Permit on filming?

[youngspeildberg]

Hey Guys. I was watching TV a while back and New York City said they were gonna force permits for filming in their city. :supermad:That got me sooo angry!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, i was wondering: did they finally stop that?

[dailyproductions]

http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/news/070108_moftb_adopts_rules.shtml

[rick3000]

I know that in most places anything you can see from the street can be filmed, you can also film on any public private property (like Disneyland), and on any public property unless there is a sign specifically saying you cannot take photos or film.

On private property you always need to get permission. Unless your doing a professional shoot, you don't need permits. But if you show up with a crew and try to shut down a street corner there going to bother you, and you need permits. But if it's you and your friend with a camcorder that doesn't look to professional you should be fine.

[google550]

Hey Guys. I was watching TV a while back and New York City said they were gonna force permits for filming in their city. :supermad:That got me sooo angry!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, i was wondering: did they finally stop that?

I didn't think it was possible to be obnoxious in your spelling until I saw you. Anyway...

Yes. NYC has permits, rightfully so, but they're obscenely easy to get. They're completely free, and they saved my ass a couple of months ago when an overly aggresive guy (welcome to New York) demanded that I pull my equipment from in front of his store. Lucky for me, I had a permit, and threatened to call the police on HIM if he continued to pester me.

[WesScog]

"Under the adopted rules, a permit would be required for filming if equipment or vehicles, as defined in the rule, are used or if the person filming asserts exclusive use of City property. Equipment does not include hand-held devices (such as hand-held film, still, or television cameras or videocameras) or tripods used to support such cameras, but a permit would be required in certain situations when the person filming asserts exclusive use of City property while using a hand-held device."

As long as you aren't obstructing anything, and as long as you aren't using vehicles, or exclusively using something (such as if you needed to block off a street to shoot a film, or if you needed to film at the top of the Empire State Building and needed to block it off and only have your actors and extras in the shot, those are "Exclusive uses".)

So basically, these rules don't affect student and independent filmmakers doing on location shoots using hand held equipment, and not blocking or exclusively using anything.