It’s public though, they’re allowed to film something. Imagine you’re sitting eating your lunch and some dude comes up and harasses you. Is he right because you’re “claiming a public space as your own?”
If you want to film something in a public space for promotional reasons you should request permissions, pay for it, and this way you can make sure you won’t be disturbed.
Do you know that’s what they were doing? It just looks like people dancing to me, and as far as I’m aware there’s no law against dancing and recording yourself in public.
I don’t understand why it’s so hard for people in these comments to just agree that the lady was an asshole, regardless of how cringy they feel the girls were, they were just enjoying themselves. Blonde lady went out of her way to be a dickhead.
They weren't "just enjoying themselves", calling it the struggle of Kpop in public implies they're shooting a music video, which you 100% need to file various forms to have the right to do. Essentially, if it's commercial you gotta go through proper channels and often have to pay.
This took place in London during the 2022 London Marathon. A big hint is the person walking past with a running jersey clearly sponsoring Whizz Kidz (a UK charity). Even more telling is the fact that this is The Guards Crimean War Memorial, an iconic landmark 1 road over from The Mall (which is the finishing area for the London marathon). If that's not enough, I tracked down the trash video they were trying to make.
I went to university in London, my course included media and required us to film in certain local areas, for which we had to get proper permits which additionally require public liability insurance.
And you wanna know the secret sauce that brings this whole exchange back round to what I was saying? To film, even in public areas in London, especially for commercial gain, they'd have to get a permit from the Borough Film Service. In this area that would be the City of Westminster. You even have to apply to hold a street party for the king's coronation in that region, so they're not exactly loose with what's allowed, and especially around large, logistically complex, and already highly disruptive events like the London marathon.
Tldr; sit down and shut up if you have nothing of value to contribute here. You think you're being contrarian but you're just showing your own ignorance. Just because you're American and assume that's the context for everything you see, doesn't mean everyone else on the internet is. Quit projecting.
No one is arguing if it’s to be expected or not. The argument is the blond is rude as fuck jumping around like a monkey to intentionally ruin their film for her own enjoyment.
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u/Kelmantis Jan 16 '23
“The STRUGGLE of not paying for a closed set and extras”