Location Scouting - Hospitals

Shooting at a hospital is proving a little worrisome.

The largest hospital in our region is the Joondalup Health Campus.  They have informed us that we won't be able to film there because they do not have the space.  All of their wards are fully operational and they cannot have a film crew in disrupting the patients.

They have directed us to a state agency that oversees hospitals.  They have a list of hospitals with closed wards.  I am assuming that they are temporarily closed due to inactivity and not decrepit messes with leaky ceilings and paint dripping off of the walls

Is this where we can film?

We have a contact number to call in the morning.  As always, the intrepid E.D. is on the case, running down the leads while I, the Chief Bottle Washer and Fire Marshall, is off raising funds.

Some hospitals have published guidelines about bringing in film crews.  St. George's University in London, has a price chart and hours available all on-line.  (Our shoot would cost us about AU$730).

Kinigston Hospital (also in the U.K.) charges about AU$1,800 for a four hour window.

The fine folks at Joondalup, didn't really seem to have a plan in place.  Perhaps I am the first person to ask.

Today I have broken new ground in medical-entertainment relations in the name of my art.   Now it is time to sleep.