From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I also found it interesting that they had posted a sign that stated in > part that, "... passing beyond this point, indicates your assent to > being in the movie...", which is patently false, to avoid legal > problems they still need signed releases from anyone who shows up on > camera.
Actually, no they don't. The same "fair use" that protects your right to photograph in a public place, gives them cover as long as your appearance is fairly anonymous. If you appear fleetingly in some scene showing pedestrians, gawkers or bystanders of any sort in the background, but are not singled out or prominently featured in any way, they don't need a release. If they zoomed in on your face for a closeup, then they would. Also, if they caught any part of your argument with the ass producer and wanted to use THAT, they'd have to get a release. I'm in some B-movie filmed here in NC in the 80s. They used a newly opened section of I-40 near Wilmington, NC for filming. It was open for about a week, then closed again - and they DIDN'T put up a sign about it being used as a movie set. It was open the day before when I drove down, and closed when I was going back home the next day. I ignored the barricade, and drove on through. And I thought I wasn't the only one, because it looked like normal traffic on the highway. Next thing I know, some asshole in a hopped up car comes flying past me and dozens of police cars chasing him. A few minutes later, I see them all heading down the other side, going the other way ??? Then, here they all come back past me again ... W.T.F. is going on here? Finally, I go under an overpass, and there's a film crew on the embankment with the director, and all the hangers on, and a camera mounted on a hydraulic boom capturing the whole thing ... and some guy yelling "KEEP MOVING, KEEP MOVING!" Which I did. ;-D A friend who saw the movie said there was a big blue Chevy van like mine in a chase scene. So, I don't think they need a release. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
