Setting of Abandoned Building - Pros & Cons

Setting of Abandoned Building - Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Abandoned buildings give a sense of being detached from the world which could be effective within a horror movie. 
• There is no one out there to help, the building is forgotten 
• No risk of being interrupted while filming by passer bys 
• Effective landscape and aura, depending on the building. [warehouse: industrial sense, hospital: medical feel, prison: confined and trapped feel etc]
• Possible to get good camera angles. 

Cons:

• Could be dangerous
• Might not get permission to go inside 
• Problems with copy right laws if we are filming in an abandoned branded building and the logo gets in our film by accident 
• Difficult to find a suitable one to match with our plot 
• Problems with meeting, could be close to one member and far from another. 

Examples of abandoned buildings we could film in:

• The Battersea Powerstation 
• Ferrier Estate 
• Warehouse http://www.locationworks.com/library.php?reference=48403, http://www.locationworks.com/library.php?reference=46279
• Hospitals http://www.locationworks.com/library.php?reference=5635
• Churches http://www.locationworks.com/library.php?reference=4375, http://www.derelictlondon.com/cemetery--churches.html