Filming Spectators

[Tally]

Is it needed to ask the question, "Do you mind being on the internet?", when performing and filiming the spectator? If needed, any suggestions of what I should say?

 

[MattTarrant]

In some cases you may actually need some sort of disclosure. Especially if selling the product, marketing etc.

 

[Sergey]

It's not like they are ever going to find out, they don't even know that sites like these exist

 

[The Dark Angel]

Just to be on the safe side, I would definitely say "I'm recording this, going to put it on the internet, blah blah blah" so that they know they're being recorded, and if they don't want to be filmed, then they can say No.

 

[mattjones]

I've never heard of a spectator stopping me and saying they don't want to be filmed, but that's a good suggestion.

 

[DannyT]

Yeah, give them a heads up before their watching youtube and all of a sudden they see themselves freaking out over a trick that was just done by you.

They may be kind of embarrassed, but the chances of them finding themselves on a youtube video are very slim.

 

[Tally]

okay thank you, I'll probably ask in case they blame me for some reason seeing themselves on youtube.

 

[BigMike]

My best friend does the weekend magic show at a major amusement park here in Ohio. A street magic pre-show video is shown as the audience is being seated. I was the camera man for that video for the past several years and we always had the spectators sign a waiver stating that they knew they were being filmed and that the film would be shown pubicly. In today's litigation happy society is is always best to cover your ass.