Risk Assessment - Miss Georgiou

Risk Assessment

It is imperative that we consider the different risks that could take place when filming before we film as we need to be aware of the things that could possibly go wrong and to ensure that we can fully understand the safest thing to do in these particular circumstances. It also helps all the members of my group become aware of the different things we need to concentrate on when filming to make sure everyone is safe in the process. It also gives us a chance as a group to find and bring items with us to filming that will help us if we come across any risks.

We've made a risk assessment table of all the different risks that could possibly happen when filming in our difficult setting of a forest. 
 

 



There was also some other risks that we encountered whilst filming that we haven't included in our risk assessment table above. These included things such as forgetting equipment e.g. torch, ladder, plastic bags, makeup and props. This is a risk due to us forgetting these items we could be causing ourselves danger. For example the nights became very dark very quickly and exiting the forest once filming it was quite tricky to see where we were stepping and quite hard to make out safe exit routes whereas if we had remembered our torch we could have made our way out of the forest much more smoothly and easily. Another risk that we encountered that we didn't include in the table was stepping in wet puddles and thick mud. This was a risk as it covered our shoes in cold and dirty substances which made us even more chilly in the cold weather. We could have prevented this by wearing wellies and taking a spare pair of shoes. We could have also taken cleaning products and equipment so that we would have been prepared if this was to of happened to us. Another risk that we encountered was pricking and stinging ourselves on stinging nettles and sharp leaves and bushes. We could have prevented this by wearing thicker materials over our hands such as gloves.

Our risk assessment will assist us whilst filming as if we overcome a problem we can swiftly find a safe conclusion. Also due to previous thinking of the risks that can happen we can be aware of some of the things to bring with us to filming that could potentially help us if we can across any problems in our risk assessment table. For example a plastic bag to cover our camera if it is raining or bringing a ladder to climb trees to successfully film a high angle shot.