Risk assessment!

Location
Stage: The stage is around a meter of the floor so there is a danger of falling off it especially if a dance routine is taking place. In order to prevent this we will film safely and inform actresses of the dangers before we start. In the case that this incidence occurs and if the injury is minor we will take the victim to the first aid room, if the injury is more serious we will alert staff and await instructions to call the emergency services.

Floor: The floor on the stage and in the dance studio may be slippery so this could cause an injury, to prevent this we will make sure the actresses wear ballet shoes and not slippery socks. Again if the injury is minor we will take the victim to the first aid room, if the injury is more serious we will alert staff and await instructions to call the emergency services.

Backstage: It may be dark backstage so we will need the lights on when we are not filming so the actresses do not slip over.


Equipment and props:

Cameras: Cameras can get damaged, in order to prevent this we need to carry our camera equipment safely. We must ensure the camera is not attached to the tripod when carrying it around and that the camera and equipment is not left lying on the floor as a trip hazard or to be damaged. Also when we are not filming we must make sure the lens caps are on so the lens do not get damaged. We will have two cameras when filming so this applies to both.

Tripod: When carrying around the tripod we must fold in the legs and carry it upright over our shoulders so it does not hit anyone. Also we must not leave the equipment on the floor as it is a trip hazard.

Lighting: We may use lighting so we need to be careful of that if used because if broken the lights will leave glass which is hazardous to everyone, also some lights can get very hot and set fire so we mustn't leave them on for long periods of time, or leave them lying around for people to trip over.

Pills: We will be using fake pills so they look like the performance enhancing drugs our charter takes, of course these will not really be performance enhancing drugs just paracetomol etc. but we still need to make sure the main character doesn't actually swallow these. Also if making a whole film we would state in the credits at the end of the film that the drugs we used in the film were not real or damaging to the actress.