Risk Assessment

As our short psychological/thriller centres on a pivotal death sequence within the confines of a bathroom, the most outright threat lies in electrocution. This derives down to the fact that the room will be rife with cameras, wires and a radio. Accompanied with water as a catalyst, the outcome could potentially be perilous, unless we take the necessary precautions. A handful of safety measures can be pursued in order to eliminate any chance of danger. For example, nor the radio or the camera has to be in touching distance with any water, so the basic idea will entail the entire cast keeping distance from the bath. Secondly, we shall tape down any remaining wires, to prevent the event of anyone tripping, which could potentially result in electrocution. Finally, in the unfortunate event of water being spilt, prior to the experience, we shall bring a towel to mop up any remaining water instantaneously.

A tamer hazard, yet peril all the same, derives down to the proverbial task of shaving following our death sequence. Although for some, the mediocre day-to-day task, it is mandatory that we follow the necessary precautions to insure our actor’s safety. One potential way of eradicating any dangerous hazard here would be to simply remove the shaving blades, or potentially not even shave the face, consuming his beard in shaving cream to convey the message that he will eventually shave.

Another hazard could potentially be loss of equipment, most blatantly within one sequence, where we shall be performing a panning shot of the countryside. To eradicate such problems, we could prevent resting the camera upon the car, following the alternate tangent of placing it upon tripod inside the car. This may be a hindrance in terms of time wasting; however, this will secure the camera safely inside the car, as well as preventing the actors from leaning outside the window, which could essentially be unsafe.

A simple yet looming peril that exists within the world of filming can always originate down to the equipment itself, as well as driving to the location. Therefore, we will follow the mandatory precautions driving to the locations with the equipment safely secured in car. Moreover, we will have insured when shooting that the camera is properly attached to the tripod, as well as wearing the hand-strap if executing any hand-held shots.