Should Filmmakers Pay to Shoot on Public Lands?
For Will and Jim Pattiz, the sibling filmmaking duo behind the award-winning More than Just Parks video series, obtaining permits has long been one of the most frustrating parts of their jobs. In 2019, they were contracted by the National Park Service to work on a film for the park’s maintenance-backlog campaign. Despite the fact that their crew was just the two of them and the Park Service’s own head videographer, their permits were denied multiple times. “ More than Just Parks was born literally as an effort to share national parks with as many folks as possible, with the goal of...
Source: outsideonline.com