Risk Assessment

Whilst filming shot number 14 of a long tracking shot of man from behind as his head turns right, we had to survey the area because we were filming on derelict land riddled with scrap metal and pieces of shattered glass and rubble, so we cleared the pathway for Adam to walk through, of rubble and sharp edges the camera man has a smoother walk and the shot could be more stable. However, we couldn't overcome the problems associated with the uneven surface, so opted for a zoom instead.

We placed a non-slip mat on the shower basin so that Tom (Actor Adam Nixon) didn’t slip whilst filming his shots in the shower. 

Car shots were filmed with precautions, the owner of the car was the only driver, we filmed on a quiet street, and we informed the residents and passers-by that we were filming our shot for media so they had no reason to worry about us or our whereabouts. 

We carried one piece of equipment each whilst walking through Waterfoot to film our shots within walking distance. Another of our locations is outside our school. This was a very low risk because the actor was out of the way of any traffic and the camera was on the pavement, so we just had to make sure that we wasn’t in the way of pedestrians and/or students coming to and from our school to cut down on background noise. 

Another element to the safety of not only ourselves but to the public was our use of guns in a public area. And therefore to ensure the safety of ourselves and others around we are going to film the shots with the guns in a quiet area where we are going to inform local residents and passer-by's that we are filming this for our media coursework and are simply not just playing with guns. Guns and in particularly affiliated with young people can seem frightening to society and the general public and we wouldn't want to cause alarm or concern for anyone else.