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INDEXMulti-storey car park in London, Surrey or Middlesex for short thriller
6 years, 4 months ago - Andrew Ionides
Hi Shooters,
Hope you're all well.
I am potentially shooting a short thriller in the next few months set in a multi-storey car park. This is for an all-night shoot.
Just researching to see if anyone knows any reasonably-priced (below £1k) and film-friendly car parks in London, Surrey or Middlesex area?
Thank you in advance
Andrew
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6 years, 4 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Not necessarily quite what you need, but have a look around commercial estate areas, large office estates, universities, or commuter train stations. Weekend nights will be a lot quieter there than anywhere working :)
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6 years, 4 months ago - Marlom Tander
You'd really need one that was closed at night - and very few of them are these days, (and that's in the provinces).
If I was the manager, you'd at least show me you seemed serious if in your approach you stated :-
a) We have insurance
b) We know you will have health and safety concerns - we will pay one of your guys overtime to stay and monitor.
c) We need to run around inside the car park. NO ONE (or any kit) will go anywhere near an edge. (Using edges is going to scare me. And as soon as you say THRILLER I'm thinking people dangled/falling over the side, so nix that worry right away).
d) We have been to the car park and if we could have BLOCK C on Level 2 and the ramp up to 3 that would be perfect. It's about 40 parking spaces. They would cost us X if we parked there, how does X sound to rent then for the night.
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6 years, 4 months ago - Andrew Ionides
Hi guys,
Thank you for your responses. Will definitely research train stations and university car parks! And good shout on nixing the Thriller aspect of it!
Thanks again,
Andrew
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6 years, 4 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Ha, the "nixing the thriller" aspect is super helpful. In fact I never tell anyone we're doing anything more than a "student film" (unless it's important that they know otherwise - I mean like the public, etc) as it disperses a curious crowd quicker than "mayonnaise commercial"
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6 years, 4 months ago - Alwyne Kennedy
Paddy, there's an even better way to decrease bystander curiosity than saying it's a student film. Tell them it's an educational film. Worked for me in a park, shooting with a girl in school uniform (the film was actually kind of in the horror genre).
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6 years, 4 months ago - Glyn Carter
Tricks of the trade! Thanks for sharing, all.
Be clear from the outset that you're not a big-buck (or even a small buck) feature with all the paraphernalia involved.
They will (rightly) want a safety risk assessment. And they'll be extra nervous if there are moving cars, and especially any kind of car chase.
The multi-storeys in my town - Hastings - are closed from 11-6, so I disagree with Marlom. It's easy enough to search online.
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