Businesses immediately adjacent to filming site will also be compensated. Guidelines for merchant fees are as follows. For example, crew members may stand on the sidewalk in front of an adjacent business for a few minutes or a piece of equipment may be placed there for a few minutes. Entrance to the merchant s store, in this case, is not blocked. For example, pedestrians are asked to wait for a few minutes before entering the store while a scene is filmed.
Entrance is blocked during actual filming only .
For example, the scene is located in front of the merchant s store, but the camera is located across the street. When the camera stops, pedestrians are allowed to flow freely in front of the store and into the store. In the event that construct and strike activities prior or following filming cause a demonstrated hardship to the affected merchants, compensation may be required per the above schedule. A cancellation fee will be charged to the production company for time and services rendered by the MOMA liaison if filming is canceled after the permitting process has begun. Written notification of filming activities must be provided to the MOMA liaison to distribute to each merchant on the block where filming takes place.