ThumperPaul wrote on 02/03/25 at 12:43:37:


Your answers made no sense whatsoever, and they are still not making any sense.    

Cameras are everywhere and watching you constantly, one more makes no difference, but I doubt you will ever be able to realize that.

blod wrote on 02/03/25 at 07:25:09:


This is the cafe section, so due to the rules, I can't really dive too deep and give a full answer, but a quick summary will suffice to answer your questions. I was raised Pentecostal, but parents didn't go to Church much at all. I was non-practicing and pretty much left Christianity. Identified as agnostic or no religion and lived a lifestyle that paid no heed to anything religious or spiritual. Years of research led to me accepting Jesus Christ's claim that He is God alongside the authority of the Roman Pontiff and here I am now. I haven't even been officially Catholic for a year. Sorry, I can't really give enough details on this thread/section. I would have to write a mini novel, and I wouldn't feel right doing so without listing my sources as well.

As for your hobby, the fact that you are not monetizing it does prevent many legal issues down the road. I will say though. The governments do not decide what is morally right or wrong. Walking up to people with a camera in their face has the potential to be harassment from a moral perspective. People don't like to be harassed or antagonized. There is always the potential for you to be attacked. There's a few Youtubers that drive around to different towns showcasing the town in a documentary format, interviewing people with their permission, etc. There is a right way to do it, and a wrong way to do it. I would recommend learning from people who already do it.

 I think when it comes down to filming in public, and specifically in public, the most defining parameter is general courtesy - which the filmmaker has no obligation to provide.  So yeah the public can just deal with it.

 I find that humans that film others that do not want to be filmed as a "documentary" of their area are really only documenting the general aversion the average human can have to being suddenly filmed - which is pretty universal and not unique to that town/city/location etc.  It becomes nothing more than a prank-style film and limits the ability for someone watching to see or learn anything about the area or people.

   Someone driving slow in the fast lane doesn't bother me at all, but I do not do the same using my lack of concern as an analogue for all humans.  I noticed once while helping a friend move film equipment that a man seemed very distraught at a pizza place, like severely panicked.  I assisted him in getting out a side door as he was literally panicked by all the camera equipment out front.  Turns out, as he fought back tears and thanked me - that he was forced to commit sex-acts on film as a boy.  So I guess we never know why someone doesn't want to be on camera - no matter how little it might bother us.

Eegore wrote on Yesterday at 07:42:43:


The documentary I am making in my local town is an unannounced  silent documentary.  It is a completely honest and unbiassed.
 The people decide for themselves how they will react, I offer no guidance.  

I have only just started the project, so far I have documented four business, three passed with flying colours, and I am sure they will be happy to be featured in  the documentary , one not  so much

So far the horse pigs have not been involved, but I doubt that will always be the case. If they do get involved they will also get the silent treatment

 Isn't it the power of the camera?  

 If you went in without the camera and remained silent would they have reacted the same you think?  I couldn't say.  

 We get a lot of "1st Amendment" audits looking for clout on YouTube in the US and many attribute their presence and questions to the reactions when I highly doubt that since there's essentially no hidden camera videos getting the same reactions.  It's the recording device that stirs people up.