Risk Assessment on Production

Risk assessment.

1.       What risks are there to yourselves, other people and the equipment that may arise from filming in your chosen locations?

2.       What steps can be taken to minimise and avoid those risks?
 

Location one.
 

Farm Road- Finchfield/Northfield Grove/ Southfield Grove/ Bhylls Lane.

1.       As these are residential areas, there is little risk in filming here. However, the cars of the local people may be considered as a risk as they may disrupt shooting and are a potential source of physical harm and damage to the cameras. There is also the risk of upsetting the local people due to the noise created during filming. One shot of the trailer involves running whilst holding the camera, this could be a risk as the person may trip and fall, damaging the camera.
 

2.       To avoid these risks, we must keep a dedicated eye on traffic, making sure that if the need arises for filming to take place in the road that it is clear of cars. To avoid upsetting the local people, we must ensure that we keep the noise made during filming to a bare minimum. This will not be too much of a problem as the scenes we intend to film do not require much noise. To avoid damage to the camera, it would be wise to set a particular path for the camera man to run, a path that contains very little opportunity for the camera man to fall. However, the risk is still present as the camera man may trip over his own feet, we will have to make sure his laces are tied.
 

Location two.
 

Smestow School

1.       Risks present in filming in a school are that students or teachers that are unaware of filming may enter the location and disrupt the shot. Filming could also disrupt lessons taking place.

2.       To minimise these risks a note will have to be placed onto the door of the intended classroom, saying ‘do not disturb’ in hopes that they will not enter and disrupt the shot. Filming will also have to be coordinated with teachers to prevent disruption to their lessons.
 

Location three
 

The friend’s house (On Bhylls lane)

1.       Risks of filming inside a house are that accidents may occur during filming in which personal property gets damaged. The use of stairs during filming could also be problematic as the camera man may fall during filming. Noise made during filming may disrupt the neighbours, angering them.

2.       To avoid these risks, extra care will be taken to avoid the breaking of property, for example, valuable items will be removed from an area where they may receive harm during filming. To avoid falling down the stairs, the camera man must be focused on both the shot and the stairs themselves, and making sure there are no obstructions on the stairs or that the shoe laces of the camera man are tied. Noise will also have to be kept to a minimum,  however, the shots that are intended to be filmed do not require much noise, therefore this will not pose much of a problem.