Yeah, it is surprising what can happen within a mob of people... all in all, people where quite nice...ish.

You know, I've run into similar situations like you have (ChriZZZ Emerson). For this video though, I don't think I was thinking of how it would effect us in a bad way, if anything, I assumed things would get out of control and wanted to make sure to capture it. I don't know how smart that is... but my main concern was nobody harming Anna or the Camera gear and my camera guy. Anna and my tight crew were really excited with the concept and so we went out and shot it. I get so pumped with adrenaline when I do a shoot like this, that I would probably get physical if needed...I don't know how smart that is either... since I'm not very big... I don't think I'm giving good advice... somehow we just thought it would be cool, so we did it. I also think it helps having someone beautiful like Anna in the spot light, there's nothing threating about her, just kind of a peaceful presence.

Thanks for your compliments. Some of those embarrassing people remind me of myself sometimes. . umm.. .. but hopefully one day we'll all grow up and get younger at heart :)

Wow. that's a great compliment! thanks. As an aspiring film-maker, I'm constantly trying to learn how to evoke emotion or a feeling. I'm glad you were there... I'm sure Anna's song and presence helped :)

It was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver has these huge international firework competitions every summer. As the crowd started to pile out, we started to record...

After we filmed this, I discovered this guy is a life long friend of one of my friends. And then I discovered more of my friends know him. They all said they laughed when they saw him embarrassing himself on this video. i still don't know his thoughts... oh well, I think he's probably laughing too...

Strictly speaking, releases aren't necessary in public spaces -- which a street or sidewalk clearly is. And pursuing the camera, when it has a minispot and is clearly running, pretty much constitutes a release even for what *might* in a seriously expensive lawyer's hands be argued to constitute a defamatory image.

thank you for clearly explaining. next time i will use a winkie face so you know i was clearly joking.

it's apparent the police had no issues either, as by the looks of the event they had their hands full with crowd control.

as for anna and david, nice job, fun idea, keep up the good work.

thanks for the info Saroyan Stransky. Thanks for asking the question Antomic. I'm about to send the video to some broadcasters so this is a topic I need to address.

Yeah, the police were more concerned with holding the peace in the streets.

thanks for the compliments.

thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

thanks...

Hey matcluck, thanks for the great comment. This was filmed in Vancouver, Canada.

Yeah, Anna is an incredible singer songwriter. I just posted another video of her. Thanks.

vimeo.com/1534435

the camera man had a steady cam rig and so he was kinda walking forward with the camera shooting backwards... i think...it's a bit of a blur...

thanks David. It was shot in my favorite place in the world. Vancouver, Canada. Yeah... but Vancouver does have it's characters too though...

I just posted another video with Anna if you want to see it.

vimeo.com/1534435

thanks.

Vancouver? I heard many good stories about it. And yes, I suppose if you go wandering about with a camera in Amsterdam you'd get the same kind of weird reactions.

Nope... except for a small spot light on top of the camera. But the camera was also on top of a steadycam rig, so I'm sure that drew some attention.

thanks for the feedback Steve. That was kinda the contrast we were going for. The song is actually about her thoughts of God being with her in the worst of times and the unnatural peace God can bring amidst chaos.