Today I have spent the majority of my time researching the rules and regulations in the UK about what and where is legal to film in the city where we plan to film our documentary film piece. This is an important part of the entire film making process, as it will allow me to know my rights when the day of filming comes. It will also allow me to avoid having my documentary taken to court or being reported to the police for infringing somebodies right to have their property or identity kept private.
The rules on filming in public areas are pretty straight-forward, but filming on private land and capturing people in the background of shots is where the situation becomes more complicated. When it comes to filming our documentary film piece, we can easily avoid this problem by simply making sure not to capture the image of anything that we are not allowed to.
When it becomes important for us to interview people, or show a specific place or person in the film however, I could create permission slips which detail the name and purpose of our documentary. The person appearing in the documentary could then sign the slip, or a person who owns an area or building could sign the slip giving us permission to have them in our film.
In these forms it will be important to make sure that the people appearing in the film, or the people giving us permission to have their building shown in our documentary know that our documentary will be broadcast using social media, namely Youtube, Blogger and potentially facebook and twitter.
Today I researched using the internet and various websites came in useful. However, it may be worth me finding some kind of books about photography and videography law.
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