Filming & Photography at Sites
f you are interested in filming or photographing within protected monuments you should check out the Ancient Monuments And Archaeological Sites And Remains Rules 1959. Here are some definitions to understand the terms used.
Definitions
1 b. “copying”, together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the preparation of copies by drawing or by photography or by mould or by squeezing and includes the preparation of a cinematographic film 2[and video film] with the aid of a hand-camera which is capable of taking films of not more than eight millimeters and which does not require the use of a stand or involve any special previous arrangement;
c. “filming”, together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the preparation of a cinematographic film 1[including video film] with the aid of a camera which is capable of taking films of more than eight millimeters and which requires the use of a stand or involves other special previous arrangements