NYC Video Flash Mob
June 28th, 2008 | Published in Video Episodes by David | 4 Comments
When: Monday June 30, 2008, 7 PM EDT
Where: Outside Grand Central Terminal on the southside (E 42nd St), across the street and under the pedestrian bridge
Why: It’s an interesting thing to do (and the footage should be cool).
Who: You!
How: Bring a hand-held (nonprofessional) video camera to the appropriate time and place where we will embark. After the event, upload your footage to a video sharing site (we like blip.tv for their ease of use and ability to download the original file). We’d like all footage to be released Creative Commons NonCommercial-Attribution-Sharealike for remixing fun.
Here’s how it’ll go down: we’ll meet up at 7pm (flash mob!). At 7:02, we’ll take out our cameras and start filming (make sure to bring enough tape/memory and battery). We will enter GCT at 7:03 and get on the #2 train toward Wall St. (please purchase a subway pass or subway fare beforehand). Once we reach Wall St, we will disperse and everyone who took video will post a comment to this post with a link to their footage. That’s it!
A few things to remember: please be respectful of other passengers and any law enforcement you may encounter, bring subway fare, bring sufficient memory, bring sufficient battery, synchronize your watch to official time, have fun. You can read more about the NYCLU/MTA controversy and general photography rights issues here.
If you can’t make the mob, you can help us out by telling everyone you know (near or far from NYC) about it using the buttons below or just your gift of gab. Thanks!
June 30th, 2008 at 2:06 am (#)
[...] What: Video Flash Mob When: Tonight @ 7 PM EDT (Monday) Where:New York, Outside Grand Central (E 42nd St), across the street and under the pedestrian bridge Bring: Video Camera or Digi Cam More Deets: here [...]
June 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pm (#)
You can’t get on the #2 train at Grand Central
June 30th, 2008 at 5:23 pm (#)
Take the (4) or (5) train to Wall Street from Grand Central.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:54 pm (#)
I found out about the flash mob at carlosmiller.com. I’m from Miami but happened to be in New York on business across the street from the GCT. I went over at 7:00 sharp and did not see anyone or anything that looked remotely like a flash mob.
Too bad. It sounded fun.