Night Of The Living Dead Digitally Rotoscoped For Black & White Comic Book Effect Public Domain Clip

George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead is one of my favorite Horror films and indeed I have been a fan of Mr. Romero’s since I was in grade school. Night Of The Living Dead has been released and rereleased in various forms over the years because the film is in the public domain.

As noted here from Wikipedia along with corresponding links cited for reference:

Copyright status and home media
Night of the Living Dead entered the public domain in the United States because the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, failed to place a copyright indication on the prints,[84] and at that time, United States copyright law held that public dissemination required copyright notice to maintain a copyright.[85] Image Ten displayed such a notice on the title frames of the film beneath the original title, Night of the Flesh Eaters, but the distributor erroneously removed the statement when it changed the title.[54][86]
Because Night of the Living Dead was not copyrighted, it has received numerous home video releases on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray.[87] As of 2019, Amazon.com lists editions of Night of the Living Dead numbering 13 on VHS, 130 on DVD, 12 on Blu-ray, 1 on Blu-ray 3D and 56 on Amazon Video.[88] The original film is available to view or download for free on various websites, such as the Internet Archive and YouTube.[89][90][91] As of March 2023, it is the Internet Archive's second most-downloaded film, with over 3.4 million downloads.[92]
The film received a VHS release in 1993 through Tempe Video.[93] The next year, a THX certified 25th anniversary Laserdisc was released by Elite Entertainment. It features special features, including commentary, trailers, gallery files and more.[94] In 1998, Russo's revised version of the film, Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition, was released on VHS and DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment.[93] In 2002, Elite Entertainment released a special edition DVD featuring the original cut.[93] Dimension Extreme released a restored print of the film on DVD.[93] On October 3, 2017, Mill Creek Entertainment released a standard 1080p version of the film on Blu-ray in the United States, however, this was a transfer of an existing release print, and not a restoration. This release was also not authorized or licensed by Image Ten.[95] This was followed by a 4K restoration Blu-ray released by The Criterion Collection on February 13, 2018, sourced from a print owned by the Museum of Modern Art and acquired by Janus Films.[96] This release also features a workprint edit of the film under the title of Night of Anubis, in addition to various bonus materials.[97]

U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 92, Copyright Law of the United States of America, Chapter 4: Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration, Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords Archived December 18, 2020, at the Wayback Machine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead

In the United States, motion pictures are copyrighted for 95 years. All motion pictures made and exhibited before 1928 are indisputably in the public domain in the United States. This date will move forward one year, every year, meaning that films released in 1928 will enter the public domain on New Year's Day 2024, films from 1929 on New Year's Day 2025, and so on.

All copyrightable works made by United States government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain from their creation. The status of works made by contractors is dependent on the terms of their contract. Note that this applies only to the federal government, and not to state or local governments, which may or may not claim copyright depending on state laws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States

Missing copyright notice and errors from the distributor[89]

I make no claim of ownership or copyright, but the film is in the public domain and so I can and have posted it to my YouTube Channel digitally rotoscoped in black and white to evoke a comic book or graphic novel like effect. My doing this does not violate any laws or am I trying to profit from Mr. Romero’s work in any way. This presentation is free to all. I love Mr. Romero and had the privilege to interview him back in 2004. Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/q4mQbIXifIY

I have also created two videos about Romero’s films and here are the links for those who might be interested.

George Romero cameos in the original trilogy dead

https://youtu.be/jHLaulEwSL4

Sarah’s Story Redux

https://youtu.be/wYRIbS6NBKc

Last, but not least. Here is a link to the complete film presentation here at GenreOnlinenet:

https://youtu.be/lkgpEvovBm4

I hope you all enjoy and to quote Mr. Romero, “Stay scared.”

Thank you.

Mark A. Rivera