filming in a hotel hallway

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suitelife123

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Has anyone ran into any problems, shooting in a hotel hallway without permission? Like I wouldn't be filming for no more than 10 minutes, but I just wanted to check.
Thanks for any input.
 
We stole some shots in a hotel hallway with our LoveFest entry Where the Heart Lies without any problems. We rented a room because we needed it for a scene. We brought the equipment in through the side door out of sight of the front desk and took it straight to the room (eleventh floor, I believe).


EDIT: Geoff_R was the DP on that :)
 
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If you're shooting at night and stealing it, have a low-light capable cam...

The worst they can do is ask you to stop :) You go to the room you rented or leave... and come back again in 30 minutes.

I personally think every filmmaker should get 'caught' filming somewhere and told to leave just so they can realize how easy it is to guerilla shoot. Not trying to knock you or anything, it's just that you can realistically do anything you want, anywhere, almost at anytime. But there's this stress factor that many feel, the fear of being stopped or losing their gear, etc.. and I was like that until the first time someone told me to stop shooting something. I then asked them, 'why' and we just keep shooting. 'what were they gonna do about it' :)
 
As long as you aren't bothering people who paid good money to be able to sleep, I don't see a problem. And just remember, if anybody asks, you're shooting Girls Gone Wild ;)
 
Geoff_R said:
and I was like that until the first time someone told me to stop shooting something. I then asked them, 'why' and we just keep shooting. 'what were they gonna do about it' :)
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This is of course .... "In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" ... in some other parts of the world ... you are never seen again.
 
I have done that with no problem. Just have too use consumer cam. a sony A1 or the up coming JVC HM 100 could do this nicely
 
We did a short a few years ago (my 1st, and man does it look like it) shooting on and around railroad tracks. We had a dialogue scene at a crossing. We also needed to get a shot of the Metrolink going by. Shortly after the Metrolink passed, a LA County cop car pulled up and started asking questions. We told them something about a student project (we were a few blocks from Univ of LaVerne) and that we were through. He took my name and left. He was very nice about the whole thing. We still had another scene to shoot there so we shot it. Just as we were finishing, 2 LaVerne police cars pulled up and told us we had to leave. Again, they were nice enough about it.

It turns out that the Metrolink conductor saw us when they passed and he called it in. They were worried about terrorists.
 
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