BVS Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 This shoot started off as a comedy skit but the location was just plain wrong....pun intended.... http://www.stuff.co....-TV-pilot-stunt They face a year in jail or a $10,000 fine each if found guilty.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 TL:DR What actually happened? NZ loves a good storm in a teacup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Nault Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I like a country where the Prime Minister can just go on record and call people "a bunch of clowns who should know better". That's a pretty honest opinion from a politician! Cheers, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I blame the production company for not considering the risk and for not, as a safer bet, seeking permission first. I've recorded sound many times at Auckland airport, on the tarmac, in planes and at the engineering base. They are naturally very fussy and even want a list of radio frequencies you may be using. On one big job there I was using 11 radio mikes plus a headphone system!! Yes we are always open to the situations that production companies put you in. Although public liability insurance does not protect any of us from the law, it's wise to buy it annually to cover your business for accidents on location. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engaudio Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 But it's about the only honest thing he's said for a while.. Grant. I like a country where the Prime Minister can just go on record and call people "a bunch of clowns who should know better". That's a pretty honest opinion from a politician! Cheers, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ragon Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I boarded am AMTRAK train here in LA once for filming a short. The conductor told us we could be arrested for 'terrorist activities'. total bullshit.. we jumped the train at Santa Ana, and got a ride back. Another cameraman I know said he WAS arrested for 'terrorist activities' once.. -Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordi Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 The conductors on Amtrak are complete asshats with Napoleon complexes about themselves. The ticket guy at the station will make a big deal about how easy going train travel is, you can sit anywhere, walk around, blah blah blah. But ON the train... That conductor might first-thing tell you exactly which car he wants you in, I've even been told which SEAT I had to use (when its open seating) and stuck somebody next to me when half the car is empty. No reason for that. Try to move elsewhere, even one time b/c I could tell there was something odd about the wheelset under the end of one car (and the AC wasn't working)... And I practically had to fight the idiot b/c he was insisting I had to stay in THAT seat (again, mostly empty train) directly on top of the vibrating wheel in a 85 degree car. Thankfully another conductor walked through and THAT one apparently was senior, understood my concerns, and wasn't an asshole. I'm certainly willing to be reasonable, but I would like the same consideration in return please? Why the big deal about assigned seating? I'm smart enough to keep my ticket with me, as if that mattered. Why travel by train when it costs the same as flying? At least with the TSA... The annoyance ends at the door of the plane, rather than bringing it along for the entire ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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