Risk Assessment - Miss Georgiou

A risk assessment allows me to assess what type of precautions we need to take as a group before setting out on our own filming days. This allows me to know and prepare for the worst and come up with something that could be done to replace and correct the risk that may happen in the particular scene.

  There are a number of additional risks that we did encounter while filming. These where mainly due to the weather. While filming outside and in the rain the main focus was on the actual equipment. The rain and heavy winds made it not only hard to get a correct shot, but there was a risk of the weather actually effecting the quality of the film and how well it works. The actual camera being used in the rain was a huge risk that made us be extra cautious when using it in the rain. The wet weather not the lens meant that it was a possibility that the camera lens could get damaged and ruin the picture quality. In addition to this the water exposer to the camera could overall cause it to break completely meaning that we would have to replace the existing camera and this would cause a delay in the filming we had left to do. I resolved this issue by taking an umbrella with me this meant that as a camera man, I used other resources to avoid damage to the camera and this meant that the equipment stayed in good condition and wasn't broken or ruined by the weather. Overall I have learnt that as a member of a filming crew the process of filming a music video isn't just to consider problems that can occur in the shot and ruin it such as costume or particular lighting issues. The safety of all people involved is a main issue that is often forgotten about. For example if we wanted to film in the middle of the road there are many issues that we needed to tackle first, such as how would be  able to achieve a good quality shot successfully without putting any other people at risk of becoming injured. In addition to this we had to consider what type of effect the weather and other natural elements would have on the overall atmosphere of the shot, but we also didn't realise the effect it would physically have on the equipment. The overall use of the risk assessment allowed us to work together as a group and discuss what was most important thing about creating a safe environment for ourselves and the actors involved.