I was on my way back from grabbing lunch today when I noticed that a group had gathered outside Art Now SF on 17th Street. I asked what they were filming.
“An independent film,” said a guy, waving at me in a “keep walking” gesture. “We’re rehearsing,” he said and once again signaled me to keep moving.
I took out my phone and began to take a photo, only to find that the same guy had walked in front of me. I moved my camera. He moved in front of it.
“We ask that you don’t take photos of any of this,” he said. I politely told him that, since they were shooting on a public street, anyone could take photos if they wanted. He gave me an annoyed look and walked away.
The film, I later found out, is called “Cherry” and is being filmed by the Stephen Elliott Project. According to an article published in Variety, the story is about a troubled 18-year-old girl who moves to San Francisco and gets into the adult film industry. She then meets a cocaine-addicted lawyer played by James Franco. Lili Taylor and Heather Graham will also star in the movie.
According to the filming notice the production company left on a nearby door, they’ll be shooting again on Friday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
always be correct in living a life i cant say any thing because i stay in India
Wow, you are irritating! I don’t think the rule is that because you are doing something on a public street you automatically have a right to stick your nose in it. I’m going to start following you around with my camera to see how you like it.
Yeah, DanB is correct. I’m not from California but here in Oklahoma if you are on public property you can take pictures. But if you are on private property that’s another situation. There was a big uproar about it recently about photographer rights vs privacy if you want to google it.
just because its legal doesn’t make polite. its not legally required that you hold doors for people either. we should all stop doing that shit.
remind to take a dump on you danb
Actually, rick, that is the rule. If it’s taking place on a public sidewalk, then you have no right to privacy and you can be photographed. However, following someone around with your camera would be considered harassment and you’d be arrested.
Oh, and unrelated: having seen the shooting script for Cherry I don’t have particularly high hopes for it. For an independent film it’s terribly derivative.