Hey! Ich habe eine eher Nischenfrage zu den Filmregeln in Deutschland. Ich kenne die Regeln für Straßenfotografie in Deutschland bereits, bin aber vor Kurzem von der Fotografie auf das Filmemachen als Hobby umgestiegen.
Ich habe eine kleine Recherche durchgeführt und denke, dass ich normalerweise eine Drehgenehmigung in Berlin einholen muss, aber ich gehe davon aus, dass es sich um eine kommerzielle Arbeit handelt. Das Problem ist, dass meine Kamera im Vergleich zu klassischen Hobbykameras zu professionell aussieht, weil sie mit all den zusätzlichen Teilen wirklich groß ist.
Ich hatte einige Aufnahmen in anderen Ländern und die Leute starrten mich immer an und dachten, ich sei ein Influencer oder so etwas.
Meine Frage ist also: Wenn ein Beamter um eine Dreherlaubnis bitten würde, würde es mir dann genügen zu sagen, dass ich nur ein Hobbyist mit dieser Kamera bin? Meiner Meinung nach unterscheidet sich das nicht von der Aufnahme mit einem iPhone, aber ich bin gespannt, wie es wahrgenommen wird.
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Von vitainpixels
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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.
depends what you filming and where. lots of newer building you need a permit. people that are identfieable and you intdnd of making it public avaible aka youtube or website thats a permit and a allowec from the human you filming.
just nature is fine. demostration also fine also long as nobody is identfiable.
Please also consider that it might be already considered commercial if you earn a few euros through ads on a website or YouTube where you display your work.
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If you include people in the recording they may need to consent, but if they’re in the background it usually doesn’t matter but they still may report the video on YouTube since their face Is in there so to be sure don’t have “high quality” pictures of people in the foreground ig