Risk Assessment - Planning

Planning – Risk Assessment

Hazard	Risk	Persons who may be injured	Property which may be damaged	Risk: Low, Moderate, High, Extreme	Risk controls in place	Further actions required to control risk
Cables from red head.	Possibility of tripping over.	Anyone on set: actor or filmmaker.	Could knock over red heads into the floor, high risk of breaking. Barn doors could break if falls on floor. If attached to tri-pods, they could floor and the legs can hit equipment surrounding it (such as camera or persons around it).	High	All cables to be tapped down before any additional people get onto set to reduce risk of tripping over. Also, no cabling should be loose and all areas where there is greater risk of trip to be tapped off. All actors to be briefed before going onto set of the dangers so everyone should move carefully.	Actor should not go behind camera where cabling lies, they should stay on set as the filmmaker should be the only person behind camera and also away from cabling.
Red Head	Can get hot quickly when left on for a long period of time.	Member of crew operating.	Overheating can cause the bulbs to burst in the lantern and beak the lights.	High	Person who is operating the lights should wear gloves to prevent getting hurt when adjusting the lights. When not in use it is the responsibility of the filmmaker to turn them off between takes and immediately after filming. If the operator sees the lights are becoming too hot (e.g. smoke coming off) they need to without hesitation to turn them off, even in the middle of a take.	Lights should only be on when needed (during filming). Operator (if one is needed) should be briefed on this.
Red Head	Filming outdoors can bring unpredictable weather, rain can damage the electrics, sun can cause further overheating.	Myself, as I am behind the camera and will be operating the redheads.	The lanterns of the red heads as the water from rain will stop them from working. The bulbs can burst if the sun makes the red head overheat.	Moderate	I will ensure there is suitable weather conditions to film in (not too sunny and with no rain), so checking the weather prior to the day of filming is needed and also being cautious of the weather changing on the day of filming.	Do not film in unsuitable conditions, can film again another day or wait for weather to pass. Have another alternative for a second location as this location isn’t wholly reliable.
Red Head and Coloured Gels	As it gets hot, it can melt gels when putting gels on the barn doors.	n/a	The gels will melt and not be able to be reused.	Low	Practice is needed to put the gels on the barn doors to have efficient and successful use of the gels.	When I am filming, I will be cautious to how hot the redheads will be getting and also, I will watch the gels as they may get too hot.
Tri-pod	Possibility of tripping over the tri-pods legs.	Myself or an actor.	Camera on tri-pod and tri-pod.	Low	Reminder to be cautious around the equipment.	I will remind people when they are walking around the camera.
Camera	Filming outdoors can bring unpredictable weather, rain can damage the electrics.	n/a	Camera.	High	I will ensure there is suitable weather conditions to film in (no rain), so checking the weather prior to the day of filming is needed and also being cautious of the weather changing on the day of filming.	Not to film in conditions deemed to be unsuitable.
Camera	Hand held shots are being used in my shot list so I will need to be cautious on how I operate my camera through holding it and not having it placed n the tri-pod.	n/a	Camera.	High	To have the strap attached to the camera on me at all times when filming.	n/a