Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

What is a risk assessment?

A risk assessment is a document where you think of some of the hazards that may potentially harm people and what you can do to avoid it. You are required to do this by law. It is a vital element for health and safety and the measures are supposed to conform to the Health And Safety At Work Act 1974.

Five steps are usually carried out to ensure that they have been carried out correctly. These steps are;

•       Identify the hazards.
•       Decide who might be harmed and how.
•       Evaluate the risks and decide on control measures.
•       Record your findings and apply them.
•     Review your assessment and update if necessary.

How important is it when making a film?
It is very important to have a risk assessment when making a film because the people making the film need to protect the actors and any other crew member from any harm. Also the filmmakers need to protect themselves by making sure there are no risks because if anything did happen they would be responsible.

What types of dangers might you come across in a shoot? 

•          Tripping over cables or other equipment.
•          Spilling drinks over equipment.
•          Falling over. 

Our risk assessment:

What are the hazards?	Who might be harmed and how?	What are you already doing?	Do you need to do anything else to manage this risk?	Action by whom?	Action by when?	Done
As we are filming in a school their could be children around	The children as they could trip over some equipment and hurt themselves and also break the equipment		We are going to film after school so that there is no children around or just a few.	Crew	before filming
As we use a glass/cup of water in our scene, it could be spilt.	If its glass it may smash. This is a safety hazard because the glass may cut someone and it will make a mess.If it is a plastic cup no one will be harmed but it will still make a mess and may damage equipment.	We have planned to take a plastic cup with us to ensure that it wont smash. .	We will only fill the water up to about half way as it will decreases the risk of it spilling	Crew
When filming under the table	the camera women could smack her head	Be careful when filming, dont move suddenly		Crew	before filming