Risk Assessment - Miss Miller

Risk Assessment

Introduction
The purpose of a risk assessment is to try and prevent any risks taking place in the filming process for our music video. As our music video involves being in and outside, it means more risks are more likely to take place. Because of this, we have thought about what risks are most likely to happen, and wrote them down, and thought as a group what we could do to prevent them, to try and help hurting ourselves as well as the equipment we are using. Considering these risks before hand means we are more prepared as a group, and can understand the consequences together, making sure each and every one of us understands. As we have done this before filming, and not left it until later on, this means we have been able to all put our ideas forward, and express our concerns, as some of the locations we are using have a higher crime rate than others, because of this we have created a table to show the risks, and how they will be prevented, who can be involved and back-up plans, this gives us plenty of options.

Conclusion
Our risk assessment was a positive feature to us as a group when filming our music video. It allowed us to be very prepared for any risks that could have taken place, and carry any extra necessary equipment that could help us resolve these problems. Each of the six risk's allowed me to see a wider view on the bad things that can occur when filming such a simple scene. For example, the risk of Amy my artist tripping over loose wires on the performance stage. This was not thought about before hand and me creating this table has allowed me to think deeper into this. For this specific risk, me and my group taped down the loose wires, to prevent anyone on stage slipping or falling over, seeing as the stage is raised above the ground anyone could easily fall down and off. This specific risk allowed me to see how important it is to plan ahead, and this also allowed the least amount of time to be wasted, as we was prepared with equipment we needed. We didn't encounter any major risks whilst filming, apart from one which we found that London was very busy, and commuters and the public were rushing past the camera very quickly. This meant the camera and tripod were un-stable and some times, and taking care of it with more consideration was needed, because of this we tried to stay out of the way as much as possible, but this was hard at times when trying to achieve the camera shots that we wanted. Although this risk was encountered, we did manage to produce the camera shots that we wanted to a high standard. Each member of my group took into consideration throughout the whole filming process of the risks that could occur, meaning we was all prepared.  I understand that risks can occur at any time, so we had to be extra vidulante and work as a team to stop any others occurring. We didn't find any more risks whilst filming our music video, and only fund the ones that we had already prepared for and planned, so this was a positive for our group and allowed us to be prepared for these and no accidents were caused.