This document outlines several key legal, ethical and health and safety considerations for a film production. Legally, the filmmakers must consider issues of film rights, copyright, permissions to film in certain locations, and filming with children. Ethically, they must be sensitive to how different audiences may perceive representations in the film regarding gender, ethnicity, disability or issues like drug use. For health and safety, risks of filming at night, in isolated or dangerous locations, with props like knives, must be assessed. The filmmakers plan to follow all relevant laws and guidelines to ensure a safe production.

1. Foundation Production Planning: Legal/Ethical, Health and Safety
Before you go any further with your planning you need to consider and legal and ethical issues raised by the making of the film. You
will also have to explore health and safety considerations and carry out risk assessments.
Make notes on the key considerations below. Keep in the group folder. You will later add to your blog.
Legal Considerations
• Film rights [basing on existing
idea/ material]
• Copyright
• Permissions to film i.e. in
certain locations e.g. on the
Underground
• Filming with children
• Certification
Filming in the Park – We don’t need permission to film in the park; however we need to
ensure that we don’t include any strangers walking past. This is because we don’t have
permission to include them and it would also ruin the isolated theme of our film.
Film certification – due to the theme of violence, and nature of the film, our film would be
certified a 12. There aren’t many graphic or gory scenes; however, there are themes not
appropriate for children under the age of 12.
If we decide to use music, we will keep it minimal and create our own using garage band.
Ethical Issues
Being sensitive to representations in
your film and how different audience
may perceive them e.g. gender,
ethnicity, disability or issues such as
rape/ drug use and terrorism
Link this to what you know about
certification
There are issues to do with violence and abuse, but these are limited and aren’t present on
screen for long. The themes are hinted at, and convey the idea rather than directly represent
what happens, this is why it would be certified a 12.
There is mild blood and weaponry present however these themes are often exposed 12
certified films.
Health and Safety Issues
Consider the risks involved in
filming: Night-time/ isolated/
dangerous locations, action
sequences, filming cars/driving,
filming with children/animals, props
e.g. knives
DO NOT CONSIDER FILMING
INVOLVING PERSONAL
DANGER – DISSCUSS ISSUES
WITH A TEACHER
We are in a public environment in Wanstead park, and so we must be aware of strangers,
especially in more isolated sections of the forest. We will all stick together, and have each
other’s contact numbers, in order to make sure we are all safe.
We will be using a knife in our house scenes, however, this will be supervised at Mimi’s
house, and will not be targeted at anyone as it will simply be a ‘silhouette’ like effect.