I just got done shooting a scene for a war film in a forest. I used a high school's campus in the summer. No one was there, and I asked them before the summer if I could use their campus to shoot a film. They said yes and I shot the scene I needed. Try going around some high schools and asking some. But hurry up before summer starts, otherwise, there will be about nobody to ask.

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Thanks for the quick reply ?:)? I will have a look on Google to see if there are schools around here with large woodlands, i thenm hope to film in the middle of London which i hope won't be a problem as it is public land unless i'm mistaken and that there is a huge area of red tape, if someone could let me know about that side aswell, that would be great as i am new to all this?:)?

I worked on a fantasy movie some years ago where the director just talked nicely to the local council; once they knew it was just a few people with a DV camera they were willing to let us shoot in a wood for free. Of course we did have to put up with passers-by stopping to watch the fight scenes as they took their dogs for walks :).

Otherwise I'm sure the Forestry Commission have a program for low-budget movies, I know someone who shot a short in one of their woods a couple of years back and certainly didn't pay them that much.

Thanks Mark, I will try some more woods and see what responses i get?:)?