Commercial Filming

 

Our national forests are a popular location for the commercial filming and still photography industries. Many motion pictures, television programs and commercials are filmed in the Rocky Mountain Region. Anyone wishing to film on a National Forest must obtain a special use permit from the Forest Service.

 

COMMERCIAL FILMING

Use of motion picture, videotaping, sound-recording, or any other type of moving image or audio recording equipment on National Forest System lands that involves the advertisement of a product or service, the creation of a product for sale, or the use of actors, models, sets, or props, but not including activities associated with broadcasting breaking news. Creation of a product for sale includes a film, videotape, television broadcast, or documentary of historic events, wildlife, natural events, features, subjects or participants in a sporting or recreation event, when created for the purpose of generating income.

  

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY

The use of photographic equipment to capture still images on film, digital format, and other similar technologies on the national forests. A permit is required when still photography takes place at a location where members of the public are generally not allowed or where additional administrative costs are likely, or uses models, sets, or props that are not a part of the site's natural or cultural resources, or administrative facilities.