Risk Assessment

Ollie Here

As we have all of our locations planned and pretty much finalised i think this would be a good time to write a risk assessment.

Scene One
In scene one we have chris in a ditch to begin with, this could be potentially hazardous in case one of us, or the camera, were to fall in without climbing in carefully, in order to make this as safe as possible we will use a particular area that is not too steep so that when chris is climbing in and out he will be at minimal danger of hurting himself. In order for us to film the worm-eye view shot from inside the ditch i think that only one of us should be operating the camera, i.e so that a minimum of two people are in the ditch at any one time, this will leave one person on hand to help out at all times. Besides the ditch there is not much else that could be a health hazard, obviously we will all be bringing our mobile phones in case we need to call for help. We will be filming alongside a road for about 30 seconds worth of film, however this will not be too risky as we will be keeping an eye on the road as anyone would on a daily basis.

Scene Two
This will probably be the least potentially dangerous of all scenes, only one person is needed at any time throughout the scene as it is all to be done via a POV shot with no characters appearing on-screen. However filming for this scene will not be taking place in one single location, we are planning on doing a very small bit of filming by a lake in Dunmow, but this will take place more than 20ft from any actual water so the risk of one of us falling in is minute. My garage is being used for part of the filming, there is alot of mess in my garage so we need to be careful with the camera and that we do not trip over.

Props, weather, other
Outside of scenes our only potential danger is weather, however this is only really a danger to the camera which we can cover in a coat if need be. If it happens to rain during filming of the ditch scene then we will make sure to be out of it before there is a risk of the slopes becoming too slippery to climb out of. We maybe using floodlights for some scenes however we are not completely sure if we are logistically able to transport them to the locations and if we can even get a power supply to where we will be. If they are used then we just have to be responsible when using them. As far as props go for the scenes, we were thinking of using a candle as lighting for one part of Scene two, obviously fire carries its own risks but if we are responsible i'm sure we will come to no harm. In Scene one we are using a spade as a prop, I dont think there are many risks from using it but as it is being used during the ditch part, we should be careful not to leave it lying around in case one of us trips on it and hurts themselves, or even falls into the ditch as a result of tripping on it.

okay that should just about cover all risks, until next time blog :D.