EHI! Ho una domanda un po’ di nicchia sulle regole delle riprese in Germania. Conosco già le regole della fotografia di strada in Germania, ma recentemente sono passato dalla fotografia al cinema come hobby.
Ho fatto una piccola ricerca e penso che normalmente dovrei prendere un permesso di produzione cinematografica a Berlino, ma presumo che sia per un lavoro commerciale. Il problema è che la mia fotocamera sembra troppo professionale perché è davvero grande con tutte le parti extra rispetto alle classiche fotocamere hobbistiche.
Ho fatto alcuni scatti in altri paesi e la gente mi fissava sempre pensando che fossi un influencer o qualcosa del genere.
Quindi la mia domanda è: se un agente chiedesse un permesso per filmare, mi basterebbe dire che sono solo un hobbista con questa macchina fotografica? Secondo me questo non è diverso dalla registrazione con un iPhone, ma sono curioso di sapere come verrebbe percepito.
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What matters is what you film, not how expensive your camera is.
I don’t know, do I need a driver’s licence for my expensive Porsche?
I’m no expert but you can film anything you want, you’ll only get in legal trouble if you post it somewhere without consent.
But it’s just human decency to ask the person before filming them, their belongings and actions.
You can jump trough time with that thing.
In Berlin, permits are indeed required for commercial filming, but not private. At least, that’s the official line. One question is what actually counts as “commercial”? Are you getting advertising revenue from, say, YouTube? That might count, at least technically.
In reality, I suspect that if you’re not causing an obstruction and not violating anyone’s privacy, they won’t really care very much. A YouTuber pointing their DJI Osmo at the Brandenburg Gate will go unnoticed. A crew consisting of a camera operator with an FX6 on a tripod, a boom operator, a sound recordist, a director, somebody holding a reflector and a couple of actors will absolutely need a permit.
I use a Panasonic HC-X2, which is a *huge* camcorder, but I think I would chance it and just make sure I keep out of people’s way and don’t stand in traffic or on a bike lane. The intent is to make sure film crews don’t inconvenience or endanger members of the public, not to cash in on people taking a few shots for their Insta reels.
I would avoid filming indoors without permission, and that includes on trains and trams and inside U-Bahn and S-Bahn stations. For that kind of thing you need permission from whoever owns and runs those places.
I’m wondering, though, whether your rig isn’t a bit much for what you want to do. Do you really need follow focus and an external mic?
If you’re not sure, your contact is [Filmcommission Berlin-Brandenburg](https://www.bbfc.de/drehgenehmigungen/drehen-auf-oeffentlichem-strassenland), although of course there’s always a chance they’ll interpret their own rules overly strictly.