It sounds like shooting a movie comes with more trouble than selling drugs in LA >

LA: you can literally pitch a tent on almost any sidewalk and live there, but god help you if you set a tripod and camera down.

"I'm shooting a You Tube video" Great tip!

Woooo boy ..do I know what Adam is talking about . I was shooting at a federal park and the park police started racing behind my actor as he was running in the scene. I ended up using that chase in the movie. After speaking with him.. he sat with us until we got the shots we needed. I’ve had to talk my way out of a lot of potential shut downs without a permit. Adam is right.. be nice..approach the person/persons that look like they may call the cops or shut you down. Include them if possible in what you’re doing. One lady very similar to the one Adam had in his apartment Scene was very nasty and mean..after telling her one of the actors was the brother of Chris rock, I asked her if she wanted a picture with him with the prop weapons. She agreed. And we were able to finish our shot and get off the property. It’s not easy to do. But it can be done just by being respectful, calm and just plain nice.

I like this guy. Smart. Lightly breaking the rules with no harm done. I like him.

This interview is definitely inspirational for all Movie Directors and Actors ,he never gave up and look how successful he is now 💎💎🏆⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oh my God.. this is so practically awesome.. The scheduling part taking in consideration you may get shut down.. I'm totally gonna do that....

It's funny because I only had a problem once when we were shooting too. The good thing here in my country is that if you're not disturbing the peace and not preventing anybody from using public property you don't actually need permits and for privet property all you need is permission from the owner or manager. But one time we were shooting a music video and 5 of the 6 scenes were supposed to be shot outside during the night and 4 of the scenes were good since we didn't need to sync sound so I just told the small crew and cast that no extra noise or I would shut us down. So we shot the 4 scenes with no problems and left the 5th one for last where we needed to use sound for sync just in case anyone called the cops and by that time we had already gotten all the footage we needed but we were done quickly so I guess nobody called anyone. But one other time we were shooting a scene for a short film also down town and we were almost done when the cops came and they were really nice they asked if we were just about done because someone called about disturbing the night peace (we weren't and everyone was quiet as a mouse someone just didn't like it) and they said they didn't wanna deal with paperwork and if we were just about done that we should just finish quickly and it's fine. So they hung out there for another 15 min and then left and we were done in the next 10 min so we just packed up and went home. The funny thing is that you can actually ask the police to help you since if you need to shut down a small area and it was during the night the permit would be free and if you needed the police to help you can ask them for help and they do it for free most of the time. A friend of mine actually asked for a police car and two uniforms and they said no problem and helped them shoot a scene. Really nice guys from the commanders to the guys working the streets all you have to do is explain what you're doing and they usually think it's cool. Even one time we were shooting a music video on a field in the middle of the forest with solders running around in uniform and guns and rifles we called ahead and told them what we were doing and we had permission to shoot there and that we'd be setting of smoke grands and that we just wanted them to know if they got any calls. They were supper nice about it and said that it's so nice that we though of them and it's no problem and if we need anything that we should just call. Nobody showed up just a couple of people form the nearby town who were interested in the action.

Thx for the link, going to watch it.

What are your thoughts on filmmaking without a permit?

Love it!! It was a lot of fun!

At 5:13 "You want to see a permit?" Dov Simens would have peeled off a $100 bill or two and shut her down instead.

I found the whole shooting the film without a permit and having to shoot the scenes during the night trying not to get caught to be very interesting. That sounds funny about the guys not even checking to see if you had a permit.Certainly sounds like an adventure, though it sounds like you were taking some chances.

I love how this video doesn’t have one dislike 🙌🏽💯❤️

In Los Angeles, CA. and in the not so great State of California you MUST have a permit in order to do any type of filmmaking. The film industry is a heavy market and every company and hood in each California cities wants a piece of the that Hollywood Pie. $$$$$$ If you caught doing any filmmaking anywhere in the streets or even in your own backyard in your California property. The police will escort you all out and possibly face fines, jail time and confiscation of equipment. Go ahead, film in California without a permit. You may get caught red handed.

ha awesome

Wow lucky dude. I think needing a permit is stupid unless you are shutting down a street or a business or filming people in the background of your shots without there consent. Other than those things you should be good. Small features for KZfaq I believe we should be left alone. Filming in national parks respectively I think we should be left alone. Filming in our own homes, we should be left alone.

Honestly, I wouldn't but I understand, by any means necessary, right?

That's a really nice girlfriend. If you're shooting your movie with a cell phone camera, you might be fine. With WGW I'm so curious how he pulled off the nightclub scene.

Do you need a film permit at Los Angeles County Park to be uploaded on You Tube?

I film without a permit all the time by saying I am with the meida lol

"Never ever put your own money into a show or a movie ever"

Hey. There are reasons permits are required. Bribing and cunningly getting around laws of having pemits is not fair for others who have to pay for you not respecting law. So many lies from this guy... omg ... would never trust him again... he is such a crooked individual 🤥 prancing his illegal success...

I'm over $100k in credit card debt filming my movie and I don't regret it at all. Check out Good Intentions on Tubi it's a movie about a Chicago Cop who cross the line to save his wife.