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TFL Filming Restrictions

BONZA!



So we were about to get filming but there was a small complication.

Turns out that because I planned on uploading the footage online I need a professional fimling permit to film on the tube. The permit is £300 for two hours!

Well balls to that! We've got bigger and better plans....keep your eyes peeled!

I've pasted in the email from TFL film office...

From: Ben Crowder [mailto:ben------@hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: 17 February 2010 17:51
To: Film Office
Subject: RE: LU Film Office Student/Non-professional Permit Application (1850)

Thank you for starting a permit application.

Your application ID number is 1850. Please make a note of this for future reference.

YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT YET COMPLETE. Please read the instructions below:

Please attach your documents to this email and simply reply without adding a message or changing the subject line.

Please note that the attached files must be a maximum of 2Mb in size.

You will be contacted by the LU Film Office once your application has been assessed.

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From: filmoffice@tube.tfl.gov.uk
To: ben---------@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:18:38 +0000
Subject: RE: LU Film Office Student/Non-professional Permit Application (1850)

Hi Ben

The student permit does not cover publishing items on the Internet – you will need to apply for the two hour £300.00 permit.

The two hour permit is only valid during the day between 10.00 – 15.30 hours.

With best wishes -
Film Office
Commercial Revenue Team
London Underground Limited
172 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TN

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What a load of bollocks.....

Where it all began...

Scratching the tube began on a miserable Monday morning, on my way to work. I'd safely bet that the majority of you dread Monday mornings, having to go to work, school or a Doctors appointment you've been putting off for a while is hardly the way you'd like to start off your week....I look around the tube on my way to work and think to myself, how many people here are feeling lower than life itself?

The idea is to interview anyone who is willing to chat whilst on the tube. The end result is to induce a positive emotion. Sure enough some people won't want to talk, yet they are the ones most likely to react positively post interview. I will be asking people light hearted, fun questions that will merely scratch the surface of the minds on the tube.

By filming all sorts of characters on the tube I'm inviting you into the lives of the people you travel next to on a daily basis, it's a chance for people to see other humans reactions to the strange yet simple questions I ask...

If your feeling sad, lonely or simply sick of life then these interviews and clips should turn frowns upside down with the hope of an occassional giggle. Apologies for the cheesy line.

I've always enjoyed entertaining since from before I can remember so this is a project to try and inject my personality into random peoples lives and get them smiling...

So look out for me and my side kick 'rat cheese' on tube, please don't be shy!

Scratch you soon