Not entirely true, I have a friend who's the legal mind behind a local studio. His opinion is that releases are necessary. You never know when someone is going to be a b*****d.
John Sessoms wrote: > 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. > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- 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.