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Originally Posted by Graham Risdon
Did some voxs for Discovery in Hammersmith at the weekend near the tube station - no problems. have previously done the same at the Millenium bridge and Trafalgar Square again with no problems. That said, it was a 2 person crew camera/Ap and sound... I guess it depends who you meet and how they feel on the day!
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My experience with security people is that it often works if you approach them before you set up the camera to do any filming. Explain what you're doing in an extremely friendly manner and 90% of the time they're fine.
Even on planned OB events you can have problems. I was doing Steadicam at a cage type fight at the O2 Arena, I went out of my way to explain to the main security guy my requirements with the docking stand. We came to an arrangement, his boss said we couldn't do that - something we'd done at another venue. The security guy made a break in the crowd barrier at a safe spot close to where we were operating, so that we could walk into the stand. We were both happy.
Later I could see the reason for his boss's concern when a crazy audience member took a flying leap onto the security guys to fight them. So give and take quite often can work.