I will let other more legal-minded heads address the issue of shooting people in public at the Memphis event....
but....
[Dustin DePree] "I may be also shooting in Vegas where subject is walking up and down the strip."
If you do that, keep in mind that Vegas is one of the
more permit-happy and shooting-regulated cities that you will deal with. If you are seen shooting with
anything that looks like it might be more than just a home-movie palmcorder, you
will be approached by police (usually
quite quickly) who will ask to see your film permits. In addition, if you plan to shoot on Freemont street there, that requires a completely
separate permit over and above the regular Vegas film permit. During one experience on Freemont just taking a camera out of its bag resulted in a swarm of bicycle cops decending on us wanting to see permits. Which fortunately we had.
They're not hard to get... just ask nicely, ask
early (they don't like to book too many shoots in the same areas in the same timeframe), and happily pay the permit fees.
I've
heard that a way around that is to schedule your shoot during NAB week... there are so many cameras floating around the city being "test driven" that I've heard the authorities look the other way as far as permits go, but only during NAB. Or so I've heard. Haven't tested that.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
