I'm putting together a VERY low budget (as always) music video. We have one scene that is proving to be very difficult. We want to shoot in a convenient store in a litte nowhere town in California. The problem is we have a replica gun that will be waved around and the convenient store wanted all the permit paperwork. After contacting the city, I need the $1,000,000 general liability insurance. This is basically going to blow the majority of our budget I'm thinking, I haven't gotten a quote response from the short-term policy company yet.
Anyone have any ideas how to get around this? Just find a convenient store that agrees to let us shoot and doesn't ask for any permits or what? I've been making phone calls all day, and the only thing I'm affraid of now is if we don't get a permit and we get caught filming without one, I've already talked to the city council and police cheif, so I can't use the "I didn't know excuse".
Anyone have any ideas how to get around this? Just find a convenient store that agrees to let us shoot and doesn't ask for any permits or what? I've been making phone calls all day, and the only thing I'm affraid of now is if we don't get a permit and we get caught filming without one, I've already talked to the city council and police cheif, so I can't use the "I didn't know excuse".