Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Health and Safety whilst filming...

In order for our film opening to be safe for everyone involved in the filming process, we need to consider the risks involved and what we can do to prevent them.

One hazard is that we are filming near a main road and part of this is running across it. As we might have to take this shot multiple times, there is an increased risk of the actors being run over by a car. However, we are reducing this risk as we have chosen to shoot where there is a zebra crossing in place and we are filming on a Sunday evening so this is a time when the road will not be as busy and we will take extra caution when filming this scene.

Another hazard is that we are filming with a tripod and our opening involves a lot of running. This means there is an increased risk of the actors tripping over the tripod whilst shooting. In order to prevent this, we will be warning and reminding the actors constantly to take extra care while running.

For one of the shots, in order to get the angle we want, one of us filming will have to get onto a high wall in order to succeed the high angle shot for our CCTV Footage scene. We will have to be careful when doing this as it is possible that we could fall off the wall and badly hurt ourselves. However, we are stopping this by helping each other to get onto the wall and off the wall.

Finally, the last hazard is that in order to create the correct tone and atmosphere for our particular genre, we need to film when it is starting to get dark. This means, it could potentially be quite dark when we are shooting. As running is involved, the actors may not be able to see where they are going very easily so we will be shooting where lots of street lights are present to prevent injury.

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