There be monsters.
Whilst wandering around Burnham Beeches, just on the edge of your peripheral vision, you can often catch a fleeting glimpse of Little Red Riding Hood skipping happily through the woods singing to herself - next time I'll shout a warning, I promise.
And just beyond the next glade is a view through the tangled undergrowth to Sleeping Beauty's Castle. You know it's there...somewhere.
And so it probably is, in the cinema at least, Burnham's beauty's appearing in many films, large and small.
Burnham is close to Pinewood Studios - at the moment dominated by Disney - and many of the traditional, smaller film studios (now mostly absorbed like Denham, London and Bray) were nearby.
Recently, new studios have arrived near Pinewood to take advantage of the pool of freelance talent, and with CGI and every other technical marvel now available to them, the traditional sprawling 'back lots' are now no longer needed.
Filming in the woods however is strictly controlled; the natural environment, wildlife and delicate root systems of the trees taking precedence over the great thumping, myopic demands of a film production unit.
There be monsters.
Whilst wandering around Burnham Beeches, just on the edge of your peripheral vision, you can often catch a fleeting glimpse of Little Red Riding Hood skipping happily through the woods singing to herself - next time I'll shout a warning, I promise.
And just beyond the next glade is a view through the tangled undergrowth to Sleeping Beauty's Castle. You know it's there...somewhere.
And so it probably is, in the cinema at least, Burnham's beauty's appearing in many films, large and small.
Burnham is close to Pinewood Studios - at the moment dominated by Disney - and many of the traditional, smaller film studios (now mostly absorbed like Denham, London and Bray) were nearby.
Recently, new studios have arrived near Pinewood to take advantage of the pool of freelance talent, and with CGI and every other technical marvel now available to them, the traditional sprawling 'back lots' are now no longer needed.
Filming in the woods however is strictly controlled; the natural environment, wildlife and delicate root systems of the trees taking precedence over the great thumping, myopic demands of a film production unit.