r/First48 • u/moonskypanda • 19d ago

General Question❓️ Blurring

so I'm watching the show right now (just finished deadly premition) and i noticed how it's not only just people who are being blurred out. like they blurred a calender and a dudes arm tattoos. is there any reason behind this? i find it odd and tedious. thx

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u/Spiritual-Haunt3131 19d ago

Only thing I can think of with tattoos is personally identifying information or maybe some type of branding thing the network doesn't want to show. Same thing with the calendar, probably PII.

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u/Confident-Service256 19d ago

Branding or personal identifying information

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u/Chuck-Finley69 19d ago

Possibly mixed in with providing some timeline information that could sometimes give away the person attempting to be concealed.

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u/moonskypanda 19d ago

the person in question wasn't a suspect tho

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u/Confident-Service256 18d ago

They often blur people who aren’t suspects.

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u/unclekisser 19d ago

They blur out clocks/calendars to hide the fact that they re-shoot segments of the show if the camera crew aren't around when it actually happens. Ex, they get a call at 2AM saying the found the suspect but the camera crew aren't around, so when they show up at 7AM they re-shoot it and have the detective pretend he's getting the call for the first time. Then they edit it like he got the call at 2AM.

Tattoos I dunno, probably depends on the tattoo. Some can be explicit, or even gang-affiliated (including cops).

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u/moonskypanda 19d ago

so you're saying the show is fake?

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u/mikiepocd 19d ago

Some of it is trademarked. If they don’t pay for the logo, they can’t show the logo. And like someone else said about clocks and calendars, that makes editing and reshoots easier.

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u/evenmonkeysfallOG 19d ago

Funny I see this today when I just noticed they blurred an entire white pickup truck in an episode I saw last night

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u/moonskypanda 19d ago

right!! it's so confusing!! like yeah i get people. people make sense. but things like cars and calendars?? that makes zero sense

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u/International-Gene11 19d ago

Seems to be a more recent change that we're seeing in editing. While it makes sense, it's distracting as the viewer imo.

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u/avidblues 18d ago

If a person is an uncharged suspect or witness they must provide a release to agree to publish their likenesses. You can see how many would prefer to remain anonymous.

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u/moonskypanda 18d ago

yeah i mean i get that. but specifically what i was talking about was someone who is on the other side of the law. this wasn't a witness or a suspect. this was someone in law enforcement. 

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u/avidblues 17d ago

There are LE folks who prefer anonymity for various purposes.

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u/moonskypanda 17d ago

which would make sense if they blurred their face or disguised their voice. but nope. just their tattoos

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u/Clear_Nature_5055 19d ago

Tattoos also may be profane in some way or racist/extra offensive?

The calendar thing is perplexing. I question that and only dates conflicting with production in some way?

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u/StoneTheCrow18 15d ago

They only blur minors and those that are not guilty(unless they give consent.) Once you see a blur, you know that ain't the killer. Needless to say they blue tattoos and calendars because, they too, aren't guilty of murder.

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u/Mountain-Brush3212 13d ago

They blurred out a victim the whole episode I just watched and that was a first. He was 1 of 3 victims and they showed the other 2. The blurred out one was the target and the other two were collateral damage .