Risk assessment

The purpose of the risk assessment is to stop the filming crew, actors and public from getting injured, this could be a very low impact injury up to a potentially fatal injury, all must be covered and prepared for otherwise filming could go seriously wrong.

This is essential to carry out as otherwise you could seriously hurt yourself and those around you, by doing the risk assessment you will make sure that everyone is safe and filming can be done in a secure environment in which everyone feels comfortable whilst filming for the video


The different columns were essential for the understanding of the table and preventing any mix ups, this helped us stay safe and allowed the whole crew to be accident free and understand the assessment completely, helping to make a fluent, effective and efficient filming schedule due to lack of delays through risks.

We did follow the risk assessment whilst filming, however we also encountered another problem, whilst filming some shots had to be done on the road whilst filming to get the correct distance, this meant there was a possibility of getting hit by a car, therefore we done it at times where the roads were not busy and also used back roads instead of main roads so that less cars were going past, as a back up if the first plan was not possible, we had a spotter, they would watch out for cars that could hurt the camera man and break the camera if hit, by having a spotter we could stop filming if a car was coming and carry on once it was gone, this allowed for safe filming and the camera man could focus on filming and not have to worry about possible dangers. We mostly followed the assessment most of the time apart from avoiding rainy days which could cause the crew or artist to slip during filming, therefore the back up option of wearing appropriate footwear was required, this helped prevent any injuries and therefore allowed for fluent filming, the rest of the time we followed the risk assessment and conducted filming properly, for example we made sure we followed the fire procedure extremely carefully to prevent any danger to ourselves or those around us, this was extremely helpful and prevent any accidents

This table helped create fluent and effecient filming for everyone, it was easily understandable and allowed everyone in the group to understand how to stay away from danger and prevent harming themselves and those around them, which was key for filming, we had already prepared for outtcomes and therefore filming was much quicker and safer, allowing the crew to be fully focused on their task as they had no worry of danger, helping the quality of filming increase and therefore the overall video improve.