Risk Assesment

Before we begun to film our teen angst we had to do a risk assessment to insure nothing went wrong, we had to think of possible hazards, who it would affect and how to prevent these from happening.

• One possible risk was the cameras getting damaged, to avoid this we had to look where we were walking whilst holding them, making sure we weren't going to trip up and we were being aware of our surroundings and any possible trip hazards.
• Another risk of filming is the Camera and tripod falling over and breaking. To avoid this we made sure the legs of the tripod were closed whilst walking through doors, and no one was standing on tables, chairs or anything unstable where they could fall of and damage the equipment or hurt themselves.
•  The camera could also be damaged by falling off the tripod so before we begun to film each time we had to check it was connected properly to the tripod.
• Another hazard was when we were filming walking through the 6th form doors, it was very easy for the doors to swing back and hit one of the actors so we had to get people to hold them open the whole time, whilst staying out of the shot.
• One risk was the equipment getting lost so we made sure one member of the group was always responsible for an individual piece of equipment and they knew where the equipment was and when.
• A possible hazard we were aware of was tripping and falling down the stairs, and an actor injuring themselves. To prevent this we had to be very careful when walking down them and concentrate.
• When we were tracking it involved the cameraman walking backwards, this put him at risk of falling over or walking into something, to insure this didn't happen we had to have someone stood with him leading him backwards and making sure nothing was in his way.