I’m very intrigued by this trailer; talented photographer sneaks into some of the the biggest festivals in the world and captures some amazing raw footage of our favorite artists. Not only that but this documentary on MTV will give me a reason to watch the channel for the first time in years.
Accomplishing sneaking in and getting access to the photo pit at one of the these festivals is no small feat. One of my very first intern assignments was media relations at Ozzfest. I was assigned several press people to “watch” and make sure they obeyed all the rules. Some of them were: 1. Don’t photograph Ozzy, 2. You can only shoot the first three songs, 3. You can not shoot pictures from the crowd (pit). I got my exercise that day in 100 plus heat chasing the press out of the pit.
You can’t really be any old photographer to get a press pass. You have to go through the publicist and sign a waiver to make sure you won’t sell the images. They will want to know how you plan to use the images and if you have a blog what your following is like.
One my friends Jason Miller takes amazing pictures of bands and showcases his work on his blog.
He recently had a interesting encounter with a band using a image he shot without asking permission. Read here to find out more about additional guidelines you need to know about sharing copyrighted images.
With all that being said it looks like this guy captured the trust of Mumford & Sons enough so they invited him on tour to capture content for their own use. I’m very interested to see what exactly he captured and how it is being used.
What an awesome trailer, gave me goosebumps! So fun. I don’t have TV though…. maybe I’ll sneak in an online stream and be the online version of them, watching 🙂
I recently read an entire article about a photographer who was in a situation where a band used his material without his consent and without crediting him. The band held that the image was of them and was taken without express permission, so they should be able to use it and not have to compensate; the photographer argued that it was his creative material. Craziness….I’d rather just enjoy the concert I think!
This is so cool!
This is really interesting. I’d love to see where this goes.
Sounds interesting! Might have to watch this one!
super cool alexa! =)
very cool!
This is so cool, like you not watched MTV in forever
What an awesome job to have! How exciting, I never knew there were so many rules and regulations surrounding taking a picture!
Katie <3
Yes-tons of rules and can be a difficult job for photographers too!
This sounds so interesting!!
Love this. I’m definitely going to check it out
Thank you for sharing! Definitely DVRing this!
Really interesting, I think it’s been about ten years since I’ve watch MTV but think I might for this 🙂
For sure watching this one!
Very interesting concept, I’ll definitely check it out 🙂
This looks great!
MTV is my thing. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like an amazing documentary. I would love to travel around and go to differentmusic festivals
Me too!
This looks like a very interesting documentary! I can’t wait to see it.
How cool! Definitely checking this out.
Very intriguing! I am so going to have to look into it!
Looks interesting! Thank you for sharing!
Great trailer. This looks exciting.
I am thrilled that they are doing something other than trashy “reality” shows. I will have to set the DVR!
Very cool! I’m interested to see where this goes.
I saw this the other day and I was so excited about watching it!