1. Risk Assessment
The location in which principal shooting will take place, Steetly, will permit a number
of potential risks to both the group and others, as well as the sequence itself, the
environment and technical equipment. The risks have many different implications
that vary from those that are physical, financial, environmental, and in terms of
marketing.
This document details the most prominent risks and the associated implications of
these coupled with preventative measures.
In order to minimise the above we will conduct an initial assessment of the site when
arriving to determine the visible risks associated with uneven or unsuitable ground
along with any protuberances that could lead to injury. During this initial assessment
camera equipment will be not be mobilised until we are fully certain there is a
suitable place to use if safely.
There are a lot of potential risks when we will be filming our sequence in
Steetly as this is a remote location and it adheres various health and safety
hazards that we have to be aware of. The main hazards that we have to be
aware of are aspects such as falling over on sharp objects that may cause
injury this could be things such as glass, sharp rocks, needles etc. Another
possible hazard we have to be aware of holes in the ground, if not being careful
where you walk this could lead to you falling in and could result in a serious
injury. When filming near the water tanks there was a possible chance of falling
in to avoid this we ensured that we kept a safe distance away from them and
walked around in a sensible manor. The key principal into staying safe is to use
common sense and just genrally be carefull what your doing.
The location is some distance away (from group members’ homes) so therefore
it will need to be reached by some form of vehicular transport. This has a
number of obvious risks that are broad, and vary from an RTA in an extreme
sense to making sure that the car is fully roadworthy and suitable to transport
all passengers in comfort and safety (i.e. seatbelts). The latter is also the case
for the camera equipment to ensure it is not broken and protected from theft if
left unattended. This equipment will not be left in a visible position in the car
itself but in the lockable boot away from plain sight. The vehicle should also be
fully insured, hold a valid MOT and tax disc. The camera equipment should be
covered by owner’s insurance.
The group will need to ensure the appropriate technical equipment such as the
camera(s), tripod, etc. is brought along, as these are necessary to film the
sequence to a high quality. For example, not using a tripod risks camera shake
and dropping the camera, which has subsequent financial implications. Prior to
shooting all equipment should be checked for things such as being fully
charged, fully operational and empty sufficient memory card storage space.
Before shooting the group should run through what we have planned to re-
familiarise ourselves with how and when we intend to do things to prevent
conflict and to iron out any discrepancies, disagreements or problems. This will
maximise the quality of the final sequence.
Liam Hedley

2. Although needing to incorporate USPs, we must be careful to not deviate too
far from the typical genre conventions, as it is these conventions that attract
audiences. We will need to ensure that we use a combination of conventional
camera shots, for example, as well as developing and experimenting creatively
in this aspect amongst others. We need to keep out audience as mainstream
as possible to maximise revenue streams. With this in mind the film will be
targeted as a 15 as this is not too delimitating, but appropriate for our plot and
themes, etc.
With reference to the above we need to ensure that our film is one which
distributors would approve and market to again maximise revenue streams.
Liam Hedley