Risk Assesment NO 1 and NO 2 (published novermber 2010)

Risk Assessment for shoot 1 - Location; Curtain Rd, London EC2 (Graffiti Wall)

Production/Person(s) involved:Me, Ariba Ahmed , Estella Ossei, Warsan Barqadle and our artist- Crucial (Usman Mirza).
& Estella's younger sister for extra assistance. On 20th November

Hazard: Cold temperatures

Nature of Risk: Due to such weather, the artist/staff members may fall ill. Also the artist may not be able to perform to the best of their ability because their too cold.

Preventive Measures:  All members of staff/artist were told to wear appropriate clothes (warm.)
and were given hot drinks from nearest coffee shop to keep people on location warm.

Hazard: The equipment

Nature of Risk: due to the equipment set up on the pavement the general public may trip over our equipment (this can lead to a lawsuit as this would known as negligence) (especially because we were set up on a pavement)
 Preventive measures: we could prevent this by making plenty of space for people so as not to block their path.

Hazard: The General Public

Nature of Risk: as we were shooting without any police/guard assistance we could have easily been targeted for theft due to our expensive equipment.

 Preventive measures: we could prevent this by shooting in a safer area, maybe where police patrol regularly.
Hazard: Passing Cars

Nature of Risk: due to the hazard of passing cars, this could effects the recording of sound and could lengthen the time period of shooting.

Preventive measures: but there were traffic lights, we could wait until the cars are stopped. Or we could go to the site at a quieter time of day

Hazard: The General Public

Nature of Risk: Due to the location being in a public place we encountered many interruptions where we had to wait for the people to pass by to continue shooting. This can lead to prologue delays with staff and actors getting frustrated.

Preventive measures:  There weren’t many ways in which we could prevent this, so we moved our equipment and camera cases to the side as not to make people uncomfortable on the pavement

Risk Assessment for shoot 2 - Location;  TV Studio, Stanmore College (Projection scenes infront of white board)

Production/Person(s) involved: Ariba Ahmed (myself), Estella Ossei , Nora Bulale, Warsan Barqadle and our artist- Crucial (Usman Mirza). On 9th December

Hazard: Spotlight
Nature Of Risk: heat of spotlight could make the artists feel uncomfortable, this and the light hitting his eyes may cause damage and discomfort which will put his performance at a disadvantage
Prevention Measures: only leaving the spotlight on when necessary &

having short, frequent breaks so no harm is caused to the artists and only leaving the spotlight

Hazard: Loose wires from the spotlight
Nature Of Risk Team members/Artist may trip over the wires  (especially because it was slightly dark)

Preventive measures:  making sure everyone was aware of the wires and avoiding walking around there, not moving around or moving equipment around much until the main lights were on.

Hazard: Noise
Nature of risk: noise from  next door may distract team members and more importantly the artists so we may not all work tot he best of our potential

Preventive measures:  before we start shooting, inform the people next door so they don’t make unnecessary noise  

Hazard: Food/drink
Nature of risk: Spillage of food/drink could damage equipment (especially because shooting would be done during lunch hours)
preventive measures: no food/drink would be allowed on set.

Commentary: I think the risk assessments was very useful. We were unaware of some of the implications when filming a music video. We have written up these risk assessments before we have gone out to shoot. We were aware of some dangers when me and the group have gone out to rehearse for a day and this helped us compile our risk assessment.