This document summarizes risks and preventions for a film production. It identifies risks such as equipment damage from weather, disturbing the public, traffic in shots, power loss, actor illness, theft, injury, and equipment being blown over. Preventative measures include arranging transportation, checking weather, choosing private locations, having backup equipment and actors, securing cameras, checking for hazards, and weighing down tripods. The goal is to anticipate potential issues and have contingencies to avoid delays or lost work from risks.

1. Risk Assessment
Risk Prevention
Damage to equipment getting to and from Arrange transport from family or friends if
location (including severe weather need be or even be prepared with
conditions eg. Rain or snow) waterproof bags and umbrella’s if lift is not
possible, also check the weather forecast
beforehand
Risk of disturbing members of the public or Choose a location with the minimum
invading people’s privacy amount of public, in a quiet area and avoid
people’s private property
Risk of people and traffic being in our shots Be sure to film in a quiet location and in a
while filming location less used by the general public so
that there is less chance of them appearing
in the shot
Risk of our recording equipment (eg. Make sure that we have spare equipment at
Camera) running out of power hand so that if our equipment runs out we
have something else to film with so that
time isn’t wasted
Risk of actors being ill on the day of filming Have back up actors on call, so that if the
actors are ill we can call on somebody else
to come and fill in for them
Camera being lost/stolen There is a low possibility of our camera
being stolen or lost as we are travelling
around a lot to and from different locations,
therefore we should take extra special care
when carrying the camera and also make
sure we back up all of our work so that we
don’t lose any
Accidental slips and falls or harm to the There is a risk of our actors falling, slipping
actors/filming crew or being hurt during the filming process, we
need to make sure that the location we are
filming in has been checked over first to
check for any hazards and that we are away
of surroundings. Also make sure that the
equipment is safely handled so that no harm
is caused
Risk of tripod falling over or being blown Bring along heavy bags or have some heavy
over by the wind stones to weigh down the tripod in case of
strong wind, or on the other hand, ask a
member of the filming crew to hold it if
necessary