Media coursework

1. Risk Assessment

2. Location #1: Farming Field in Billericay
Hazard: Uneven ground, holes in the grass, Pylons in the middle of the field
Risk Level: Medium/(Pylons) High
How are we going to prevent these risks:
 We will take care in looking where we are going and look out for any uneven ground and
holes in the grass. By doing this we will reduce the risk of an injury. Even more so we will
look for a sensible place on the field to film where there is even ground and no holes in
the grass.
 With regards to the Pylons in the middle of the field, we do not plan to go anywhere near
them and we will stay away from them as they are not relevant to our music video anyway.
Again this will reduce what could be a serious injury.
 Even though it is not a major risk we will be careful if it happens to be muddy as our
costumes may get ruined.

3. Location #2: Shenfield Playing Fields
Hazard: Uneven ground, holes in the grass, people in the fields
Risk Level: Low
How are we going to prevent these Risks:
 Again we will look carefully at where we are walking to avoid causing ourselves injury and
like we will do on the farming field we will look for an area on the playing field where
there is even ground and no holes in the grass.
 There is a possibility that people will be using the field for various reasons such as dog
walking etc. We will just find a space on the field where we won’t cause any inconvenience
for other people using the field.

4. Location #3: Playing field/ Parks in
London
Hazard: Uneven ground, holes in the grass, people using the fields and children playing in the
parks
Risk Level: Low
How are we going to prevent these Risks:
 Same as before we will look for an area on the playing field where there is even ground and
no holes in the grass, and most likely look for a park that isn’t very occupied. We will not
mess around in the playgrounds as not only could we cause ourselves injury we could also
hurt a young child.
 We will find an area out of the way of people using the fields and play grounds firstly so we
don’t cause any inconvenience but also because we don’t want them in the background of
our music video.

5. Location #4: Streets in London
Hazard: Busy crowds of people, moving and parked vehicles, roads
Risk Level: Medium/(Roads) High
How are we going to prevent these Risks:
 We will take care when filming in the busy crowds of people. One reason is because we
don’t want to get in the way of anyone who is in a hurry and also because we don’t want
to bump into anyone. We will try and find a place that is a little more low profile to film in.
 We must be careful when filming around moving cars as we certainly do not want to cause
ourselves serious injuries. With stationary cars we must stay clear of them as we don’t want
to damage them.
 The roads in London are extremely busy so therefore we will make sure we look out for
cars and use the crossings, as again this will prevent serious injury. We should also maybe
have one member of our group stand in the road at a safe distance so that they can warn
the rest of the group if there are any oncoming cars so we can move off the road until the
car has past. But most importantly we should try not to stay in the road for too long.

6. Location #5: Swimming pool
Hazard: Slippery surfaces, electronics by a pool, drowning/ not being able to swim
Risk Level: Medium/High
How are we going to prevent these Risks:
 Because of the slippery surfaces we will be careful when walking around the pool so we
don’t slip and cause injury and we will certainly not run.
 Apart from the device you are filming with we must not take any other electronics into the
swimming pool area because if these electronics fall into the water they will get damaged
or break. Any electronics that we do take into the pool area we will use waterproof phone
case bags to put them in so that they do not get damaged.
 For the people actually getting in the pool they must be able to swim otherwise they may
drown. It might be a good idea to have floats just in case of an emergency

7. Location #6: Ball Pit
Hazard: Children playing, plastic ball pit balls
Risk Level: Low
How are we going to prevent these Risks:
 We must beware of children that are playing in the area as we don’t want to cause them
harm. Therefore we will wait until the ball pit is empty to do our filming.
 We will not mess around with the balls from the ball pit because we don’t want to cause
harm to ourselves or children in the area.

8. Location #7: House/ Bedroom
Hazard: Things on the floor, ornaments, possessions
Risk Level: Low
How are we going to prevent these Risks:
 Whoever's room we choose to film in we will have to make sure the room is tidy and
suitable to film in.
 We will be careful not to damage or break any ornaments that could be around the
house/bedroom.
 We must be careful and look for things on the floor so we don’t tread on anything and
cause injury to ourselves or damage the object.
 Take care and respect the persons possessions so you don’t damage or break them.