If there is one thing that veterans love to hate, it\u2019s stock military photos. You\u2019ve probably seen them in your social media feed or as an ad on a website; the perpetrators are usually companies targeting the veteran community for Veterans\u2019 Administration (VA) home loans or class action lawsuits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Posing the question as to whether actors or models were allowed to wear a military uniform, he writes…<\/p>\n

Recently, someone asked me a question about the legality of having actors or models wear a U.S. military uniform. That person said, \u201cIsn\u2019t it true that a uniform worn in a movie has to have something wrong with it and can\u2019t be identical to an actual uniform?\u201d<\/p>\n

This persistent rumor has existed for at least three decades. I remember hearing the same argument in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

Actually,\u00a0the Supreme Court ruled on this matter<\/a>\u00a0in a 1970 case called\u00a0Schacht vs. United States.\u00a0<\/em>This ruling involved a case of an actor who was convicted of illegally wearing a military uniform while performing an anti-war skit in front of an induction center.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court declared that a limitation on wearing uniforms was unconstitutional. Actors were allowed to wear military uniforms as long as they did not \u201cdiscredit the armed force.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a common myth that the actor is required to create some inaccuracy about the uniform to distinguish it from being authentic but this is not true.\u00a0 It does, however, create an excuse for not getting it right.<\/p>\n

I really liked how he finished off the article…<\/p>\n

Ultimately, when marketing to veterans (or any other psychographic marketing segment), all we want is authenticity. Making the effort to get the details right will go a long way to appealing the veteran demographic. As consumers, we crave authentic experiences.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I must appeal to photographers of terrible military stock photos everywhere: Please don\u2019t change a thing. The entertainment value of your work far exceeds my desire for accuracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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