Comments for Filmmaking Central - The Process of Filmmaking http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:22:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on TRAINS, CAMERAS AND THE CONSITITUTION by Happy Tinfoil Cat http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/2010/01/23/news/trains-cameras-and-the-consititution/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Happy Tinfoil Cat Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:22:01 +0000 http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/?p=2359#comment-307 Christmas day, Main street Salt Lake City, a fed ran out of the historic post office and down a flight of stairs screaming about the macro shot I just took of the marble bald eagle statue in the sidewalk. He made me delete the photo and wanted to review every photo in my camera. He didn't get the chance as three teenage girls snapped a shot from across the street, which sent him into a ballistic rage. Halloween, four police cars descend onto my house and they start a search because I had snapped some trick-or-treators, _while_ their parents stood next to us. My kid was photographed by three houses on our block alone, but I was using _professional_ gear. Testing out a 100-400mm lens and 2X combo out at the expressway in front of where I work and have a police captain lecture me for 20 minutes for "exploitation photography". WTF? Christmas day, Main street Salt Lake City, a fed ran out of the historic post office and down a flight of stairs screaming about the macro shot I just took of the marble bald eagle statue in the sidewalk. He made me delete the photo and wanted to review every photo in my camera. He didn’t get the chance as three teenage girls snapped a shot from across the street, which sent him into a ballistic rage.

Halloween, four police cars descend onto my house and they start a search because I had snapped some trick-or-treators, _while_ their parents stood next to us. My kid was photographed by three houses on our block alone, but I was using _professional_ gear.

Testing out a 100-400mm lens and 2X combo out at the expressway in front of where I work and have a police captain lecture me for 20 minutes for “exploitation photography”.

WTF?

]]> Comment on VIMEO EXPANDS ITS VIDEO PLAYBACK CAPABILITIES WITH LAUNCH OF HTML5 PLAYER by Daniel http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/2010/01/22/blogs/vimeo-expands-its-video-playback-capabilities-with-launch-of-html5-player/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Daniel Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:53:47 +0000 http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/?p=2357#comment-304 This is a pleasant surprise. I'm always for more open standards. Now if they would just listen to their customers and create a more b2b friendly model. I love their compression, but totally shunning commercial videos seems really short sighted. This is a pleasant surprise. I’m always for more open standards. Now if they would just listen to their customers and create a more b2b friendly model. I love their compression, but totally shunning commercial videos seems really short sighted.

]]> Comment on TRAINS, CAMERAS AND THE CONSITITUTION by Clint Milby http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/2010/01/23/news/trains-cameras-and-the-consititution/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Clint Milby Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:57:18 +0000 http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/?p=2359#comment-303 If I take pictures and publish them in a newspaper or magazine or if they appear on television or more recently blogs and social media, I am exercising my right to free speech and freedom of the press. Just think of the numerous cases that have challenged the First Amendment such as posting religious symbols in a public park or burning the American flag. Free speech doesn't just include the spoken word nor does freedom of the press merely include the printed word. Considering how far the free speech issue has been pushed in the courts, I think it's rather naive to think photography and video are not protected by the First Amendment. If the state, be it military, local police or any other government agency try to prevent a US citizen from exercising these rights, then we have a clear constitutional challenge that must be addressed by the courts. Finally, the 9th Amendment sums it all up: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. If I take pictures and publish them in a newspaper or magazine or if they appear on television or more recently blogs and social media, I am exercising my right to free speech and freedom of the press. Just think of the numerous cases that have challenged the First Amendment such as posting religious symbols in a public park or burning the American flag. Free speech doesn’t just include the spoken word nor does freedom of the press merely include the printed word. Considering how far the free speech issue has been pushed in the courts, I think it’s rather naive to think photography and video are not protected by the First Amendment. If the state, be it military, local police or any other government agency try to prevent a US citizen from exercising these rights, then we have a clear constitutional challenge that must be addressed by the courts. Finally, the 9th Amendment sums it all up: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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