| This summer, Dylan Cromwell has been invading and exploring the San Francisco street musician scene by riding and inhabiting the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains and stations. Dylan hopes to not only document and promote skillful and melodic sound created by these artists (self-called Buskers) as they perform their sets and songs in the depths of the San Francisco BART stations. So far, Dylan's route takes him from the 24th + Mission Station, all the way to the Embarcadero Station. At this point the filming has only just begun, but almost a half dozen artists seem to be regulars who are interested in the project. Stay tuned for updates and/or sneak previews. |
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| UPDATE: 06/07/06 |
| A request for insurance information and legal support has been submitted to the California College of the Arts. This paperwork is needed in order to obtain an official shooting permit. As for shooting inside of Powell Street Station (and the few other downtown San Francisco stations), Dylan has yet to recieve a reply from Muni. |
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| UPDATE: 06/05/06 |
| An application for an official filming permit to shoot legally in the San Francisco BART stations has been mailed to the head of Public Affairs. Muni has been contacted as well, but an application or discussion of a permit has yet to unfold. |
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| UPDATE: 06/02/06 |
| Dylan has been making calls to the Public Affairs offices of both BART and Muni, but has as of yet not been able to get confirmed and official permission to continue filming. Unfortunately, today's shoot in the city will have to be put on hold until the legal issues have been dealt with. It is possible that Dylan may have to wait until the end of next week to resume his work on the documentary. |
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| UPDATE: 06/01/06 |
| While filming a very talented, blind accordian player at the Powell Station on Thursday, June 1st, Dylan was informed by a Muni attendant that he was not allowed to be filming in the Muni or BART stations without proper permission from both establishments. Dylan was also informed that filming without having written permission on hand was an illegal activity and that it was possible his camera and tapes could be confiscated if the police had to be called. Dylan politely asked for the contact numbers of those who would be able to give him permission to continue filming the documentary. |
