Meh, a LOT of stuff these days is filmed guerilla-style.
Some cities cheaply permit it and are super prompt to inquiries, flexible with scheduling, etc.
Other cities milk it for all it’s worth and are super slothe to respond to the associated calls and emails —it’s like the post-office.
So people throw up their hands and just shoot it, giving the cities nothing. Faster and cheaper, right..?
The equipment is soooooo much smaller and lighter, you can often escape heavy scrutiny. You can get away with it.
I think when LEO’s see this and actually understand, they pretend not to.
Goes better with the city manager and chief, that way.
“You’re sorry for me nearly SHOOTING you, huh...? Well are you going to at least PAY THE FEE you were trying to shirk...?”
A lot of cops are revenue agents.
Yeah, blare a lot of public safety stuff at me now.
You call the venue and explain what you want to do at their location, how you want to know what their standard fee for the permit is:
“What is your budget...?”
Innocent question, huh...? Look only a friggin DUFUS would answer that.
If you give them a number —ANY NUMBER— what are they then going to claim..?
“Ah, three grand, huh..? Kay...(brief sound of a few papers rustling)...yeah, sez here our standard fee for that is $2,900..”
See how it works..?
The first person to say a number LOSES.
And THAT is why so much stuff gets shot guerrilla-style these days.
Some people call it “Shoot and skoot”.