The issue with shooting a movie in Los Angeles is that if you're poor and want to do something with a few people, most neighborhoods you venture to will know the "rules of production." Most cops do too, since they're mostly bored and likely to want to assert authority next to your pretty actress or just have a good story about scaring a famous person.
For the most part, low/no-budget movies won't have stars, but will have pretty girls. Everyone in town knows what you're up to. If you shoot in the midwestern states, yes...they've gotten pretty savvy, but usually it'll be cops telling you to buzz off, and that's that. The pigs here confiscate your shit. Let's be serious here, they know it's worth a lot.
SO, if you want to make your small po-dunk projects in La La Land, best to do whatever the fuck you wanna do and endure the bullshit later. Yes, this is reckless, but this fucking town can make you give up on pursuing your storytelling careers. You have to realize, the risk is part of the reward. And...Fuck this town and its bullshit people. The people who do snitch on you are more than likely below the line asswipes who are stuck gripping for a buck-a-day. I've seen a few young people shooting around my neighborhood, and it gives me pleasure in that a) they most likely don't have a permit b) they're doing something with their lives besides drugs and graffiti.
You young kids out there, don't let these assholes who snitch on your pursuit of making a movie. Just keep making them.
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