Jersey City is notorious for forcing unnecessary cops on to your production, at overtime costs.

It has kept productions out of Jersey City because companies don't want a 10,000 dollar invoice for cops that are mostly hanging around.

I'm just the messenger. I wasn't that surprised, sounds typical JCPD.

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I have worked on probably a thousand TV commercials and a handful of music videos. This entire video is shot in the interior of the theater. The only purpose for using cops is for traffic control if you are shooting exteriors and might block traffic temporarily or close a lane of a roadway. Granted, you may have to sometimes position a lift outside a window for lighting an interior but I don't see that happening here. In the end maybe one cop hanging out for security or just in case but more than that is just a shakedown. I have shot inside Radio City and a few Broadway theaters and not once did the NYC Film Commision require us to have cops on hand.

what a shame. they did a great job utilizing the space in the video though.

I have a friend on the film crew. All we ever heard was how shitty it was dealing with the JCPD and how the crew will not be scouting in JC for future projects. Go figure...

You should recognize the location if youve ever been inside.

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