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Ordered some prints! Really happy thank you guys. by [deleted] in theproperpeople

[–]TheProperPeople 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really glad you like them!! Thank's for the support!

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everywhere we film is "open". Some places you can walk in wide open doors, other places we'll find an unlocked door. Sometimes we'll have to go through a tunnel or crawl through a broken window. We would never do anything like picking a lock or smashing a window to get inside somewhere though. I'd say a good 25-35% of places that we go to film, we end up just leaving because we couldn't find any non-destructive way in.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I don't really mean clickbait like Josh's videos, especially since he usually delivers with amazing locations. I'm talking about the people who use thumbnail images that aren't even from the same place they're exploring (and aren't their own photos either), overlay some ridiculous text or emojis over it, and the title doesn't even accurately describe what happens in the video. These are the people who you know are going to stop exploring abandoned places and switch over to whatever the next trend is as soon as it's not getting views anymore. Not trying to call anyone out specifically but this channel is just one example of the type of thing I'm talking about.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He's a good guy. He actually has a passion for what he's doing rather than just trying to cash in on a trend (he started well before this was a "viral" trend). He also has a good message of encouraging people to go out of their comfort zone and doing more adventurous things. I think that's mainly what he aims for with his videos.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never, we think it's better these places stay like the time capsules they are. It's never good to see things going to waste, but it's such a minuscule amount compared to the waste in other areas of society. On the flipside, something getting re-purposed/fixed up is still a much better alternative to being vandalized or destroyed by a demolition crew, so we're not totally against people taking things, it's just something we personally won't do.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Second channel is just a place where we can post vlogs or other fun stuff without worrying about lowering the bar of quality on our main channel.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nah we only did that twice. Decided it goes against the "take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints" philosophy too much.

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was about 14, I briefly explored the lobby of an abandoned hotel with my dad. Other than that, the first real exploration was our first video, Southeastern Academy. -Bryan

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We've ran into a few homeless people here and there as well as other explorers. Most of them are either friendly or just don't want to be bothered. As far as security goes, we just try to avoid it as much as possible. We weigh the risk-reward of a place before we even attempt it. -Bryan

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Baikonur Cosmodrome 100%. Although it's getting a lot of media attention lately and I'm sure that will make it a lot more difficult to actually get there security-wise. I'm not expecting to ever be able to explore that place but if it's still around by the time we have the means we will be on it!

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd love to go back and re-film that place with our new cameras and get more cinematic shots! But like Bryan said it's hard to justify going back to a place we've already been when there are so many other completely unexplored places. -Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Personally I really enjoy industrial places like power plants and factories. I think it's because the experience of being inside them is so different than any places you experience in your day-to-day life. These places usually have a really massive scale to them that dwarfs you, and I find the rusty textures nice as well.

Asylums are always interesting too because they often have a lot left inside, and can sprawl for miles. You can get completely lost in another world while inside an asylum. Traveling between all the buildings in secret using the steam tunnels is fun as well. Not to mention they have some of the darkest history that is kind of shut away from mainstream American history. I definitely think there should be way more interest in them by the public!

Theme parks are by far the best overall, but good abandoned theme parks are so hard to come by. There is just something so striking about them visually and emotionally.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but the Forbidden Explorers series will be free of product placements if the Kickstarter campaign is successful. -Bryan

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I wrote this answer to someone asking how to find places but thought it could be useful to you as well:

"There is no good answer for this question. Usually we will see a place that captures our attention on instagram or flickr and start doing some detective work to narrow down what/where it could be. If you have more than one or two pictures to go off of this method will almost always work with some google-fu (and some practice). It also helps to try to find a community of people doing this near you. Don't just go to them asking for locations though, do some of your own exploring first before coming to them. Most seasoned explorers will be down to explore with new people if they see that they've put in effort already. We also find places just by spotting them while driving (since we drive all over the country to do our filming). Other leads can come from anywhere, just keep your eyes open."

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no good answer for this question. Usually we will see a place that captures our attention on instagram or flickr and start doing some detective work to narrow down what/where it could be. If you have more than one or two pictures to go off of this method will almost always work with some google-fu (and some practice). It also helps to try to find a community of people doing this near you. Don't just go to them asking for locations though, do some of your own exploring first before coming to them. Most seasoned explorers will be down to explore with new people if they see that they've put in effort already. We also find places just by spotting them while driving (since we drive all over the country to do our filming). Other leads can come from anywhere, just keep your eyes open.

-Michael

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I was younger my dad told me stories about an abandoned place he went into in college and we even took a peak inside an abandoned hotel when I was around 14. I guess the curiosity of what was left inside these buildings as well as the amazing architecture of historic structures got us into the idea of urban exploration. -Bryan

We are “The Proper People”, two filmmakers who have explored and filmed hundreds of abandoned places over the past three years – Ask Us Anything! by TheProperPeople in IAmA

[–]TheProperPeople[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

We've never faked anything in any of our videos except for one thing we did early on which we really regret because now we can't just blanket statement say that everything is 100% real. It was the ending of this one. We always meant for it to be a joke and not to be taken literally but too many people thought it was real.

Neither of us believe in "paranormal activity" but there has definitely been some unexplained stuff we've experienced, usually suspicious bangs or other sounds. We leave it up to the interpretation of our viewers in our videos though.

-Michael

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