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July 16, 2007
Director Jem Cohen vs. Billionaire Mayor Mike: Why does NYC want to prevent "amateur" film and video?
Anthony Kaufman blogs filmmaker Jem Cohen's plainitive plaint [ALL CAPS is in THE ORIGINAL] against the onerous restrictions about to be set by the New York Mayor's Office of Theater, Film, and Broadcasting: "Being a street photographer often means standing in a random location and waiting: for the right activity, the right light, the break in the traffic; the countless other unpredictable factors that need to fall into place to make a shot worthwhile... The fact is that we simply CANNOT predict where, when, and how long we are going to film or photograph; we CANNOT afford expensive liability insurance policies; we occasionally NEED to work with other people or to use tripods to support our gear. (The regulations would, for example, effectively rule out a great deal of time-lapse photography which depends on tripods and cannot possibly be done with time limitations of 10 to 30 minutes, as well as the use of large format still cameras and long lenses)... If these regulations go through, it would invite if not require police to harass or shut down both professional artists and amateurs." PAGING the ACLU... PAGING the ACLU.
Posted by Ray Pride at July 16, 2007 02:26 PM
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